^ While I do agree with you, it's not automatics that annoy me as much as the cars that can parallel park themselves: If you have a hard time with that skill already, I don't see how this helps you improve it with every other car out there. :p Just makes you dependent on your car to park for you as well. That, is lazy, IMHO.

I hate those! And parallel parking isn't that difficult to begin with. You just have to know where the pivot point of your vehicle is. I learned that on the first day in driver's ed. One of these days, people will only know how to drive in a straight line, and be totally unaware of the good feeling you get when you parallel park your car in a tight space. Love that feeling! One thing I found funny was that I had an easier time parallel parking my old Ford Explorer (first car) than I do my Mazda 3 sedan. I guess it's because it's easier to judge where the rear of the vehicle is (Ford Explorer: back window = bumper. Sedan: Back window = ehhhh maybe two feet ish). It just makes a little more guesswork.

Exactly what I came here to say.