My educated guess is there are several companies who's safety guys are convinced it's safer for you to back your vehicle into a spot and it's just become a habit because they get dinged by the safety guy at work if they don't. I know I worked for a place where you'd get written up for not backing your company truck into its spot.
The way it was explained to me is it goes back to ready mix trucks and the front discharge vs back discharge. With a back discharge you typically get help to back the truck into position and once you're unloaded you're on your own. With the front discharge trucks nobody helps you back out when you're done and it's more likely to cause an accident. They just decided that was a good idea across the board with every company truck.
Yesterday at Costco there was a guy who parked his mustang diagonally across spots way away from any other car. That's a guy who loves his mustang.
This was my last "truck". Except ours had wide white vinyl stripe on the side - imagine like the fake wood on a station wagon, but just white. Also had a topper, because why not. Sounded like a weed whip when you stepped on the gas.
The Tundra Imax is a nice truck. Stay away from the performance mode setting or you will be extremely disappointed in the MPG.
Old smaller trucks were the best. I had my grandpas '92 Ford Ranger for a few years in high school then it was supposed to be my younger cousins but she didn't want to drive a truck so it ended up being sold. I wish I still had that thing, red leather interior some rust over the wheel wells and needing to top off the oil every couple months other than that it was mint.
One "legitimate" reason, at least when there is a curb, is the distance from the back of the truck to the rear tires is longer than the distance from the front of the truck to the front tires. Thus, if you back in you can keep the front from sticking out beyond the parking place into the road. Of course they often end up blocking most of the sidewalk but when your vehicle is longer than the parking space you are going to stick out somewhere.
According to the manual, the Model Y(not a hybrid but) can but with some issues:
Jeep's have always looked good to me, but they have always been massively overpriced for anything but the very basic model... especially for being tied with Dodge for the worst reliability rankings. You could get a Premium Hybrid Highlander or Premium Explorer for about 20% less money.
Is that the 4xe grand Cherokee? The buy price on American is usually a lot lower than MSRP where as Japanese automakers tend to do less discounting.
Yup, iCar will NOT be a thing.
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Those are dealer prices I found doing some looking 6 months ago when we needed to determine long-term plans as my Parkinson's progresses. Amazing how much prices can differ, but I also understand that brand name matters a lot to some (I just happen to be partial to Toyota) even though I'd probably have gone down the Ford path 20 years ago had their prices for features been more in line with Toyota.
I'm a big Apple fan but that always seemed like the last thing they should get into. While there's no company better positioned to afford the massive R&D and manufacturing upstart costs, the return isn't massive and bad press can completely ruin a brand very quickly (see Tesla for many of us).Yup, iCar will NOT be a thing.
Sorry, you'll never be able to drive an Apple Car
Apple reportedly kills off car project in favor of a massive generative AI push.
I think it's easier to get your vehicle straight in the parking spot backing it in. But you have to be good at backing and using your mirrors.
