Do you dread parallel parking? Are you proud of your skill? Are you thrilled you have parking assist on your new car? 

There are lots of tips and tricks to parallel parking.

1.    Make sure you have 1 and a half car lengths space to park.

2.    When you’re alongside the front car – look over your shoulder to see the front parked car’s bumper in your back side window – or your back bumpers are even or your side mirrors are even -  if you and the front parked car are the same size vehicles

3.    Turn the wheel to the right and angle back looking into your left side mirror until you see the front/road side bumper of the rear parked car

4.    Turn the wheel to the left to straighten out, and back straight in until your right side mirror covers your view of the front parked car’s left tail light.

5.    Turn the wheel to the left to get your car parallel to the curb using your right side mirror to site down the curb or edge of road.

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Do you have parking assist? Or Active Park Assist?

The car has sensors to scan for available parking spots.

1.    You push the button as you cruise for a spot.

2.    The message center lets you know and chimes when it finds one.

3.    You then put the car in reverse, lift hands off the stirring wheel WHILE operating the brake and gas

4.    You’re parked in 15 to 30 seconds.

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Here are the recalls for the week: Approximately 7,200 model-year 2019-20 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks equipped with Advantage trifold soft tonneau covers (to KNOW): Dealers will provide a cover tether kit, improved instructions and additional labeling.

2018-20 Audi Q5, SQ5: Dealers will replace the four clips securing the forward part of the rear wheel arch trim for free.

You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s website: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls  and inputting your VIN number.

Consumer Reports has a list of vehicles that have a record of much-worse-than-average overall reliability based on subscriber responses to their Annual Auto Survey. Today, we’re going to caution you about: 

Cadillac SRX 2008 and 2010 The most-reported problem with this is water in lights.

Please consider reading up on the reliability of this car before purchasing it as a used car, suggests Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/used-cars/used-cars-to-avoid-buying/                    https://www.carcomplaints.com/ is another resource for unreliable car lists.    

If you’re interested in reviews of new cars Casey Williams is the automotive correspondent for WFYI, a public radio station in Indianapolis. He has reviewed cars and covered the auto industry for 25 years. His review this week is on the 2019 BMW M2

https://www.wfyi.org/news/authors/casey-williams

AutocrossOct. 26/27 2019Columbus AFB http://www.msscca.org/

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