No calculation is necessary, if the diagonal of the vehicle corresponds to the length of the rectangle of the parking space then your vehicle will be able to park on this space.
As a Parisian spending 3 months in California, I once rented a car and did this trick in dowtown Palo Alto. Only to come back 30 minutes later with the owner of the car in front of mine and a police officer, both mystified and horrified as to how a car had been able to fit in such kind of spot. I was close to get a ticket, until they realized I was French, and I showed them how to get in and out of a tight parking spot without touching the cars in front and behind me. This was before in the 90's, before we had rear cameras.
I've never felt comfortable enough to try anything close to that with a car that I own and am used to, let alone with a rental or one with which I'm completely unfamiliar! That is some insane talent and spatial awareness skills!!
I'm French and lived two years in the US in Princeton, my wife and I would seat on a bench in downtown and look at American attempting parallel parking in gigantic parking space. It was impressive how they were all failing miserably. Still have the videos, good memories.
Well, you when you know how freaking rare a free park place is in Paris, when you see one ,you take it no matter what. This driver managed to not bump / push the other cars which is somewhat rare too in Paris.
I swear to God, that's exactly how they park there in France! I remember being there sitting in the parked car, and newly arived pal just started pushing our car to get in. When we got out and were like "what the fuck dude?", he was honestly surprised with our anger, it was like no big deal for him at all))
Being french myself, when I first clicked on the video I thought it was a meme making fun of french people driving or something, then I've been surprised to realize that people were genuinely impressed by this clip, because I can witness and perform this kind of parking on a daily basis in France !
@@Quint_69 that's just how it's done. No harm in gently touching your car with other cars to get your car parked, ofc don't attempt to do it in North America.
@@Quint_69 id be upset because im in canada not paris lmfaooo. I don't think this is the right way to park you shouldn't ever touch your car to another but i guess that's the french way.
I couldn't stop watching how the French parked when I was in Paris, and they would get out of their cars and just smile at me as if nothing insane just happened.
@@Phantasmagorique dude, France is not limited to Paris, stop your stereotypes. That's like saying Americans are all stupid because they don't go to school
Guys, it's so freaking difficult to find a free parking spot in Paris, when you find one you hold onto it for dear life. I feel for this guy. Been there done that
That’s actually incredible I didn’t think that second car could physically fit in that spot. This is taking knowing the physical limitations of your vehicle to the extreme and could almost pass for red bull parking 🤣
@@ForsenArchiveit's also expected, but apparently not required, that damaging the other vehicles involved would equate as an automatic failure. It does here in the states, anyway. I can see this being seen as a "fit", but a failure nonetheless.
I lived in France a short time and one of the coolest things I saw - at an apartment complex - people left their cars in neutral and were OK with other people pushing their car back and forth in order to accommodate other people's parking needs. Taught me that bumpers are under-used in America.
I wouldn't leave my car in neutral where I live, or I'd have found it at the bottom of a hill. I've never been to France, but I guess central Paris is pretty flat.
I did that once during my first year of getting my driver’s license. I did a lot of the forward-backward and moved inch by inch just to fit into a tiny spot on the street. Not gonna lie it actually felt quite good after I parked perfectly, despite how long I spent on it. Yet, now as an “experienced” driver, I give up on tiny spots and keep circling around for a bigger spot, lol!
I'm from the UK and have many friends that drive, with various levels of skill, but it must be said that by far and away the most talented is the French guy. One time another friend needed to parallel park in a space similar to one in the video, realised that she had no chance, so went and got him. He did it in two moves. He had never driven that car before in his life.
I was in Paris for a week and saw more damaged cars every day that I'd seen the rest of my whole life. 3x I even saw cars with loose flapping bumpers on the highway
The thing about such parking is when I do this occasionally, I almost always realize that there is a much wider parking space even closer to where I want to go.
Hmmm, are you telling me that they managed to park without touching a car at the front or back? I doubt it. Plus, what's to say that the car in front or behind will be able to get out without touching the car that squeezed into the spot?
@@murray821 Well, a smaller car would fit into a smaller space, but the same principle would still apply 😅. In Germany, you're out a lot of money, if you so much as glance at someone's car the wrong way. It's absolutely ridiculous, but them's the law. If the other person decides to have the whole part repainted or replaced because of a tiny scratch or dent... you're liable. Just not worth the risk.
@@murray821 I'm so jealous. For me a car is just a convenient way, to get around. I don't care shit about the paint job or whatever. But most people here are so stuck up about their vehicles....I live in a city with busy traffic and scant parking spaces and it's very stressful!
Getting the initial angle is very important. Amazing of the driver to realize that his initial angle was not optimal. Some would just given up or left it poorly parked with tires outside the parking line.
As a french I can say that this is just a normal day in Paris.... But this guy slayed it 😭 and it's not a free parking so he has to pay for park there but at this point he deserves it for free
Nah, i really thought parking was bad in Ireland. Nothing even comes close. That absolute stunt of a parking we just witnessed would not even top the #1 parker in the country. I even try this, and let me tell you i'm taking the bumpers, sides and everything off the car before i'm able to even take the ignition out lmao.
Man if only someone filmed how this legend got out of that spot with the same scenario. For him it would be a walk in the park but for us it would be damn interesting to watch.
I remember my mother having a small accident with a woman that just came from her holiday in France, the woman complained complained "Oh its just a little scratch, in France nobody is bothered by such a thing" My mother just responded by yelling "ARE WE IN FRANCE?!"
@@xXYannuschXx Most French drive ''shit boxs'' every day and if they have the money, they have a ''weekend'' car. So no, they don't treat their expensive cars like that
last month in France i didn't break at a red light and bump the back of a shitbox in front of me. I stoped, the guy in the shit box stoped, we both get out of our cars and look the damage (scratch on his car), i didn't have the time to say anything that the guy return to his car saying "it's nothing, chief. have a good day" (chief is an expression in france to mark respect to a stranger)
There was a time when a car’s bumpers were used for this purpose of parking. They had Metal bumpers, the modern type plastic painted bumpers are not great when touching other cars 🚗 🚗 during reversing.
So what I'm getting from this is that the french follow the same laws of physics as cats, 1. If it fits, they sits 2. They are basically liquid and fit anywhere and everywhere
What makes me feel impressed is the fact that the driver could calculate perfectly that his/her car would fit in the spot. I'm good at manouvering but I suck when it comes to calculate with a simple glance whether my car would fit or not , that's why I give up many times spots where my co-driver says that the car could fit.
@@johnnguyen9576 You can park a Jaguar XJ in the same spot where a Mini barely fits? Just following your reasoning of "if a car fits another one would fit as well, it doesn't matter that they're different cars".
In my country, a small scratch caused by undesired incident will end up with serious quarrel and/or sue. In France, it seems that drivers do not complain if their car get hit as a result of this parking action, because they have understood each other or became accustomed to doing this parking.
Bumpers are there for bumping. If someone need a decoration instead of a bumper he should stay away from cities or crowded places Its just a tool for transportation and a small and little scratch at bumpers doesnt make any real difference for its use. I know a lot will disagree, but i think its better not to be attached too much to an item. At least not when we talk about little scratches.
