[actd]

I've been driving for around 35 years now and in all that time, I have never had a problem with reverse parking into a parking bay - alway get it in first time, right in the centre of the bay and perfectly lined up. However, since I've got the juke, I just don't seem to get the car straight unless I use the guidelines on the reversing camera - I get out, see that the car looks more like it was dumped than parked, and get back in t straighten it out. Don't know if it's the curvy sides that are throwing me - does anyone else find they are doing this?

 

[Red Baron]

actd, I sometimes have a similar problem!I wonder if it could be that the width of the rear wheels being different to the front, makes it "feel" like you are square but in fact not??

 

[Kats]

Hmm yes it is a bit squiffy sometimes

 

[Darren C]

With no reversing camera, I must confess to not being the best at judging the distance between the rear of the vehicle and any obstruction.

 

[actd]

Squiffy - I like that seem to remember queenie saying that in black adder.

Do the front and rear wheels have a different track measurement?

 

[Deks]

actd wroteo the front and rear wheels have a different track measurement?According to tec data depends on model 1.6 petrol 1.6 petrol 1.5 dCi 1.6 DIG-T 1.6 DIG-T cvt 4wdTrack front (16"/17") mm 1540/1525 1525 1540/1525 1525 1525Track rear (16"/17") mm 1535/1525 1525 1535/1525 1525 1505

 

[Red Baron]

Yep, as it shows, my track is 20mm wider at the front, does not seem much but boy do I know it!!!

 

[actd]

I've got the dCi with 17" wheels - so that excuse reason isn't valid for me

Got to be the curves down the side making it difficult to line up. Or eyesight is going.

 

[Paul_S]

Interesting figures there Deks I've never been that good at parallel parking (hardly ever need to do it really) but the Juke is a damn site more easy than the Zed! Both have rear cameras - which I think is a must because the manufacturers design cars for looks and aerodynamics nowadays, not for visibility!

 

[Rattly]

It's great parking backwards, it's the front that always catches me out I am alway 3 feet further away than I think I am.!

 

[Paul_S]

I wonder how much it would be to install the 360 degree vision system the new QQ has...

 

[Deks]

Paul_S wrote:I wonder how much it would be to install the 360 degree vision system the new QQ has...Don't even ask. if I remember right the rear camera alone is about £200 from Nissan without everything else

 

[Rattly]

A front camera would help!

 

[Paul_S]

Fitting a camera to the front would be easy, I guess you could fit a switch to change the signal from the reverse camera. It would just be a case of switching the reverse signal on to the head unit and the composite signal from the reverse camera to the front-facing one.Don't get a reverse camera to fit to the front though as reversing cameras have a mirror image so the picture will be back to front.

 

[Deks]

Ford are about to fit their own version on the 360 degree view as seen on the Qq It's still in early development but Ford are certain will be a market.

 

[Deks]

Or maybe the new Porsche front camera

 

[Paul_S]

that will be Ford USA. Back in the days when Scrapheap Challenge was on telly I remember the US teams using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I think that is proved here!

 

[Rattly]

I like the Ford version, its neat and compact and doesn't stand out, where can I get that one??

 

[kimi]

Rattly wrote:It's great parking backwards, it's the front that always catches me out I am alway 3 feet further away than I think I am.!
i do the same!think im close then get out and i'm miles away

 

[Rattly]

Yes that's the same as me.