Motoring Discussion > Self parking 3 point turn?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Bobby	Replies: 14

New Wed 21 Jul 21 21:55   Self parking 3 point turn? - Bobby

There are plenty cars on the market now that have park assist of some sort but just wondering if there are any that will basically do an auto three point turn between two walls? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 21 Jul 21 23:14   Self parking 3 point turn? - smokie

I have no direct experience of them but my mate had a car (Ford?) that could park itself but he said he never used it. It needed a much bigger gap than he did. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 21 Jul 21 23:42   Self parking 3 point turn? - No FM2R

>>he said he never used it. It needed a much bigger gap than he did. My one experience was a BMW, and it parked the car in a space which I wouldn't have bothered trying. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 10:07   Self parking 3 point turn? - Mapmaker

I'm impressed enough by the parking sensors on my new motor. With their help I can park the car in places I would never have imagined trying. Most impressive is getting out of spaces by just turning the wheel to full lock and knowing I can go. Without the sensors I'd be putting an extra back-front shuffle in. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 11:52   Self parking 3 point turn? - R.P.

Had it on the V40. Apart from the occasional novelty use, got bored with it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 13:35   Self parking 3 point turn? - Runfer D'Hills

My car has it. Never used it. A grown man who can't parallel park his own car in a maximum of three moves needs to be ashamed ! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 14:00   Self parking 3 point turn? - Zero

>> My car has it. Never used it. A grown man who can't parallel park his >> own car in a maximum of three moves needs to be ashamed ! >> ;-) Swing round between kerbs howver....... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 14:38   Self parking 3 point turn? - PeterS

The MINI will sometimes ignore spaces that the car will fit in, so I seldom use the self parking in it. The Merc has never failed to get into a space I thought it should, and sometimes will attempt spaces I wouldn’t bother (unless spaces were limited overall. But the Merc implementation is much better…once it’s locked on to a space it will complete the whole manoeuvre. The MINi want the driver to change gear. In both cases I’m talking about parallel paring; the Merc will also apparently reverse park into an end on bay, but I’ve never used it for that. Ack to the original question, I haven’t come across a car that will carry a 3 point turn at the touch of a button. But it can only be a matter of time surely? Unless it takes the approach of turning left/left/left in the hope it ends up back where it started ;) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 15:15   Self parking 3 point turn? - Bill Payer

>> There are plenty cars on the market now that have park assist of some sort >> but just wondering if there are any that will basically do an auto three point >> turn between two walls? >> I don't think so - the auto-parking thing others are talking about uses other cars to line itself up. There are some cars which can be parked (and unparked) ie, in a tight garage when standing outside, using a App but I don't know the extent to which they can manoeuvred. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 16:35   Self parking 3 point turn? - Manatee

I get the impression that it is unofficially assumed that nobody can or wants to do a "turn in the road". Sat navs usually send you round a roundabout, even if it's 3 miles away, or route you round a triangle or square of roads to end up pointing the other way. Quite a few also seem to think it's not OK to overtake on a single carriageway as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 16:51   Self parking 3 point turn? - PeterS

Though when you really ignore them they do sometimes say “make a u turn if possible’. Which I assume is their way of saying “I have no idea what you’re up to, and I’m not sure you do either…” :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 Jul 21 19:28   Self parking 3 point turn? - bathtub tom

I frequently drop off SWMBO in a drop off point which I prefer to do a U turn to get out of. The sat-nav don't like it! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 23 Jul 21 13:05   Self parking 3 point turn? - Clk Sec

>>just wondering if there are any that will basically do an auto three point turn between >>two walls? Or an auto park in the garage? Mrs CS would rather like that option... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 23 Jul 21 22:12   Self parking 3 point turn? - Bobby

It’s for my aunt. She has a steep driveway that is single car width until the top where it widens. So she drives up and then does a 3/4/5 point turn and drives back down. Driveway and her road are designed in such a way that reversing up or down wouldn’t really be successful. An ideal proposition for a turntable at top of drive to drive onto, “wheech” the car round and be facing back down. My own X1 has self parking for parallel parking. Only used it two or three times. Last time I used it, it couldn’t understand that all the cars were half on the pavement. Kept trying to line up with the kerb. Which, technically speaking, I cannot understand how it recognises the kerb from what appears to be standard font and rear bumper sensors. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 23 Jul 21 22:19   Self parking 3 point turn? - Runfer D'Hills

Has auntie got a conventional handbrake and an adventurous spirit, cos I've just had an idea... ;-) Reply to this message | Report message