I lived in Paris and worked as a sales rep for 20 years. This very parking technique and satisfying result was my daily routine. Having said that, not all Parisian drivers possess the necessary skill. As to bumping, French people also do not like it. You do it when the other car’s driver is not present and you do your best to bump as gently as possible with the intent to leave no scratch on both bumpers (yours and his).
It helps tremendously if the corners of the car are quite rounded off. If the diagonal length can make it with two fingers to spare, then the rest is easy.
I remember visiting France in the 70s and watching a car push a vehicle more than a foot to make enough space. Bumpers where metal and substantial back then.
Мне как-то родственник из Европы рассказал, что это нормально у них в городе толкать чужую машину несмотря на повреждения обоих машин для освобождения пространства
@@ArthurTraderno es cierto, soy español y también he vivido en Italia y Alemania. si tocas mi coche aparcando y lo dañas no sólo te multan y me vas a pintar el parachoques, sino que te arranco la cabeza. Pero amistosamente amigo, sin ánimo de ofender . Es mi propiedad y no tienes derecho a dañarla para aparcar, si no eres capaz, entonces aparca más lejos y vas caminando. si no puedes estacionar es problema tuyo. no es culpa de mi pobre coche. Solo hablo en general como ejemplo para que me entiendas de lo que te pasa si vas golpeando los autos de las personas.
But key word is that the video title is _French_ parking and not _Parisian_ parking. In Paris people leave their cars in neutral so people can push the cars out of the way when parking on the street. They just reverse until they hear a loud sound and they’re parked. Pull this stunt in any other part of France and people will get really angry.
My first time trying parallel parking, it tooks me 10 minutes and I had a space about 1 meter in front and behind my car to the next car parked. This guy pull it off in just 2 minutes with very little space between the cars, so awesome.
Driving instructors in Paris will make you parallel park for hours on end, and they won't let you take your practical test until you can do it perfectly 😅
I was in France a few years back and watched a similar parking incident. This driver was less concerned with bumping, and simply pushed the car behind out of the way. The next car along ended up being shoved out into a junction. Madness, but fun to watch while sitting in the sun outside a cafe.
Yeah it s very Common to push cars in paris but you don’t bump them it’s ok and there is protection on both cars like we french think it was made to puch cars gently
I don't think nowadays you can shove a car like that (move its wheels) without denting the plastic bumpers. On the other hand you can usually squish them a little and have them come back...
@@pmrdc117 Yes it's a long car in France because of our roads but compare to yours and your roads it's nothing, i just do a comparison between France and USA if you're an american
Yes, only the rich and dumb drive 5 meters cars in Paris. They are also usually alone behind the steering wheel... It should be forbidden in any big city.
@BL Dontmatter ofc they'll all have their parking brake engaged. With clutch you lower the torque transmitted to the wheels so when u touch another car it's like a human hand pressing on the body of the car, you can't do that with an automatic cause even if u gently press the gas pedal lots of torque are put onto the wheels which will damage the car paint. Plus clutch pedals are very long and you can be very precise by using both pedals at the same time.
This video is 10 years old lol. Wonder how much more insane it is now. But I bet it's just his eye being able to judge the distance to millimeter...or that's probably part of it. Probably that it's Paris and no available reasonable parking so he just forced it in. Kimdof like Stallone on cobra. Would've been great someone ripping someone's shirt and telling them to go clean themselves up. It is Paris after all
He literally couldn’t though you can see him constantly bumping into the other cars. I’m sure there’s not any noticeable damage maybe a scuff mark but still
I used to do this all the time in Manhattan in the early 1990s. The problem was, if you left your car for a couple of days, the cars that had been in front of and behind you would have been replaced with two different cars which now were literally touching your bumpers. You would have to rock each car up on its suspension in order to escape your space.
I’m so impressed that driver knows exactly, EXACTLY how big their car is down to the centimeter and how far forward or back they can go. I’ll be a few feet away from a car and feel like I’m as close as I can get.
Good drivers have developed their spatial sense enough to know where the edges of their car are. It may look like voodoo but it's really no different from being able to touch your toes with your eyes closed.
@@Quint_69 Damn, you are one annoying dude, you replied all of them with the same sentence. I agree with you, this was not as professional as they say, but get a life man.
As a French person, what amazes me the most are the comments of people who seem to think this is amazing.. This was kind of normal, and he didn't even have to take traffic into account. Usually you have to hurry because other drivers are stressing you out.
I did this for 8 years, but in Germany, having been searching for a parking spot for at least 30 minutes every time... In many european cities, this is the only way to find a space where you won't get fined or towed. It was my daily routine.
People watching : OMG, what a determination for parking a car ! what tension and precision for 2 minutes ! Actual Driver : *singing* i got a parking place ! i got a parking place ! best monday ever ! for 2 minutes with a big smile.
I can confirm that the French do not argue about minor damage on cars. A then brand-new Citroen C6 cut my lane and I noticed too late and hit it. A Gitanes-smoking man in an expensive suit got out, totally relaxed, we looked at the scratches and dents and he said "Euh, c est rien monsieur, la voiture est encore en marche", shrugged, and got back in.
"Uh, it is nothing sir, the car is still running" What a great story. I wish we could be more relaxed like that. Too many people here are in such a hurry to try and make a buck on something like that. Quick to file a claim or sue.
I am sure the driver also took into consideration the space the front and rear cars had in relation to his position, during his quick calculation. The front car had ample space in front to leave while the rear car had enough space on the back to get out without trouble. Great job.
I was in Paris years ago and saw this many times. It seemed that when the cars were parked on level ground they were left in neutral gear and without parking brake. That way they could be gently pushed by the cars entering or exiting the parking spot. The parked cars could not go far because there was always a car parked close either in front or rear.
Тоже слышал, что в Европе оставляют машины на нейтральной передаче, чтобы специально их толкали в случае чего Я был в шоке, что всем плевать на повреждения машины!
No you do put the parking brake to prevent the car from rolling on its own, you just don't want to crank it too hard so the car will still move if pushed hard enough.
We do something similar in my country when there's no free parking space an a car would block someone else. The car is left with the parking brake disengaged, but others will push the car by hand if needed, which prevents causing damage.
That's why I bought 100% insurance coverage to a rened car on my trip to France. Otherwise I would have paid 1200 Euro for scatches done by such a parking "professionals".
@@username8644 I'm from Paris and having a scratch on the bumpers isn't normal at all lol, but it happens that we touch each other bumpers but it usually leaves no scratches, and it is only in Paris that there is a lack of space, everywhere else in France you have all the space you need
This is masterclass in parking. Very likely French drivers disable their parking sensors because they would constantly go off. In my younger days I spent some time in Nice and people told me not to set the handbrake and leave the car in second gear. This way, if it got bumped a bit too much it would move.
@@samaraisnt neutral does not make sense. If you don't have the parking brake on and the car in neutral it might roll away. First gear is still a lot of resistance to overcome.
I used to live in a narrow lane in Edinburgh and my parking skills back then were on this level.😂 I once got a round of applause from a bunch of men watching me get into a tight spot in Spain. They tried to stop me saying there wasn’t enough room. I got out, had a look, rolled my eyes and parked. 😊
You can find this kind of parking anywhere in southern European cities. It's really insane. Can you imagine trying to fit through European streets and parking spots with an unnecessarily large American truck?
