> Please help settle an argument between two friends:  what’s the best way
> to park diagonally on an incline?
> In other words, you are driving up a steep grade, and there are parking
> spaces set diagonally on your side of the road:
> |             /|
> |            / | <— Here’s the parking space (there _is_ a curb)
> |             /|
> |            / |
> |              |
> |      +-+     |
> |      |^| <——Here’s your car
> |      +-+     |
> How do you park?  Specifically, which direction should you turn the
> wheels, and should you leave your car in gear (if it’s a stick)?
> – Peter

Given this diagram, going uphill, I would park the car headon in the
space, leaving the front wheels turned to the left – although I don’t
know if it really matters which direction the wheels are turned, as
long as they are not left straight. In any case, I always leave a
stick shift car in 1st gear or reverse, no matter where I’m parked. If
it’s an automatic, I’d leave it in Park, with the emergency brake on,
on a hill – I generally don’t use the emergency brake in a car with
automatic, except on hills.  

Mark

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