Parallel Parking

JohnM20
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edited February 2016 in Towcars & Towing #1

We've just taken delivery of our new Mondeo which comes with the Active Park Assist facility for parallel parking. SWMBO has just asked me, with tongue in cheek I'm sure, "Will the system work OK with the caravan on the back?" !!!??!!!

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  • TonyBurton
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    edited February 2016 #2

    The New Mondeo. What was the outcome of the noseweight issue? Is it printed on the tow hitch?

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #3

    John,  is  this Active  Park  Thingummy  like  having  Motor  Movers  at  90*  to  the  normal  wheels,  so  you  just  go  sideways  with  a  little  help  from  the  reversing/parking  sensors  ??

  • EJB986
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    edited February 2016 #4

    No it has legs that appear under the car and shuffle sidewaysSurprisedLaughing

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #5

    No it has legs that appear under the car and shuffle sidewaysSurprisedLaughing

    WOW,  that  sounds  like  me    shuffling  sideways 
    !!

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  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2016 #7

    I still don't beleive that 'park assist' will get you into a slot as well as a driver who knows how to do it.

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2016 #8

    Why do they call it park assist? On the TV adverts it seems to do it all by itself, without any assistance from the driver.

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  • JohnM20
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    edited February 2016 #10

    The New Mondeo. What was the outcome of the noseweight issue? Is it printed on the tow hitch?

    Write your comments here...Tony, Ford have now changed the online spec to 90kg. The owner's handbook, available online also shows 90kg maximum loading.

  • Vulcan
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    edited February 2016 #11

    I still don't beleive that 'park assist' will get you into a slot as well as a driver who knows how to do it.

    I quite agree and if you need Park Assist, should you be driving anyway.

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2016 #12

    I still don't beleive that 'park assist' will get you into a slot as well as a driver who knows how to do it.

    I quite agree and if you need Park Assist, should you be driving anyway.

    I think you will find there are a lot of aids that enable those who  could not otherwise drive to do so. I would imagine someone with very limited mobility in the upper body would find it very useful indeed.

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #13

    I still don't beleive that 'park assist' will get you into a slot as well as a driver who knows how to do it.

    I quite agree and if you need Park Assist, should you be driving anyway.

    Dunno,  but  it  might  help  me  get  closer  to  the  plates  on  the  Dinner  Table  of  a  Sunday,  tho'

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  • EJB986
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    edited February 2016 #15

    Presumably people with motor movers will get sneered at also.

    I can usually reverse a caravan and park a car first time, every time, but I have no problem with people who use a little help!!!!!!!

     

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #16

    Don't  think  anybody  is  "sneering" , EJB,  it's  just  the  usual  reactionary  thing  from  folks  who  are  green  with  envy  actually  !Wink

    I  Get  By  With  A  Little  Help  From  My  FriendsInnocent 

  • Simon100
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    edited February 2016 #17

    My sorento will drive itself into a parking space and then drive itself out again. I doubt if I we'll use it but the great thing about such technology is that it is there if I need it.

    Eventually all cars will have such technology just like ABS, electric windows etc etc that were once considered luxuries and, to a certain type of driver,  not necessary. 

  • rayjsj
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    edited February 2016 #18

    We'll  soon have outfits that we can feed our pitch preferances into,  South facing, not under trees, not too close to the kids playground, hardstanding, near  to water tap etc., and then send it off to find your perfect pitch, level the the van and connect
    the EHU ,  HOLD ON,  my wife has already got such an outfit....driven by me. 

    Who ever  invented the motor mover needs a Medal from the  Hernia and Bad Back Society (if there is one ?)

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #19

    My sorento will drive itself into a parking space and then drive itself out again.

     

    Simon,  Is  that  just  to  keep  the  seaguls  off  by  any  chance  ??

  • Paul Rainbow
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    edited February 2016 #20

    Anybody that cannot double declutch should not be driving. Anybody that needs power steering should not be driving. Radial tyres? What was wrong with my old John Bull Crossply remoulds? A HEATER! THAT IS FOR SOFTIES! Good grief, what will they think of next?
    Maps that show you where to go as you drive? Anybody that needs one of those should not be driving.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited February 2016 #21

    Anybody that cannot double declutch should not be driving. Anybody that needs power steering should not be driving. Radial tyres? What was wrong with my old John Bull Crossply remoulds? A HEATER! THAT IS FOR SOFTIES! Good grief, what will they think of next?
    ......