Many other videos only show how to get out of that space, not how to park. What I want to see is how to park, not how to exit from that tight space. Thanks for posting this, because this shows the parking process from the beginning. I see the initial step is quite similar to the one used for normal space parking. The difference is in the remaining steps which rely on driver's skill.
The initial step is still I think the most important - notice the silver guy had to drive out of the space and make a seccond attempt? - because if you get the car in at a wrong angle, you will have to make a billion corrections, and if you reverse into the space at just the right angle, the rest is relatively straightforward - just back up steering closer to the pavement, then turn the wheel and do the same thing driving forwards, et cetera; not easy if you don’t want to hit or wreck (God forbid if you have a towbar) other cars but the manoeuvres themselves are pretty simple. The burning question is: did he have rear parking sensors? 🤔
Something else to take in account is the radius turn (I'm not sure if that is the correct name)... Research by yourself, sorry but my first language isn't English...
@@backseatcovers The key is to get you rear wheels into the right position, ie, between the curb and the line on the street. With very little back and forth space, you cannot really move your rear wheels, you can only rotate the car around roughly your rear differential (or where it would be if the rear wheels were ‘powered’).
My son lives in Seville. Parking in the city is very limited. If you find a roadside space you just “bump” your way in - hitting the bumpers of both the car in front and the one behind - until you’re parallel with the curb. Here in England, I’d have a heart attack if somebody parked next to my car by hitting its bumper repeatedly, but in Seville it’s just normal parking procedure.
Having driven in France I can confirm this is to be expected. I wouldn't say all drivers do it, but you do have to be prepared for it to happen. Some nudge gently, others not so!
You went to Brittany, North or any other places that aren't Paris or Marseille ? because you're the kind of ppl writting comments that seems "fake" to people living in this country
How to parallel park in France: Go to any parking space regardless of how big your car or how small the space is and waste some time adjusting your car in the proper position and don’t bother if you are going to hit something.
I've seen this right in front of my eyes. The driver literally had 2-3cm front and 2-3cm back, and he actually made it without touching any of the cars. That was one if the most amazing things i've seen in my life. After he left the car, i ran to give him a handshake, this man was incredibly skilled.
@@E85stattElektro given the average size of a freedom-unit user's car (= SUV) and the rule of compensation, I'm sure they are very well acquainted with the "2-3cm" length, if you know what I mean xD
@@mtndew4746 Bullshit. And you don't even know what position any of the cars were in when each of them parked there. You're a terrible driver if you hit a parked car.
@@mtndew4746well then this person shouldn’t be stupidly parking there in the first place if that means hitting someone else’s car. Y’all praising stupidity
I live in France and believe me, finding a parking spot in Paris feels better than discovering a gold mine. I used to waste more than an hour every morning looking for a parking spot before work
I've done that and received a round of applause from the people dining outside the restaurant ! It was right across the road from the theatre we were going to.l also enjoy blocking in the car that hogged more than their share of the parking spot
Сказать, что я офигела - это ничего не сказать... Я до сих пор не могу в это поверить, это что-то совершенно невероятное! Да я скорее в инопланетян поверю, чем в то, что такое возможно! ))
@@nikolay6373 ага, у них там все тачки покоцанные в европе ) Но дело не в этом. Бампер-то он никому не оторвал, но залез туда, куда залезть в принципе невозможно )) Мне сразу сюжет из Остина Пауэрса вспоминается. Как он на экскурсии по Виртукону каток поперёк дорожки поставил, впритык между двух стен. Вот тут что-то типо того )))
@@Emmy7Emmy Hola! 🙋🏻♂️. Не следят совершенно, запах+коврики+пылесос... Редко и нехотя... Страх и Ужас, что внутри машин творят!!! Поверь, говорю от первого лица... 🤷🏻♂️. Так, обдать водой и готово... За машинами не следят, обсалютно.... Saludos ✌️. 🇪🇸.
I actual just did a similar one in Caen, France, when travelled there back in October! We rented a car to go around Normandy and to the south, and it was a fight to get parking spaces in Caen and one night I found ine near our AirBnb and it was tight squeeze for parallel park and plus the pressure of traffic from both ways! I was proud of myself after that!
@@Kaishidow rohh le jour où on réussira à être aussi fier et faite resplendir autant notre région que les bretons on pourra se plaindre objectivement de la Normandie
I accidentally parked a few times like that. If I conciously had known it is that close I would never try. Maybe reality glitches when you try really hard?!
What I find most impressive is their ability to look at a space and instantly calculate its length to the millimeter.
No calculation is necessary, if the diagonal of the vehicle corresponds to the length of the rectangle of the parking space then your vehicle will be able to park on this space.
@@--973-- completely wrong .. makes no sense. the diago is Always longer
I have a car Who tells me if I can fit in the place
@@keyzer380 I'm curious, what don't you understand? geometry or my English?
miscalculate, in this case 👍🏻
As a Parisian spending 3 months in California, I once rented a car and did this trick in dowtown Palo Alto. Only to come back 30 minutes later with the owner of the car in front of mine and a police officer, both mystified and horrified as to how a car had been able to fit in such kind of spot. I was close to get a ticket, until they realized I was French, and I showed them how to get in and out of a tight parking spot without touching the cars in front and behind me. This was before in the 90's, before we had rear cameras.
Teach me too master.
What s the secret
Hold the break and run ahead same time with the wheels turned
I've never felt comfortable enough to try anything close to that with a car that I own and am used to, let alone with a rental or one with which I'm completely unfamiliar! That is some insane talent and spatial awareness skills!!
Why would you get a ticket for? Too capable at driving?
As a guy living in Paris, I can tell you that bumpers exist to be gently bumped
To be gently push When i see someone pushing my golf 4 i’m not even mad
Exactly. Bumper to bumper doesn't count.
*any city* it is made to be shoved
@@_Kalfy who cares
@@yogeebear2599 I mean honestly, who would like his car to be bumped even the slightest?
I'm French and lived two years in the US in Princeton, my wife and I would seat on a bench in downtown and look at American attempting parallel parking in gigantic parking space. It was impressive how they were all failing miserably. Still have the videos, good memories.
Well some haven't tried since they were practicing to get their license and on test day itself.
😂
As an American who frequents Princeton, I feel only slightly attacked, but mostly I agree. We suck at parallel parking.
New Yorkers park like this.
Its easier if you disrespect other peoples property
The amount of determination this person has for that one spot deserves an award
Well, you when you know how freaking rare a free park place is in Paris, when you see one ,you take it no matter what.
This driver managed to not bump / push the other cars which is somewhat rare too in Paris.
Every Parisian have this determination!
@@thesmokyunicorn619 well done
When there is one spot for every 50 cars, you make it work...
Hitting my car in the process, so impressive 🥱
Nice skill. As I read French parking I was expecting the car simply to bump the other car(s) out of the way a bit until it fits.
the key is that this is french parking, not parisian parking :)
Grand tour moment
No.It is an accident in Japan.
he hit the cars though
I swear to God, that's exactly how they park there in France! I remember being there sitting in the parked car, and newly arived pal just started pushing our car to get in. When we got out and were like "what the fuck dude?", he was honestly surprised with our anger, it was like no big deal for him at all))
For most of us, it was the one of the most impressive parallel parking ever witnessed, for that French motorist, it was just a Tuesday in Paris!
