Wife's parking

[steven ross]

My wife is only 5'3 and she has to do a lot of parallel parking. She is constantly hitting the curbs, and scraping the rims. Sometimes she even leaves her back right tire on the curb. Will this kill the alignment?

 

[HiHoeSilver]

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/tire-issue.94165/

Ahh.... Good times, guys.

 

[Fless]

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/tire-issue.94165/

Ahh.... Good times, guys.

LOL. Before I clicked on your link @HiHoeSilver I thought of that one from a few months back.

A few possible solutions:
- hire a chauffer
- invest in a tire and alignment shop
- get a vehicle with automatic park assist

How'd she pass the parallel parking test for her license?

 

[Scottydoggs]

well, i see this is an on going issue. her height dont have a damn thing to with it. her use or maybe even non use of the mirrors is the issue here. teach her how to park, or start making her buy new tires and alignments and worn out parts due to her poor parking habits.

 

[jerryjoe28]

lol my wife is tall and cant park for $hit ..... just bout her a new car with that birds eye view camera. that has been a game changer

 

[2011SSVHOE]

take the keys from her

 

[randeez]

might be cheaper just to get a divorce

 

[Fless]

The OP seems kind of fond of her....

 

[PG01]

might be cheaper just to get a divorce

This, def not

 

[swathdiver]

Yeah, buy one of those 5 year wheel alignment policies at places like Tire Kingdom and make sure to get the top of the line road hazard and abuse package too for the tires! You'll never get her to pay for it so forget about that happening! Mine was driving around on flat tires and thought nothing of it the other day. But she does enjoy dropping my truck's mileage into the single digits!

 

[Teeroy78]

I have no comment. My wife drives an itty bitty (by comparison) Chevy Cruze and as much as she loves the XL as our family hauler, camper tower, etc, she loves being a passenger in my ride and is terrified to drive it herself.

 

[MajorJakkov]

what's her policy when parking in a garage? keep pulling in until she hears the bumper or drywall cracking?

that other thread was laugh out loud funny. 'what's causing this weird white ring around the tires? my wife thinks we keep getting faulty tires'

 

[yates ™]

 

[Doubeleive]

lol, you fell for the "I'm too short excuse" huh, if you have power mirrors there is a little thing in the DIC called memory mirror assist.

 

[randeez]

There's a setting on my truck to tilt the mirrors down when in reverse. It's nice when needed, but to much of a pita to do on the fly.

 

[yates ™]

It does it for you every time you go into reverse. Not much to do on the fly

 

[HiHoeSilver]

There's a setting on my truck to tilt the mirrors down when in reverse. It's nice when needed, but to much of a pita to do on the fly.

It does it for you every time you go into reverse. Not much to do on the fly

It's just another memory setting for side mirror position. You can even tell it which mirror (s) to do. I have my passenger side on and driver off.

 

[randeez]

I mean I'd rather have the mirrors not do it 95% of the time

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I mean I'd rather have the mirrors not do it 95% of the time

Man, you're difficult.

 

[randeez]

I drive in reverse a lot