Yes, there is such a thing.
That has to be balanced out against a few other considerations. It the parking lot is set for angled parking, then it is pretty damn rude to back into a space, for when you leave, you are going against the traffic flow. Second, if you have to load stuff in the back of your vehicle, "tactical parking" means that you might not be able to get to the trunk or loading gate with your shopping cart. Third, if you think that someone may try to block you in, then you want to back out into them. You can slam another vehicle pretty hard with the back of your car; doing it with the front of your car can fuck up the radiator and bend the hood up so you can't see.
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I had a bad battery for a summer, when I was young. My 'tactical' parking was facing down a hill so I could bump start it. Or at least a flat area with lots of pushing room.
I was young and strong, and my car was light, so I could actually push it fast enough for a start. Did that many times.
But this guy seems a little scary to be around. Probably has a knife in his belt and a derringer on a spring up his sleeve.
I'd reduce that silliness to situational awareness. But that doesn't sound taciticool.
Eck!
Exception: If you're in a Jeep Wrangler with a heavy-duty bumper. If you slam the back of your Wrangler into an obstacle, it pushes the spare tire into your tailgate and wrecks it. If you slam the front of a Jeep Wrangler into a car, on the other hand, the people in the car end up being hauled off to the hospital. Note that the radiator in a Jeep Wrangler is behind the front of the front tires, and there's also a hefty frame crossmember with a sway bar bolted to it in front of the radiator, so if your radiator gets messed up, you did some mighty bad driving :).
Yeah, it's old, slow, crude, rough-riding, and gets about the same gas mileage as a Hummer, but I love my primitive Jeep :).
- Badtux the Jeepin' Penguin
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