Being french myself, when I first clicked on the video I thought it was a meme making fun of french people driving or something, then I've been surprised to realize that people were genuinely impressed by this clip, because I can witness and perform this kind of parking on a daily basis in France !
impressive for hitting the car in front of him? 1:08
@@Quint_69 that's just how it's done. No harm in gently touching your car with other cars to get your car parked, ofc don't attempt to do it in North America.
@@greego5952 We'll see if it's still okay when it's your car being touched.
@@Quint_69 id be upset because im in canada not paris lmfaooo. I don't think this is the right way to park you shouldn't ever touch your car to another but i guess that's the french way.
imagine being given that parking space for a parallel park in your driving test.
ça transformerait la voiture en théière sifflante !
jajaja so stress
😢if like that I will failed to get driving licence 😅
They doesn't demand you to choose an specific parking...
I was told to parallel park in a spot somewhat like that….😂
I couldn't stop watching how the French parked when I was in Paris, and they would get out of their cars and just smile at me as if nothing insane just happened.
@@RebeccaJadee You are a beauty like a French, Becky 😍Funny you still active after years and I just got a recommendation for the video now.
French people never smile at strangers. Parisians never smile at all.
@@calamityaj7318 it's a stereotype
@@Phantasmagorique dude, France is not limited to Paris, stop your stereotypes. That's like saying Americans are all stupid because they don't go to school
@@gaumetpaul872 stop stereotyping Americans. The illiterate are the people from the MidWest and the Bible Belt.
Guys, it's so freaking difficult to find a free parking spot in Paris, when you find one you hold onto it for dear life. I feel for this guy. Been there done that
It's not free, it's written "payant" on the floor
@@girlyveridict2266 I meant 'free' as in 'empty'
Yep same but in nice, ruined my holiday but I did get a nice picture of a space that I was proud of
@@girlyveridict2266 no where is free to park in France 😂😂👍🏻
Same feelings. Cannot find any space in İstanbul too. So the video isnt weird to me.
That’s actually incredible I didn’t think that second car could physically fit in that spot. This is taking knowing the physical limitations of your vehicle to the extreme and could almost pass for red bull parking 🤣
Cuz it dont he bumped these other cars several times…
@@dawidp749 It's expected in france
he crashed multiple times and it didn't fit
I don't think he did fit initially. I think he slowly moved other cars out of the way, or methodically crushed all cars into being slightly smaller
@@ForsenArchiveit's also expected, but apparently not required, that damaging the other vehicles involved would equate as an automatic failure. It does here in the states, anyway. I can see this being seen as a "fit", but a failure nonetheless.
One wouldn't expect something as mundane as parking to be this interesting, yet here we are watching a master.
I drive this car daily and for me it's just unbelieveable that you can actually park it in such a small space
Yeah it looks like a very long car and difficult to do this!
Same, so much skill
A Peugeot 407? Yeah, they look like they'd be difficult because to the long over hang a the front especially.
Same color? Grey ones are easier to park.
You do realize that he kept bumping into both cars again and again. Ain’t no parking sensors aiding him.
I lived in France a short time and one of the coolest things I saw - at an apartment complex - people left their cars in neutral and were OK with other people pushing their car back and forth in order to accommodate other people's parking needs. Taught me that bumpers are under-used in America.
Really? Never saw that
@@keikeyleno Ris-Orangis (1991)
👍habe ich auch schon gesehen und gedacht, das wäre in Deutschland UNDENKBAR, der deutsche Autofahrer würde ausflippen!!!😄😄😄😄👍👍
I wouldn't leave my car in neutral where I live, or I'd have found it at the bottom of a hill. I've never been to France, but I guess central Paris is pretty flat.
we italians are different: we park badly on purpose so no one parks near us
I did that once during my first year of getting my driver’s license. I did a lot of the forward-backward and moved inch by inch just to fit into a tiny spot on the street. Not gonna lie it actually felt quite good after I parked perfectly, despite how long I spent on it. Yet, now as an “experienced” driver, I give up on tiny spots and keep circling around for a bigger spot, lol!
Te doy un like como señal que Dios me enseñará así como a ti
Tbf if it's paris you could end up circling around for a long time
I used to park like a god when I was a learner driver. Ig no I've become complacent
French "person" 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
This is such a true statement lol
US Driver's Manual: The parking spot must be 1.5 car lengths for you to park your car.
The French: Hold my wine....
I'm from the UK and have many friends that drive, with various levels of skill, but it must be said that by far and away the most talented is the French guy. One time another friend needed to parallel park in a space similar to one in the video, realised that she had no chance, so went and got him. He did it in two moves. He had never driven that car before in his life.
Driving is a mad thing in France. Even old people who shouldn't drive are not too dangerous. When it's raining they do break people balls though.
But did you check bumbers after that? 😉
Same
uk is best
@@originalni_popisovac Or is there?
Europe - *The parking gap is too small! I can't park!*
France - *If there is air, I can move the car in and out*
England - I'm going to manspread my car across two bays so everyone else parks wonky and when I drive away it'll look like their fault
@@thesandwich5321 Parisian - "I have mastered the art of parking in the most narrow spaces imaginable to humankind."
Whos gonna tell him that France is part of Europe?
@@noahmithYeah that confused me. I'm sure they're aware, it's just worded oddly
I park every day in small spots like that and I live in EU
From his restart to finish, only took 1 min 13 seconds! Crazy fast too! (Felt like forever haha). Truly a master parker!
1min is even a bit long, the average parking time in this kind of situation here in Paris is more like 30sec haha
*Friends, I took off the 20 one arm pull ups* *Support me*
Like wiping your 433 with silk
How do you know it’s a he?
@@ShoSho-cq7ct If you don't know the gender you use he on default, well that's what I learned in french.
This explains why all the cars are all scraped on each corner! I was wondering about that when I visited paris.
Note to self: never drive in France. Uber, taxi, or possibly rent one of those scooters.
Any European city, really.
@@MagnificentlyHighAlien Not really, no.
@@MagnificentlyHighAlien no it is most definitely just paris
I was in Paris for a week and saw more damaged cars every day that I'd seen the rest of my whole life.
3x I even saw cars with loose flapping bumpers on the highway
Imagine you have to do this in order to get your drivers license, I would live like spongebob lmao
Speaking about that… 🤓
In germany you have to do this
hitting other parked cars to get a license?
@@aj1. no you dont
@@carloS-jy1fl you do on Spain at least, I did have to park in really tight spots quite a few times on driving classes
The thing about such parking is when I do this occasionally, I almost always realize that there is a much wider parking space even closer to where I want to go.
Sadly that’s not the case in paris lol, people have to do this because there’s so few available parking spots.
Not in Paris...
that is why i prefer a $20 parking sensor kit in my car to speed thing out😆
@@g-gamer362 a parking sensor would go bonkers in Paris 🤣🤣🤣
@@g-gamer362 yeah, you have to go until the beep is steady on, then use the mechanical parking sensors...
This is not a mere parking, this is art
French Excellence
The Mona Lisa of the asphalt!
Yep, it's French
Hmmm, are you telling me that they managed to park without touching a car at the front or back? I doubt it. Plus, what's to say that the car in front or behind will be able to get out without touching the car that squeezed into the spot?
