Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Ultimate Parking Challenge





Driving in NYC is no fun, but parking is a riot! Street parking in my `hood’ is reasonable. You’ll need to bring your game when trying to park in Manhattan.

Indeed, every inch counts and at 160” for the Honda, I’m a front runner in the smack down parking game. It might take me five minutes moving forward and back as I rock myself into a spot, but I get a kick out of it. Thank goodness for power steering and a tactful clutch. Those marks on your Porsche, certainly not from me and if you cared, you’d have secured a $400/month spot in a garage or maybe purchase one for $80-$100K. Still, the marks aren’t from me.

There are some spots I walk away from wondering just how I got in there much less how I’m going to get out of there. Apparently driving through a bumper is the way out or in. That can only explain how someone managed to crack the front bumper of the Honda at parallel parking speeds. More marks and dents have appeared on the car in one month in NYC than 13 years in the rest of the country. I’m looking for a Porsche 911 with red paint on the bumper.

In Los Angeles, cars are pristine with few nicks and dings. In NYC, dealers must ask customers if they’d like to have their cars beaten before driving off the lot. Find the nicest Porsche and I’ll show you the finest scratch across both bumpers. Let the games begin!