Your steering position after parking

mondeo

When you pull into a space, do you straighten up your wheel or leave it in the turned position after you got into your space? I'm sitting in the car here in nutgrove shopping centre and have been observing this practice while drinking my take out cappachino . Almost everyone ive observed here don't straighten up.

I ALWAYS straighten my wheels to reduce tension on my cv joints.

What do you do?

YouTookMyName

I get out and hope ta fuck no one dents or scratches the car.

Keith186

Parked on a flat I straighten them up.

Parked facing down hill I point them into the kerb and the opposite way facing uphill just in case the handbrake snaps.

mickdw

I leave them whatever way they were after parking although if on severe slope, I would do as mentioned above.

slimjimmc

Your CV joints won't suffer from having your steering turned in/out, The worst that can happen is a gaitor tearing or slipping off and if that happens they were already on their last legs.

GTE

Never really thought about it but depending on the particular situation if I end up stopped and I havent straightened up I will leave it. A lession from my L days. Once I begin moving out I then straighten up. Anyway, if I got into the space with the wheels point that way (most of the time) I can get out with them that way =D

Berty

I obviously straighten them up because, like a good driver, I reverse into a space so they would have to be straight.

CJhaughey

I straighten them out of habit, ever seen a poor driver clip a tyre that is sticking out? I have. Makes shyte of the tie-rods and ball joints. No thanks. Keep em straight and it's a lot less likely to happen.

OldmanMondeo

The last time I left my wheels turned when parked, I was rushing to get changed and to get on the water for some canoeing, I started to run pass the car and caught my toes on the tyre and dislocated 2 and broke 1. Moral of the story, wear shoes....

VeVeX

Id imagine you're putting more strain on the steering componants by moving the wheels while stationary then if you left them in the position they're at when you finished parking.

CiniO

mondeo wrote: »

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I ALWAYS straighten my wheels to reduce tension on my cv joints.

If that's the only reason you are doing it, you can easily stop.

There's no tension on CV joints when vehicle is parked, no matter what position your wheels are.

mondeo

CiniO wrote: »

If that's the only reason you are doing it, you can easily stop.

There's no tension on CV joints when vehicle is parked, no matter what position your wheels are.

Well the rubber boots themselves would surely prematurely wear if their left in a stretched Position.

SilverBell

mondeo wrote: »

Well the rubber boots themselves would surely prematurely wear if their left in a stretched Position.

Probably not, its a lot worse for them when they are rotating and being steered at the same time, that cycles the rubber boots a lot more.

-Chris-

Straight

I straighten em up always, without fail, it's the OCD in me again. Plus a car looks "untidy" to me if it's parked with the wheels sitting out, I can't be having that now

gaza4

i always park with the wheels facing into the kerb. someone told me about lads stealing cars by snipping the handbrake cable and rolling them up onto recovery trucks, made me a bit paranoid!!! with the wheels turned in they would have to break in and break the steering lock. cause as much inconvenience for the scum as possible!!! lol

Collibosher

gaza4 wrote: »

....cause as much incontinence for the scum as possible!!! lol

You taking the piss ?

gaza4

Collibosher wrote: »

You taking the piss ?

not at all!!! why should i give anyone an easy task robbing my car?!?! alarm, immobilisers, kill switches, steering locks the lot. one car i had even had a snap off steering wheel!!!!

Collibosher

gaza4 wrote: »

......cause as much incontinence for the scum as possible!!! lol

.. :pac:

gaza4

ah stupid predictive text and tired eyes!!!! woops!!! but if i could cause them incontinence i would!!!! lol

kirving

Yeah, I'd s**t myself too if I was halfway through robbing a car and it rolled off the side of the recovery truck!

Mc Love

Its a particular nuisance on Catherine st in Limerick, cars are forever leaving their wheels pointing out on the road, makes it even tighter for two cars to travel down the street

gaza4

Mc Love wrote: »

Its a particular nuisance on Catherine st in Limerick, cars are forever leaving their wheels pointing out on the road, makes it even tighter for two cars to travel down the street

surely a turned out wheel sticks out less than a wing mirror????

slimjimmc

gaza4 wrote: »

i always park with the wheels facing into the kerb. someone told me about lads stealing cars by snipping the handbrake cable and rolling them up onto recovery trucks, made me a bit paranoid!!! with the wheels turned in they would have to break in and break the steering lock. cause as much inconvenience for the scum as possible!!! lol

If they've got a recovery truck they've also got a jack and a winch. The guys who go to that effort won't care which way the wheels are pointing, drag it on as is.