@@JP5isalive art is not for everyone
2:22 he deserves some kind award imo
We have the Triumphal (p)Arc, smack in the middle of a roundabout too
10 years later...still impressive as heck. I don't even try, if I don't have about 1,5m of extra room to manouvre.
hitting all that car and causing damage. impressive as fuck
I would just park somewhere else, oh and get a smaller car 😅
@@murray821
Well, a smaller car would fit into a smaller space, but the same principle would still apply 😅. In Germany, you're out a lot of money, if you so much as glance at someone's car the wrong way. It's absolutely ridiculous, but them's the law.
If the other person decides to have the whole part repainted or replaced because of a tiny scratch or dent... you're liable. Just not worth the risk.
@@raraavis7782 and then there is Egypt, where no car is without dents 😂
@@murray821
I'm so jealous. For me a car is just a convenient way, to get around. I don't care shit about the paint job or whatever. But most people here are so stuck up about their vehicles....I live in a city with busy traffic and scant parking spaces and it's very stressful!
No idea why this popped up in my feed, but all I can say is that this is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will.
Maybe a woman 😂
I’m a woman and I can do this. I’m a Parisian by the way.
For those that missed it, it was a John Wick reference, not some broad statement about men vs women lol
I know a man who can park as long as there is a gap as small as a pencil between the two cars. A fucking pencil!
@@juliad368The parisian part explains it all tbh
Has my car stopped moving? Yes. Am I close to I wanna be? Yes. Well, then I’m parked.
hammond?
Literally just came from that video
@@tadeob_ same
@@tadeob_ same i wanted to see if he was joking or not
@@ethanporciello8807 Turns out he wasn't joking
Ahh, France. To cultivate the experience,
the first two attempts at anything are considered foreplay.
Getting the initial angle is very important. Amazing of the driver to realize that his initial angle was not optimal. Some would just given up or left it poorly parked with tires outside the parking line.
That's why most people can't. They don't understand how to back in properly
Я мог бы умереть на этом месте, но никогда не повторить. )) Это особое чутьё, результат многих и многих лет тяжелой практики.
Once you've got the right initial angle everything is simple.
My first driving lesson was a crazy manoeuvres hour, now I love hard parkings.
How about just not having shitty parking?
As a french I can say that this is just a normal day in Paris.... But this guy slayed it 😭 and it's not a free parking so he has to pay for park there but at this point he deserves it for free
Nah, i really thought parking was bad in Ireland. Nothing even comes close. That absolute stunt of a parking we just witnessed would not even top the #1 parker in the country.
I even try this, and let me tell you i'm taking the bumpers, sides and everything off the car before i'm able to even take the ignition out lmao.
100th like. I'm special.
Random sidenote, you have very good taste in animes.
what makes you think it was a guy 😌
Well he touched the car infront… didnt he?
Man if only someone filmed how this legend got out of that spot with the same scenario. For him it would be a walk in the park but for us it would be damn interesting to watch.
play it in reverse
@@chaseHoldren😂😂😂
he just damaged the other cars until he was out. such skill.
Probably floored it in both directions and rammed his way out of there. Suckers will never catch him.
@@chaseHoldrenhilarious 😆
It is but a kiss, a caress, a sweet moment shared of sublime discretion.
And the three of them ... sighed.
Even after 11 years, this video remains a true French art masterpiece!
Indeed.
Oui
I remember my mother having a small accident with a woman that just came from her holiday in France, the woman complained complained "Oh its just a little scratch, in France nobody is bothered by such a thing"
My mother just responded by yelling "ARE WE IN FRANCE?!"
As a Belgian i can confirm that most French do not care about scratching their car. It like normal for them to scratch her daily driver car🤣
@@Acrapotege Even the ones with expensive or rarer cars?
@@xXYannuschXx Most French drive ''shit boxs'' every day and if they have the money, they have a ''weekend'' car. So no, they don't treat their expensive cars like that
last month in France i didn't break at a red light and bump the back of a shitbox in front of me. I stoped, the guy in the shit box stoped, we both get out of our cars and look the damage (scratch on his car), i didn't have the time to say anything that the guy return to his car saying "it's nothing, chief. have a good day" (chief is an expression in france to mark respect to a stranger)
@@Acrapotege What ? Clearly not, i HATE people who scratch and knock their fucking door on my car x)
“Use the bumper, that’s what it’s for!”
- General Ourumov, 1995
I got that Goldeneye reference.
There was a time when a car’s bumpers were used for this purpose of parking. They had Metal bumpers, the modern type plastic painted bumpers are not great when touching other cars 🚗 🚗 during reversing.
@@charm8167 plastic are far better than chrome for this, they leave no scratches (if gentle) and flex slightly, and cheap to replace if needed.
So what I'm getting from this is that the french follow the same laws of physics as cats,
1. If it fits, they sits
2. They are basically liquid and fit anywhere and everywhere
The driver who parks his car passionately and the Video Grapher who captures has an equal amount of patience..
passionately when he hit the car in front of him? 1:08
Passionately? Yeah, nothing screams passion like scratching up your bumpers without a care in the world, right? 🤦♂️
And equal amount of patience to watch !
What makes me feel impressed is the fact that the driver could calculate perfectly that his/her car would fit in the spot. I'm good at manouvering but I suck when it comes to calculate with a simple glance whether my car would fit or not , that's why I give up many times spots where my co-driver says that the car could fit.
A car just came out of there ofc they thought they would fit in also.
@@ferbintegabriel4714 The cars were different (Ford Focus and Peugeot 407).
@@alejandrop.s.3942 the driver didn't know what car it was, just see that they the car fit the space so the driver assume his car fit.
@@johnnguyen9576 You can park a Jaguar XJ in the same spot where a Mini barely fits? Just following your reasoning of "if a car fits another one would fit as well, it doesn't matter that they're different cars".
@@alejandrop.s.3942 it about the same size.
In my country, a small scratch caused by undesired incident will end up with serious quarrel and/or sue.
In France, it seems that drivers do not complain if their car get hit as a result of this parking action, because they have understood each other or became accustomed to doing this parking.
this is not true at all, you're making this up
It's extremely unlikely that this damaged any of those car.
You're from whivh country ?
Yes in Germany it's the same. People love their cars here.
Bumpers are there for bumping. If someone need a decoration instead of a bumper he should stay away from cities or crowded places Its just a tool for transportation and a small and little scratch at bumpers doesnt make any real difference for its use. I know a lot will disagree, but i think its better not to be attached too much to an item. At least not when we talk about little scratches.
Every year I come back to be surprised yet again
This was more useful than the dozens of side parking tutorials I've watched this week.
You watch tutorial and read manual?
Never park like that. Never.
You're not prepared for parking, you should memorize those tutorials harder.
@@ballsxan Will do, teacher 😭
Update us when you get your license or I'm sueing you for emotional damages. I must know.
Even after many years since the release of this video in 2012, this is still truly one of the biggest artistic masterpieces of all time. ✊🏁
Even after many years since the release of this video in 2012, he still hasn't managed to get back out of his parking space.
masterpiece for hitting the car in front of him? 1:08
@@Quint_69 bot, get a life💀
@@Phriffo Hitting cars? Get a life.
The best part is this is a setup done by a professional, and most people don't think that way and believe it is just a random recording.
