How to Adjust the Car Body When Reversing into a Parking Space?

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Myra
07/29/25 2:52pm
Specific methods for adjusting the car body when reversing into a parking space are as follows: 1. After straightening the car's direction, observe the rearview mirror. Generally, at this point, observe the right rearview mirror. If the car body is already parallel to the sideline, simply continue reversing. If the car body is not parallel to the sideline, make slight adjustments until it is parallel. 2. Remember the principle of steering towards the side where the rear of the car is leaning. Note that while adjusting for parallelism, also observe the distance between the lower edge of the left rearview mirror and the front sideline of the garage. Generally, you can stop when the lower edge of the mirror aligns with the top line of the garage. Although small-angle adjustments are the rule, if the rear of the car is leaning too much, you should appropriately increase the adjustment angle, usually turning to the 12 o'clock direction, but if it's leaning too much, you can adjust to the 2 o'clock direction.
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