Originally Posted by carolinephillips

You have to park in the direction you are driving, unlike in the UK. If your car is the wrong way round, you can be fined. (I don't mean reverse parking, but making sure your car points the way the traffic is flowing once it is parked.)

I can reverse park, but much prefer to drive in forwards. It is easier for me to back out, although I have bumped into things occasionally- or rather things have bumped into me. Still waiting for the insurance to sort that one out. Why is it more fuel efficient? You have to manoeuvre in either way.

Originally Posted by old.sparkles

Reversing supposedly uses more when the engine is cold than first would, but the difference is less on a warm engine. The difference is probably not a lot, but the plus is you also get to see what you are driving into if you've reversed in and drive out

Originally Posted by carolinephillips

I'm more likely to hit something reversing in!!!

Originally Posted by old.sparkles

LOL - petrol's no so expensive here