I lived in Paris and worked as a sales rep for 20 years. This very parking technique and satisfying result was my daily routine. Having said that, not all Parisian drivers possess the necessary skill.
As to bumping, French people also do not like it. You do it when the other car’s driver is not present and you do your best to bump as gently as possible with the intent to leave no scratch on both bumpers (yours and his).
"Bump as gently as possible"
Lmao, dont try that in germany
@@richardsalzmann7946 > I know… France has nuances. Germany, not so sure.
@@pierremarel if you bump a car in germany im pretty sure you wont leave the spot alive
@@dreckigerdan4482 > Could that be one more reason why most people would prefer to visit or live in France?
@@pierremarel hitting a car and just dont minding it is a reason to stay in germany
It helps tremendously if the corners of the car are quite rounded off.
If the diagonal length can make it with two fingers to spare, then the rest is easy.
I remember visiting France in the 70s and watching a car push a vehicle more than a foot to make enough space. Bumpers where metal and substantial back then.
Мне как-то родственник из Европы рассказал, что это нормально у них в городе толкать чужую машину несмотря на повреждения обоих машин для освобождения пространства
Живу в Европе, в Германии например за малейшее прикосновение штраф 500 Евро если не ошибаюсь ;)@@ArthurTrader
Yea but only in france
@@ArthurTraderno es cierto, soy español y también he vivido en Italia y Alemania. si tocas mi coche aparcando y lo dañas no sólo te multan y me vas a pintar el parachoques, sino que te arranco la cabeza. Pero amistosamente amigo, sin ánimo de ofender . Es mi propiedad y no tienes derecho a dañarla para aparcar, si no eres capaz, entonces aparca más lejos y vas caminando. si no puedes estacionar es problema tuyo. no es culpa de mi pobre coche. Solo hablo en general como ejemplo para que me entiendas de lo que te pasa si vas golpeando los autos de las personas.
@@palderreich0живу в СНГ, автовладельцы готовы порвать чужой зад за любую царапинку на своем ведре
Wow, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond were spot on, on how the French park
If Clarkson parked Russian UAZ in Paris, he would have broken all everything except UAZ because UAZ have a hard steel bumper
I lived in Spain, and this is how the Spaniards do it, too. Probably everywhere that parking is at a premium.
@@rosemarieschwarzenberger3811 thats why most cars in spain got a big dent in them. Lousy drivers.
Imagine being late to work just to elegantly park your car like this
Imagine being late to work just to waiting for somebody elegantly park his car like this😄
But key word is that the video title is _French_ parking and not _Parisian_ parking. In Paris people leave their cars in neutral so people can push the cars out of the way when parking on the street. They just reverse until they hear a loud sound and they’re parked. Pull this stunt in any other part of France and people will get really angry.
it wouldn't sit well in England.
10 sec later the car in front drove off
😂
My first time trying parallel parking, it tooks me 10 minutes and I had a space about 1 meter in front and behind my car to the next car parked. This guy pull it off in just 2 minutes with very little space between the cars, so awesome.
Practice makes perfect.
In just 2 minutes and only 4 more scratches on each bumper
Driving instructors in Paris will make you parallel park for hours on end, and they won't let you take your practical test until you can do it perfectly 😅
@@Blaublahblue I mean sure that might be true, but in this clip you can clearly see the bumpers touching for the most part of the parking
And I think this guy is a woman . Just sayin .
As a Parisian I did this once in front of a cafe full of American tourists.
I was applauded when I finish parking.
У вас нет штрафа за повреждение чужих машин?
@@infivegnot in France
They don't fkn damage the cars, why don't you get it??
That's pretty good considering I've seen cars in Paris bump and push both the front and back cars to get more space
This is literally what they did here
@@Kuolema1337 when he said push, he MEANT push, like pushing the car until it moves.
I've only seen it in 2006 Pink Panther movie
@@MasterboxProduction this is what happened here watch carefully
@@hasnaatalii no, he touched the cars but did not push them actively.
Красавчек! Какой глазомер! Так знать габариты-дорогого стоит! Респект!
As cool as some of you may find this, it’s very common for you to come outside and your car has dents and scratches on it from people trying to park
I was in France a few years back and watched a similar parking incident. This driver was less concerned with bumping, and simply pushed the car behind out of the way. The next car along ended up being shoved out into a junction. Madness, but fun to watch while sitting in the sun outside a cafe.
Yeah it s very Common to push cars in paris but you don’t bump them it’s ok and there is protection on both cars like we french think it was made to puch cars gently
Touching defense vs defense is not considered hitting. At least not in Spain.
In Germany it is criminal when you touch a car like in the video and dont't call the police.
I don't think nowadays you can shove a car like that (move its wheels) without denting the plastic bumpers. On the other hand you can usually squish them a little and have them come back...
@@dlr9456 ....still not okay m8 and btw someoen can sue you for it even in paris. You damaging someone else property.
lol I was so impressed by the 1st car being able to get out, then the 2nd car fucking parks in his place.
Well a Ford Focus is smaller than a Peugeot 407 thats why ^^
his indeed, no w*Man would have managed this
Its not even parking, its bumping its way into a way too small space. I dont know whats impressive with that.
When a French man says he's got 5 inches (okay fine 12.7 cm),
that is more than enough
to do a fantastic job.
NO, ONLY FREEDOM UNITS, MURICA, F*CK YEAH
French people: "We don't have much parking space."
Also french people: *Use 5meters long cars*
Lol you say that because our roads are very small compare to yours, in reality it's your cars which are so long and big
This car made 4.5 meters and its already considered as a long boat in France
@@pmrdc117 Yes it's a long car in France because of our roads but compare to yours and your roads it's nothing, i just do a comparison between France and USA if you're an american
@Sideways G Yes i already know that and then ?
Yes, only the rich and dumb drive 5 meters cars in Paris. They are also usually alone behind the steering wheel... It should be forbidden in any big city.
And for the American viewers: the French do this with manual shifting gear mostly…
for parking, there isn't to much difference, just 1st and R for manual and P and R for automatic
@@emanuelalvarez2542 you forget something called a clutch
@BL Dontmatter ofc they'll all have their parking brake engaged. With clutch you lower the torque transmitted to the wheels so when u touch another car it's like a human hand pressing on the body of the car, you can't do that with an automatic cause even if u gently press the gas pedal lots of torque are put onto the wheels which will damage the car paint. Plus clutch pedals are very long and you can be very precise by using both pedals at the same time.
Well I mean, most Europeans still do. Myself as an Italian living in Turin I do this every day with a clutch, not just in France.
@@emanuelalvarez2542so you never drove a manuel? The clutch is the part where people mess up that are not used to manuel
What's more amazing than his skill is his precise eye judgment that he can make it into that space.
That is what is called skill
This video is 10 years old lol. Wonder how much more insane it is now. But I bet it's just his eye being able to judge the distance to millimeter...or that's probably part of it. Probably that it's Paris and no available reasonable parking so he just forced it in. Kimdof like Stallone on cobra.
Would've been great someone ripping someone's shirt and telling them to go clean themselves up. It is Paris after all
He literally couldn’t though you can see him constantly bumping into the other cars. I’m sure there’s not any noticeable damage maybe a scuff mark but still
Thank you bruv
@Jonny Simpson was doing the best I could mate.
