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I wasn't good at it, until I lived in the DC area for a few years. The garages here are insanely expensive so I park on the street whenever I can.

I was in college because I lived in an area with only street parking. But I've lost my skills in the nine years since then....

Yup! Even in a 5 speed.

Not as good as I used to be, since my city has designated parallel spaces that are large enough to pull into. But when I was in college I was AWESOME at it--and I lived in a really hilly area and drove a manual transmission. Not for the faint of heart--my roommates were in awe of my skills, ha.

Funny story: when I took driver's ed in high school, the teacher would take us to the fancy shopping street, and look for two luxury vehicles with a space in between to practice parallel parking. The whole time you were trying to get in the space he would chant "look at what you're going to hit!" We learned quickly, ha!

Awful. I'll park like a mile away to avoid it!

Not very good but I can do it. I was better when we only had street parking in the city, now that we have a spot my skills are rusty. A rear camera is a life saver!!

@Mrs. Bee: I've had a license for for 17 years but haven't driven daily since the summer after freshman year of college! Now that we have a garage parking spot and a baby, I definitely drive more but at most a few times a week.

@MediaNaranja: Your driver's ed teacher sound awesome!

@Jess1483: all the streets in my old neighborhood were one way. I was actually much better at parking on the left. DH had to reteach me when we got a car- I hadn't parallel parked in over ten years at that point.

Somehow it's the one thing I am good at with driving, haha. I hate driving in general, but I can parallel park. DH is terrible! He always asks me to get out and help direct

I'm pretty good at it. DH is horrible, but he didn't really drive much until he moved here and it's rare that you need to parallel park in the suburbs of Houston.

Yes, excellent! My first Boston home was in Soithie

Expert. In fact yesterday I helped a stranger parallel park because she couldn't do it. I did it in one shot and it was a tight spot. I am in Boerum Hill and I think the situation is similar to Park Slope.

I dread it. We live in the same area as several commenters on this thread, and are in the process of buying a mid-size SUV (which I find WAY easier to park than a small car). The prospect of moving for alternate side parking each week has me anxious. I feel like spots arent that hard to find if you know the traffic flow timings of your street; it's the aggressive drivers honking behind you and construction trucks trying to squeeze past while you park that make me tense.

Yes, but I rarely have to do it.

@Mrs. Bee: I am AWFUL at it, but if I have to, I can with a lot of maneuvering.

Not to toot my own horn but I'm pretty awesome at it.

I'm good! But we live in Philadelphia so all parking is parallel parking!

@shortcake: ha! I joke that I would love to be a freelance parallel parker for people.

I'm quite good (& get compliments from DH & others on my pp skills), so it pains me to watch people struggle with it. I suppose I wouldn't be nearly as good in someone else's vehicle, especially a truck or SUV, but still think I could do a decent job with those, if need be.

I only got my drivers license a year ago, and haven't had that much practice with parallel parking other than during my lessons. If hubby is in the car with me I can manage to park the car just fine with a bit of guidance - I freak out and forget which way I was turning

I'm decent!