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Old 07-04-2024, 05:31 AM
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Mbene, you sound like a newbie. Make sure to go to the golf cart safety clinic given every month...it's free! this month it is given at Colony Cottage Rec center July 17 9AM. I t could just save your life and your loved ones lives.
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When parking your golf cart in an angled parking spot like the ones around the squares, should the first cart in park on the left side of the spot or the right side of the spot?
Why should it matter which side a cart is parked on as long as one cart is forward in the spot and the second cart is toward the back of the spot. Same as the parking spots that are not angled. Maybe I'm incorrect but I don't think so.
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I always try to park on the left side if I'm the first one in.

But that's just a personal preference...
Same here. I can see the line easier that I'm lining up with on the left side. Just look down from my open air cart. Actually, I don't usually park on the right side of the spot. I prefer lining up with the left line so I wind up passing up spots sometimes just to find an open spot. I don't mind walking. I am also a huge advocate of "pulling through" when parking my cart or my car.
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Sort of like asking how to properly hang a roll of toilet paper.
That's easy......over, NOT under!
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My wife had brought this topic up in conversation before as it’s been discussed at some of her group outings.

The thought is that the cart on the left should pull all the way in and the one on the right stay back.

This supposedly leaves room for the drivers door on the car in the next spot to the right to open more freely.

I’m not sure if that works out but that’s what she heard.
Gee, I do just the opposite. I'm usually the first one in the spot because I seek out to park on the left side. I don't pull all the way in but stay at the back of the spot all the way on the left side. An automobile door on the left side of my cart can easily be opened by the passenger. My cart is not in the way of their door at all..
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Old 07-04-2024, 06:16 AM
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We had the same debate and netted out the same way. Park left front first if you are first in. The thinking was that every car/suv/truck that parks next to you has a driver and thus driver door that opens.
Oh my. I've been doing it wrong all this time.

I've seen some cart drivers that don't even stagger their parking in the spot. They will park right next to a cart already in the spot. That can make it difficult for the other cart driver to get into their cart.
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If I’m the first one in I prefer to pull all the way forward on the left. In a similar vein, I always avoid parking in a parallel space that is occupied by an automobile. Because the spaces are so large cart drivers take advantage of what appears to be enough room to park a golf cart. Consequently, the automobile driver has more difficulty maneuvering his vehicle to exit the spot.
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Old 07-04-2024, 06:37 AM
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Easier for someone to be able to steer into spot next to one on the right.
You have steering on front but no rear so if you want to be parallel without pulling in and out I would think that would be the easiest.
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Old 07-04-2024, 07:42 AM
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Someone needs to explain to atomic carts that you too need to park accordingly. You use the cart paths too so parking entitlement doesn’t work.

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Old 07-04-2024, 07:49 AM
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When parking your golf cart in an angled parking spot like the ones around the squares, should the first cart in park on the left side of the spot or the right side of the spot?
What difference does it make? If you park on the left and later another cart parks on the right, then you leave there is a cart on the right and an empty spot on the left. If this is your greatest concern you indeed lead a trouble-free life!
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If the first two carts pull forward and park side by side, then two more carts can fit at the back side by side. Four carts in one space! Cool, huh? πŸ˜€πŸ™ƒπŸ˜‰
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Coincidentally, just ran across this yesterday. What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper
That's an interesting article. I wonder if the folks on this forum that blather on about electric cars and saving the planet will start washing their clothes in pee or if the villages will replace TP dispensers with a brush and bucket of salt water.
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Coincidentally, just ran across this yesterday. What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper
I can't believe I just read that whole article. I'm disappointed in myself, however I have added to my vast treasure trove of nearly useless information which wins me many a trivia tourney.
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Whatever side someone says, someone else will argue the other side, and this will continue for 126 posts.
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