I used to do this all the time in Manhattan in the early 1990s. The problem was, if you left your car for a couple of days, the cars that had been in front of and behind you would have been replaced with two different cars which now were literally touching your bumpers. You would have to rock each car up on its suspension in order to escape your space.
I’m so impressed that driver knows exactly, EXACTLY how big their car is down to the centimeter and how far forward or back they can go. I’ll be a few feet away from a car and feel like I’m as close as I can get.
he knew how far forward and back he could go when he hit the car in front and behind they stopped him moving, there is nothing clever about that.
Yeah so impressive how they back into the car behind them and know they can’t go any further lmfao
@@stevengold Exactly!
It’s like you people are imbeciles or something. He was clearly touching and bumping the cars, that’s how he knew how far he was.
Good drivers have developed their spatial sense enough to know where the edges of their car are. It may look like voodoo but it's really no different from being able to touch your toes with your eyes closed.
In my country, being that close to another car is considered a "hit" lol
I wonder if it is available information in your country what word "hit" means?
Why don't people say what country they are from and just say my country 😫
Where?
Are you a zimbabwean?
The driver also actually hit/tapped the other cars.
Simply amazing. If I didn't see it, I wouldn't think it was possible.
amazing for hitting the car in front of him? 1:08
@@Quint_69 Damn, you are one annoying dude, you replied all of them with the same sentence. I agree with you, this was not as professional as they say, but get a life man.
I was expecting something different, but this was better. I’m impressed
This is why French cars have such good bumpers. I remember my Renault Supercinque wel.
As a French person, what amazes me the most are the comments of people who seem to think this is amazing.. This was kind of normal, and he didn't even have to take traffic into account. Usually you have to hurry because other drivers are stressing you out.
Exactly, especially that he had to adjust his angle 2 times.
I did this for 8 years, but in Germany, having been searching for a parking spot for at least 30 minutes every time... In many european cities, this is the only way to find a space where you won't get fined or towed. It was my daily routine.
Same for a certain UK City, bizarrely it is one of those skills that fade without daily practice.
Such a delicate and elegant parking style just like Madeleine
Thank you grand tour for bringing this to my attention.
Same here!!
@@brianshockley6429 it's brilliant
As a French dude, I take any tight parking place as a challenge to be accomplish with finesse and patience :)
The French are Laches. Let the Germans steam roll over you guys . Us Americans had to save you guys
@@socallawrence frerot
@@socallawrence bad bait
@@socallawrence wtf? learn history and respect before to comment on internet.
@@GeneralKenobi69420 I have the high ground Kenobi
Most patient person in the world performs a 325 point turn
People watching : OMG, what a determination for parking a car ! what tension and precision for 2 minutes !
Actual Driver : *singing* i got a parking place ! i got a parking place ! best monday ever ! for 2 minutes with a big smile.
I can confirm that the French do not argue about minor damage on cars. A then brand-new Citroen C6 cut my lane and I noticed too late and hit it. A Gitanes-smoking man in an expensive suit got out, totally relaxed, we looked at the scratches and dents and he said "Euh, c est rien monsieur, la voiture est encore en marche", shrugged, and got back in.
Dad cuares nadie endiosó la wuesvdiojistrs mean.
Yeah, a wise Chinese man once said: "撞车是不行的".
Est ce que ce monde est seeeerieuuuux😂
"Uh, it is nothing sir, the car is still running"
What a great story.
I wish we could be more relaxed like that. Too many people here are in such a hurry to try and make a buck on something like that. Quick to file a claim or sue.
I am sure the driver also took into consideration the space the front and rear cars had in relation to his position, during his quick calculation. The front car had ample space in front to leave while the rear car had enough space on the back to get out without trouble. Great job.
@Nicky L and you are wrong. It is calculated.
What about himself...
More knocks on both cars again...?😅
great job for hitting the car in front of him? 1:08
@@Quint_69 no, that's just french parking sensor lol, you tap the bumper mean its time to stop and turn wheel
I was in Paris years ago and saw this many times. It seemed that when the cars were parked on level ground they were left in neutral gear and without parking brake. That way they could be gently pushed by the cars entering or exiting the parking spot. The parked cars could not go far because there was always a car parked close either in front or rear.
Тоже слышал, что в Европе оставляют машины на нейтральной передаче, чтобы специально их толкали в случае чего
Я был в шоке, что всем плевать на повреждения машины!
No you do put the parking brake to prevent the car from rolling on its own, you just don't want to crank it too hard so the car will still move if pushed hard enough.
We do something similar in my country when there's no free parking space an a car would block someone else. The car is left with the parking brake disengaged, but others will push the car by hand if needed, which prevents causing damage.
Когда в голову им так потолкаешь тогда наверное и дойдёт.😅😅
No they're not on neutral
I absolutely didn’t think the car would fit let alone be able to park there.
That's why I bought 100% insurance coverage to a rened car on my trip to France. Otherwise I would have paid 1200 Euro for scatches done by such a parking "professionals".
@@username8644 congratulations on completely missing the point!
@@username8644 When I park I tend not to hit other people's cars.
@Yu Jin He didn't hit other cars, he barely gently touched their bumpers.
@@username8644 I'm from Paris and having a scratch on the bumpers isn't normal at all lol, but it happens that we touch each other bumpers but it usually leaves no scratches, and it is only in Paris that there is a lack of space, everywhere else in France you have all the space you need
@@username8644 I'm a Frenchman living in France bro all the country is a big countryside except from few big cities
The part that is missing is the falling piano on top of the roof of the car shortly after the parking job is complete
Lmao
Next up we got the falling safe
lol what the hell were you thinking😂
This is masterclass in parking. Very likely French drivers disable their parking sensors because they would constantly go off.
In my younger days I spent some time in Nice and people told me not to set the handbrake and leave the car in second gear. This way, if it got bumped a bit too much it would move.
I was told the same but first gear
I heard neutral?
@@samaraisnt neutral does not make sense. If you don't have the parking brake on and the car in neutral it might roll away. First gear is still a lot of resistance to overcome.
Bad but good idea, unless you're parked on hill during a snowfall winter
@@samaraisnt if you leave your car in neutral, expect your car to roll away
I used to live in a narrow lane in Edinburgh and my parking skills back then were on this level.😂 I once got a round of applause from a bunch of men watching me get into a tight spot in Spain. They tried to stop me saying there wasn’t enough room. I got out, had a look, rolled my eyes and parked. 😊
You can find this kind of parking anywhere in southern European cities. It's really insane. Can you imagine trying to fit through European streets and parking spots with an unnecessarily large American truck?
Pov: i live in Italy
@@Lutz_Wig pov: the same in Poland... It's even a part 9f driving license exam...
@@arpa9009 lol here u can get the driving license by just turning on the car
(Jokin but still it's very easy)
@@Lutz_Wig ahh so going to Italy to get my driving license! In Poland is not that easy
@@arpa9009 rip :(
Many other videos only show how to get out of that space, not how to park. What I want to see is how to park, not how to exit from that tight space.
Thanks for posting this, because this shows the parking process from the beginning. I see the initial step is quite similar to the one used for normal space parking. The difference is in the remaining steps which rely on driver's skill.
bist Du'n Arkademikker vonne Unniteet ?
