cant bay park though!!!!

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cant bay park though!!!!

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all very well helping drivers to be lazy parallel parking,

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/bmw-i3s-pus ... CAD9f89b0c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

but what happens in the supermarket car park/bay parking?????
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not that BM drivers have a reputation...i did smile at this remark.....

'For the next step, I had to use the turn signal to indicate the side for the parking space, a nice feature to alert people behind me of my intentions.'

next step....note in manual to use the LH stalk whilst turning :roll:
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Top Gear demonstrated this type of system on a Lexus and a Kia.
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Someone I know showed off their Pious' auto parking. Did a grand job of it, if you ignore that the car was 2 foot from the kerb!
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Next phase will be the removal of the steering wheel, all pedals & controls, save for a location input to get you to where you want to be. Might as well get the bus. :shock: [-X 8-[ #-o

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Volvo have already done this...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/101 ... video.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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