ok, i can backup any car i've driven before (mazda 626, corolla, sante fe, acclaim - all autos) perfectly in a straight line

but in my scion, i can't back out of my driveway straight for crap! it's a 5 speed, but that shouldn't make any difference.
i think it might be because it's a 2 door hatch and it has limited visibilty when backing up or that the wheel is more responsive than others i've driven

it sucks in the winter, because i've almost gotten myself stuck a couple of times in the driveway, i felt like an idiot.
just wondering if anyone else has a similar experience

 

what?...never had an issue

 

I dont think i ever had a problem, i actually park my car backwards in my garage.

 

pretty hard to see out the back window on these cars, so I mostly use the mirrors.

Might be the terrain or tilt of your driveway--the tC's teering tends to follow the road.

 

Aaawwww man yup.. sure can

 

No problems here....

 

Nope.

 

Backing up in a straight line is not a car issue, it's a driver issue. Not saying you're a bad driver... but even with blind spots and some limited visibility... you're still going in reverse and you still have a steering wheel.

 

I have a 100-year old house, and the driveway is barely wider than my car - it was designed for a horse and carriage (no lie)
It's tough getting down it in any car - my daughter scratched her Mustang twice, and my wife hosed a rental car too, but I see nothing other than a slight blind spot in the rear quarter that should make it too difficult.
Takes practice - and when your car's new, you have "new car paranoia" which doesn't help.

Scott

 

My prob is just the opposite in my xA. I have, what is known medically as "Old Fart's Eyesight." Since I can't see the nose or bumber, I can't judge distance. i pull into a parking space thinking I'm a foot clear of the line and find out I'm 4 feet away!!! Good thing the car is short!! I may have to mount an antenna on the front bumber. It would look like a giant RC ! Or maybe tie a couple of old tires on the bumper and look like a tug boat!

 

Hey Smokey - how about a Rolls hood ornament? That'd be PIMP! LOL

Scott

 

The "Flying Lady?" Good idea, but I've always been kinda partical to the "Flyin' Pig!"



Not only being a tasteful "object de art" for your automobile, but it also provides the added benifit of "Handicapped Parkin'" at at all BBQ joints throughout the southeastern US!

 

^^^ ROFLMAO!!!

Scott

 

I've never had trouble backup up sober...

 

I do somtimes but my garage is up on slant and really narrow so i feak thinkin imma knock one of the mirrors off