Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

Huffington Post: "Women Are Better At Parking Than Men".

(I guess a guy parked this car)

Huffington Post released a highly interesting, yet truthful article entitled: Women Are Better At Parking Than Men. The shortened form of the article is that a study was released in the UK, although we (women) aren't necessarily better or worse than you'se guys (men) at driving, women are incredibly better at parking.

(Why not use a photo of Amber Rose)

Let me continue. According to HuffPo, "the BBC reports that men rush when parking and end up wasting time and gas driving past parking spaces and, once they do find one, are more apt to park sloppily. A press release states "The ladies' slower approach meant they were better able to notice spaces, or spot when other drivers were about to leave."

(Kimora Lee Simmons, and no she didn't crash that car)

"While women take longer to park, according to the report -- an average of 21 seconds, compared to 16 seconds for men (or, if you prefer a more depressing figure, 12 days out of our lives parking compared to nine days for men) -- that extra time pays off. 53 percent of women were judged to have parked centrally within a space, compared to just a quarter of men. This is largely due to what researchers called "the female shuffle." They found that 56 percent of women will reposition a car if they aren't aligned to go in, while just 29 percent of men bother to do so, the press release claimed."


I agree with this article, since the one thing I do notice on customized cars is scratched rims from bad parallel parking. Young Jeezy had them on his Camaro, and sadly, he wasn't the only one. For the rest of this glowing article, check out Women Are Better At Parking Than Men at Huffington Post.com

Now guys are gonna be salty with me since I posted this. Oh well, at least I know how to parallel park my Envoy.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Parking 201 By Los Angeles Laker, Andrew Bynum

(It's easier to find a needle in a haystack than to find a flattering photo of Andrew Bynum, so I went with the one that had Canon on the step and repeat)

Are they that lazy in Los Angeles? No wonder it's such a laid back city. The same day Chris Brown was busted with his parking, Los Angeles Laker Andrew Bynum was busted as well.


Pulling into Bristol Farms Supermarket (think Publix in the South and Gristede's in New York), Andrew decided to park his customized BMW 645 Ci (I see a body kit and some wheels) in not one, but two handicapped parking spots, according to LADOT, who also took the following photos.


LADOT approached Andrew, and tried to get him to move. Instead he got back into his car, slammed the door and drove off... after completing his grocery shopping.


Sorry to be so blunt (actually, I'm not really sorry), but after seeing what Andrew Bynum looks like, this is a classic case of when a car can make a guy look great. Bernie doesn't consider arrogance as a hot personality trait. But after making $14 million dollars, at least he doesn't think that he's too famous to do his own grocery shopping.

YB

Parking 101 By Chris Brown

(I had to go with the photo with Chris Brown and the great Jonathan Mannion)

Chris Brown is back in the news AGAIN, only this time, it's something slightly different. Days after the City of New York shutting down both 48th and 49th streets because of the amount of people who came to see him perform at the Today Show, Chris is in the news for his expertise in parking.

According to TMZ, Christopher's neighbors aren't too happy with him. He allows his friends to park in all of his assigned parking spots, which forces him to park his three vehicles in handicap spots. There's other reasons why his neighbors aren't thrilled to live near him, but I chose to discuss the vehicles. Enough over how wrong that is, let's talk about the cars....


Chris can be seen around LA in three vehicles: A Dodge Viper (the one by Unique Autosports that I spoke about before), Lamborghini Gallardo wrapped in that ugly fighter jet vinyl, and the fully customized Range Rover Sport Supercharged (with the Strut grille package) for the days where he doesn't want to be as recognizable.


At the very least, he parked within the lines, but I'm sure there's someone in that building who could use those spaces a little more than he does. Thus and such, I'mma need you to do better.



Photos: TMZ