    That's the Smart Roadster out of the picture then ...... Laughing

  • Danny and Karen
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    edited February 2016 #22

    Anybody that cannot double declutch should not be driving. Anybody that needs power steering should not be driving. Radial tyres? What was wrong with my old John Bull Crossply remoulds? A HEATER! THAT IS FOR SOFTIES! Good grief, what will they think of next?
    Maps that show you where to go as you drive? Anybody that needs one of those should not be driving.

    Exactly this!



    It's easy for those that can to say those that can't shouldn't be on the road. I've driven all kinds of knackers and clackers over the years that were hard work (and good fun) to drive. I could argue that anyone who can't drive a '69 Minor shouldn't be driving. 

  • EmilysDad
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    edited February 2016 #23

    Anybody that cannot double declutch should not be driving. Anybody that needs power steering should not be driving. Radial tyres? What was wrong with my old John Bull Crossply remoulds? A HEATER! THAT IS FOR SOFTIES! Good grief, what will they think of next?
    Maps that show you where to go as you drive? Anybody that needs one of those should not be driving.

    Exactly this!



    It's easy for those that can to say those that can't shouldn't be on the road. I've driven all kinds of knackers and clackers over the years that were hard work (and good fun) to drive. I could argue that anyone who can't drive a '69 Minor shouldn't be driving. 

    The most fun car I've ever driven was a Bond E Mini car
    this exact car     The owner (driving it in the video) has driven it at 65mph!!!! 45 was plenty fast enough for me. Rather amusing just about overtaking a cyclist going up the Cat and Fiddle. Brakes ....... err.... just about! The most obvious ...... a wheel
    missing! But this one had reverse ...... you stop the engine & restart it backwards..... honest.

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  • cyberyacht
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    edited February 2016 #25

    Oh dear. My comment does seem to have engendered a "my dog is bigger than yours" theme.

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  • young thomas
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    edited February 2016 #27

    great piece of technology but.....

    the main reason folk give when struggling with parallel parking is 'i dont know which way to turn the wheel.....'

    this is the very thing that probably worries the life out of those who 'do know which way to turn the wheel....'

    lets hope the former group are OK with this 'steering' technique when travelling in a forward direction....Undecided

  • JohnM20
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    edited February 2016 #28

     

    The most fun car I've ever driven was a Bond E Mini car
    this exact car     The owner (driving it in the video) has driven it at 65mph!!!! 45 was plenty fast enough for me. Rather amusing just about overtaking a cyclist going up the Cat and Fiddle. Brakes ....... err.... just about! The most obvious ...... a wheel
    missing! But this one had reverse ...... you stop the engine & restart it backwards..... honest.

    Write your comments here... Wasn't it the Bond that had a kick start under the bonnet and had to be a contortionist to be able to use it?

  • ABM
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    edited February 2016 #29

    Indeed  it  is  John,  so  never  the  vehicle  of  choice  for  ladies  in  Pencil  type  skirts,  unless  they  were  looking  for  a "Gentleman"  
    Wink

  • ocsid
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    edited February 2016 #30

    I still don't beleive that 'park assist' will get you into a slot as well as a driver who knows how to do it.

    You could well be right but having it on my wifes Golf I have to say I am very very impressed.

    The first few times we needed one of us outside to make sure as from the driving seat neither of us could believe it would clear. I believe the sales video said it ensures there is a minimum of 35 mm clearance, ie less than 1.5", not a clearance I can consistently, or would choose to judge in a blind spot, Neither of us can match the speed it spins the steering wheel, or would I suspect.

    It also does the extract, and again impressive. All that said we use it rarely.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited February 2016 #31

    Indeed  it  is  John,  so  never  the  vehicle  of  choice  for  ladies  in  Pencil  type  skirts,  unless  they  were  looking  for  a "Gentleman"  
    Wink

    But some had an electric start ..... dynastart, hence the abilty to start them up in reverse to give reverse gearS.

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