Well, you can spend the time and attention on entering the parking space, or spend the time and attention on leaving it. My own decision tree includes whether or not I need to open the back hatch door to put stuff in. If yes, then forward park into the space - if no, then reverse in.
Your first sentence is basically my thought process too. If getting out is going to be more of a pain, because of traffic or a tight spot, I’ll reverse. But if there’s lots of cars waiting or I’m running late when parking I’ll always go for a forward park if I can.
I’m usually more tired and anxious at the end of a drive than the start so I prefer to make life easy for myself.
That was exactly it - it would have been more of a hassle to reverse out, given the pillar, the van on the other side and the local Karen population driving around in their SUVs on their mobiles.
Only downside was I would have liked to use the hatch but the back seat did just as well.
Well, you can spend the time and attention on entering the parking space, or spend the time and attention on leaving it. My own decision tree includes whether or not I need to open the back hatch door to put stuff in. If yes, then forward park into the space - if no, then reverse in.
Your first sentence is basically my thought process too. If getting out is going to be more of a pain, because of traffic or a tight spot, I’ll reverse. But if there’s lots of cars waiting or I’m running late when parking I’ll always go for a forward park if I can.
I’m usually more tired and anxious at the end of a drive than the start so I prefer to make life easy for myself.
That was exactly it - it would have been more of a hassle to reverse out, given the pillar, the van on the other side and the local Karen population driving around in their SUVs on their mobiles.
Only downside was I would have liked to use the hatch but the back seat did just as well.