I think youtube is not place where you learn to park car
The initial step is still I think the most important - notice the silver guy had to drive out of the space and make a seccond attempt? - because if you get the car in at a wrong angle, you will have to make a billion corrections, and if you reverse into the space at just the right angle, the rest is relatively straightforward - just back up steering closer to the pavement, then turn the wheel and do the same thing driving forwards, et cetera; not easy if you don’t want to hit or wreck (God forbid if you have a towbar) other cars but the manoeuvres themselves are pretty simple. The burning question is: did he have rear parking sensors? 🤔
Something else to take in account is the radius turn (I'm not sure if that is the correct name)... Research by yourself, sorry but my first language isn't English...
@@backseatcovers The key is to get you rear wheels into the right position, ie, between the curb and the line on the street. With very little back and forth space, you cannot really move your rear wheels, you can only rotate the car around roughly your rear differential (or where it would be if the rear wheels were ‘powered’).
My son lives in Seville. Parking in the city is very limited. If you find a roadside space you just “bump” your way in - hitting the bumpers of both the car in front and the one behind - until you’re parallel with the curb. Here in England, I’d have a heart attack if somebody parked next to my car by hitting its bumper repeatedly, but in Seville it’s just normal parking procedure.
I drive a 2009 ford focus cc with a dent that I caused myself and I would get physically violent with anyone who touched my bumper while parking 😂
Pero si en sevilla hay aparcamientos de sobra que me estás contando
Bumpers are for bumping anyway. I'm glad India has enough space to not care but if anyone hits my bumper it's kinda whatever
@@videoclub_420 Take it easy, miarma!
@@angelito2144 q dise tuu palangana
*Voila, magnifique! True parking artisans.* 💫
Having driven in France I can confirm this is to be expected. I wouldn't say all drivers do it, but you do have to be prepared for it to happen. Some nudge gently, others not so!
First time seeing the French not giving up 1:30
@@deadboltzz5199 Your lack of History is hopeless.
In Frankreich ist ein Auto ohne Beule und Schramme kein richtiges Auto!🥳😄
@@reisswolf5202 Cringe comment ⬆️
You went to Brittany, North or any other places that aren't Paris or Marseille ? because you're the kind of ppl writting comments that seems "fake" to people living in this country
He put more wear on those tyres than I put in a month of parking everyday 10 times
🤣
And the steering box.
And the clutch also if it had manual gearbox
How to parallel park in France:
Go to any parking space regardless of how big your car or how small the space is and waste some time adjusting your car in the proper position and don’t bother if you are going to hit something.
The problem is, it's already difficult enough to find a parking spot in Paris, but if your car is too big you will not park anywhere above ground.
@@jazz96765 so weird how i found parking in the Mandel street(coming of the trocadero) two weekends in a row not even 50m from the square
When cars scratch:
Other countries: calls cops
France: I sleep
What they dont tell you is that after he parked it, he remembered that he forgot to buy milk and had to come back out.
I remember, as a kid, when spending summer vacations in France, I always made notice of all cars damaged bumpers ^^
The way its supposed to be
@@VisibletoanyoneonUA-camscringe
I've seen this right in front of my eyes. The driver literally had 2-3cm front and 2-3cm back, and he actually made it without touching any of the cars. That was one if the most amazing things i've seen in my life. After he left the car, i ran to give him a handshake, this man was incredibly skilled.
Was it in France?
2-3cm is about an inch for those who use Freedom units
@@elijahprasad7884 Praia da Costa, Brazil.
@@E85stattElektrorubbish units
@@E85stattElektro given the average size of a freedom-unit user's car (= SUV) and the rule of compensation, I'm sure they are very well acquainted with the "2-3cm" length, if you know what I mean xD
On an unrelated note: seeing Peugeots that look like a sedan is so cursed for me, i only ever saw hatchbacks from that brand
This is incredible driving/parking, we need a sequel on how he gets out!
incredible for hitting the car in front of him? 1:08
this is a reversible physical process. You can just play the video backwards
@@Quint_69You don't park there and expect your bumpers to be in perfect condition when you come back.
@@mtndew4746 Bullshit. And you don't even know what position any of the cars were in when each of them parked there. You're a terrible driver if you hit a parked car.
@@mtndew4746well then this person shouldn’t be stupidly parking there in the first place if that means hitting someone else’s car. Y’all praising stupidity
I live in France and believe me, finding a parking spot in Paris feels better than discovering a gold mine.
I used to waste more than an hour every morning looking for a parking spot before work
C'est magnifique! Une salutation à les frères françaises!
Chie church wee eee correcto’!!
@@princesskanuta3495 quien te conoce papa?
"aux frères..." donc t'es même pas un cousin lointain ^^
Salut à toi frère Jacques 😉 🍺
I think that guy’s life was somehow depending on parking that exact space
Man... I wouldn't even continue to try parking with such tight space, good job to the driver!
I've done that and received a round of applause from the people dining outside the restaurant ! It was right across the road from the theatre we were going to.l also enjoy blocking in the car that hogged more than their share of the parking spot
這技術還不賴啊！
@@Dark-ld3tw change your profile picture or else …
@@aminka9755Or else what? What're you going to do, tough guy?
good job hitting the car in front of him 1:08
Сказать, что я офигела - это ничего не сказать...
Я до сих пор не могу в это поверить, это что-то совершенно невероятное! Да я скорее в инопланетян поверю, чем в то, что такое возможно! ))
Да да... Весь Бампер и Номера ПОКОЦАННЫЕ... Или Ты, или Тебе... 🤦🏻♂️.
@@nikolay6373 ага, у них там все тачки покоцанные в европе )
Но дело не в этом. Бампер-то он никому не оторвал, но залез туда, куда залезть в принципе невозможно ))
Мне сразу сюжет из Остина Пауэрса вспоминается. Как он на экскурсии по Виртукону каток поперёк дорожки поставил, впритык между двух стен. Вот тут что-то типо того )))
@@Emmy7Emmy Не то слово... Сам манёвр рулём класс, но машины... в Ужасном состоянии!!! И в нутри и с наружи 🤦🏻♂️! Santander 🇪🇸.
@@nikolay6373 а почему внутри в ужасном? По принципу: "сгорел сарай, гори и хата"? ))
@@Emmy7Emmy Hola! 🙋🏻♂️. Не следят совершенно, запах+коврики+пылесос... Редко и нехотя... Страх и Ужас, что внутри машин творят!!! Поверь, говорю от первого лица... 🤷🏻♂️. Так, обдать водой и готово... За машинами не следят, обсалютно.... Saludos ✌️. 🇪🇸.
I actual just did a similar one in Caen, France, when travelled there back in October! We rented a car to go around Normandy and to the south, and it was a fight to get parking spaces in Caen and one night I found ine near our AirBnb and it was tight squeeze for parallel park and plus the pressure of traffic from both ways! I was proud of myself after that!
Ça m'étonne pas la Normandie ça pue du cul
- Un Normand qui en a marre
@@Kaishidow😮
@@Kaishidow rohh le jour où on réussira à être aussi fier et faite resplendir autant notre région que les bretons on pourra se plaindre objectivement de la Normandie
I accidentally parked a few times like that. If I conciously had known it is that close I would never try. Maybe reality glitches when you try really hard?!
Я тоже так вечерочком развлекаюсь😂смотрю как народ паркуется с балкончика.