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!!
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.
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
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.
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.
Reminds me of parallel parking in Colombia. Add the mountains, parking at a slope, using a stick-shift car. Now that I live in the US, I don't know how I ever drove in Colombia lol, and somehow here in the US people have the biggest gaps in front of them, on plain field, no mountains (where I live), and automatic cars with rear cameras and still struggle.
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 worked in a very popular hospital and our parking was under construction for a whole year. I learned how to parallel park on steroids, micro maneuvering my car into the tightest spaces possible. My friends shuddered whenever they saw my car parked in cramped spots.
I learned this skill in Ireland with my good old benz. I was a true parking school, since the road next to my apartment was curved, uphill and there was maybe 5 cm space in front and back, as well as the car was LHS. of course no parking assistant, radar or anything like that. Since Ireland was never bombarded, the roads there are adjusted for chariots and horses, not a 5m long car ;-)
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
This reminds me of the time when I had to do lateral parking's after coming from work, a couple of times I had no choice and had very limited space like in this situation, with sensors it's quick work but without I had to get out of the vehicle a couple of times to be sure, not having a parking spot it's hard in the city
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)
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.
Был я в Париже и видел такие парковки. Там это в порядке вещей. Подавляющее большинство обычных машин(я имею в виду небольшие Рено, Пежо, Ситры, Опеля и прочие (скажем так - не очень дорогие) ) все имеют ссадины и царапины на бамперах, боковинах и т.д. С этим там никто не заморачивается. Некоторые даже могут немного растолкать соседей, если торопятся.
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.
@@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.
French: Until you call that thing something else, I'll be using that "bumper". I was in Paris and every car had front and rear bumper dent on it... The German (rental) told me to put car in neutral because that will be less of a damage when they use their car to move yours.....
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.
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.
How do you judge the distance in front and behind? I've just gotten into driving and feel like I'm always further than I think or I hit the back? Any tips?
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 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.
Was recently in a minor accident in my 1999 Renault Laguna. Momentary lapse of judgement and I drove into the back of a Vectra. Vectra came off with its backbox hanging off meanwhile my Laguna had just a few more scuffs on the bumper. Now I know why theyre so stiff 😂
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).
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 😅
@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 is the most significant contribution the French have made to the world at large….not because the French haven’t done anything, but purely on the basis that this being a skill that is custom amongst a functioning society is one the greatest feats I have ever beheld with mine two eyes. Hate to feed the French ego, but credit where credit is due…
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.
Oui mais les américains ont des rues toutes droites et des bagnoles géantes alors que nous la configuration des rues parisiennes notamment est souvent biscornue, 😅
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
Мля это круто ! ! ! Особенно один комент, в котором француз пишет , - как коренной француз , хочу сказать , что бампер для того что б его аккуратно стукать 😂
As a French living in Edinburgh, I had to park like that once on a first date, it wasn't as tight, but it was still very tight. Let me tell you if you want to impress a man, that's one way 😂
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...
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.
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.
For those who criticize the touches, no we would not like them on our car but the whole inner ring of Paris is a hell to park in you. This space was a spot to park no matter what otherwise you can spend the day trying to find a bigger proper one. So eventually tolerance is needed all the more that he made a hell of a good job here.
@@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.
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
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?
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?
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….😂
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
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 👍🏻
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.
Even after 11 years, this video remains a true French art masterpiece!
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.
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
his award was the parking space.
When there is one spot for every 50 cars, you make it work...
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))
One wouldn't expect something as mundane as parking to be this interesting, yet here we are watching a master.
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.
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.
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
Now THAT’s pure dedication and commitment to fulfill precise objective.
Reminds me of parallel parking in Colombia. Add the mountains, parking at a slope, using a stick-shift car. Now that I live in the US, I don't know how I ever drove in Colombia lol, and somehow here in the US people have the biggest gaps in front of them, on plain field, no mountains (where I live), and automatic cars with rear cameras and still struggle.
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.
I worked in a very popular hospital and our parking was under construction for a whole year. I learned how to parallel park on steroids, micro maneuvering my car into the tightest spaces possible. My friends shuddered whenever they saw my car parked in cramped spots.
Ahh, France. To cultivate the experience,
the first two attempts at anything are considered foreplay.
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
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 learned this skill in Ireland with my good old benz. I was a true parking school, since the road next to my apartment was curved, uphill and there was maybe 5 cm space in front and back, as well as the car was LHS. of course no parking assistant, radar or anything like that. Since Ireland was never bombarded, the roads there are adjusted for chariots and horses, not a 5m long car ;-)
Every year I come back to be surprised yet again
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
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!
It is but a kiss, a caress, a sweet moment shared of sublime discretion.
And the three of them ... sighed.
This explains why all the cars are all scraped on each corner! I was wondering about that when I visited paris.
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
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
今お気に入りの動画
家族の駐車方法
を彷彿とさせる素晴らしいテクニック✨
凄いけどこれにかける時間で他に停められる場所を探せるんじゃない？
それに据え切りの連続で足回りに負担かかるし。
Wow. What determination and accuracy!
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
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?
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.
Genius... This person knows his trigonometry and car 🚙 manoeuvring 💯!
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.
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 🤣🤣🤣
But you wouldn't get to get out of the car feeling like a boss then, would ya? 😆
This reminds me of the time when I had to do lateral parking's after coming from work, a couple of times I had no choice and had very limited space like in this situation, with sensors it's quick work but without I had to get out of the vehicle a couple of times to be sure, not having a parking spot it's hard in the city
The perfect masterpiece was recommended to me!
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🤣
@@thebac028 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)
@@thebac028 What ? Clearly not, i HATE people who scratch and knock their fucking door on my car x)
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?
Friend, excellent and instructive video as always
go ahead.
Greetings from Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Невероятно! Даже не стукнул ни разу!👍👏👏👏
стукнул, смотри внимательнее
Был я в Париже и видел такие парковки. Там это в порядке вещей. Подавляющее большинство обычных машин(я имею в виду небольшие Рено, Пежо, Ситры, Опеля и прочие (скажем так - не очень дорогие) ) все имеют ссадины и царапины на бамперах, боковинах и т.д. С этим там никто не заморачивается. Некоторые даже могут немного растолкать соседей, если торопятся.
Врешь ты@@saraplaiter
@@saraplaiterу нас за такую парковку уже давно бы ебучку расколотили,об его же ведро.
рульевой рейке хана
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?
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.
French: Until you call that thing something else, I'll be using that "bumper". I was in Paris and every car had front and rear bumper dent on it... The German (rental) told me to put car in neutral because that will be less of a damage when they use their car to move yours.....
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 😆
“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.
How do you judge the distance in front and behind? I've just gotten into driving and feel like I'm always further than I think or I hit the back? Any tips?
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.
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.
Excellent parking! I expected it to go on for 3 - 4 - 10 hours to park the by turning but no, this person did it in 60 seconds :D
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.
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 !
Wow! A thing of beauty. Props to the driver.
My french moother in a nutshell. All our lives abroad, she is always deemed the best driver around. Swift and smooth control no matter what
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.
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.
@@Danylevich228живу в СНГ, автовладельцы готовы порвать чужой зад за любую царапинку на своем ведре
Высший пилотаж!😊
Was recently in a minor accident in my 1999 Renault Laguna. Momentary lapse of judgement and I drove into the back of a Vectra. Vectra came off with its backbox hanging off meanwhile my Laguna had just a few more scuffs on the bumper. Now I know why theyre so stiff 😂
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
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
@@Xerxes1337 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.
I'm over here still impressed with the first car...
I live in NYC, and can say that is a very impressive parking job.
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
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.
When I had a V6, my bumpers did awesome works, movings cars through dozens of centimeters
As a new driver this is my worst nightmare. I’d never put my self in that position.
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.
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 😅
@@louk6848 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 .
A master at work.
i cant even describe what i feel after seeing this
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.
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.
This is the most significant contribution the French have made to the world at large….not because the French haven’t done anything, but purely on the basis that this being a skill that is custom amongst a functioning society is one the greatest feats I have ever beheld with mine two eyes. Hate to feed the French ego, but credit where credit is due…
Everyone: " Frenchman what are you doing? "
Frenchman: " *Parking* "
(Hans Zimmer no time for caution kicks in)
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.
Oui mais les américains ont des rues toutes droites et des bagnoles géantes alors que nous la configuration des rues parisiennes notamment est souvent biscornue, 😅
Exactly, especially that he had to adjust his angle 2 times.
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.
When we park like that in Germany, you sometimes get applause by occasional onlookers.
Мля это круто ! ! !
Особенно один комент, в котором француз пишет , - как коренной француз , хочу сказать , что бампер для того что б его аккуратно стукать 😂
This is why French cars have such good bumpers. I remember my Renault Supercinque wel.
Thank you grand tour for bringing this to my attention.
Same here!!
@@brianshockley6429 it's brilliant
As a French living in Edinburgh, I had to park like that once on a first date, it wasn't as tight, but it was still very tight. Let me tell you if you want to impress a man, that's one way 😂
cant imagine how much patience you need to did this!
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.
the french touch 😂
I love when UA-cam recommends channels from 8 years ago, 1 video and millions of views randomly 😂😂😂
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.
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.
Oh, they even make French kiss when parking... So romantic.
ما شاء الله رواق على الآخر👌
For those who criticize the touches, no we would not like them on our car but the whole inner ring of Paris is a hell to park in you. This space was a spot to park no matter what otherwise you can spend the day trying to find a bigger proper one. So eventually tolerance is needed all the more that he made a hell of a good job here.
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.
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
That was actually very impressive.
LA looking the same 😂
I had to fight for parking and squeeze in the smallest spaces. Overcrowding is a pain!
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😂
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
very well deserved parking space for the grey car