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is it bad to do this?

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fivespeedsteed

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leave your car with the wheels turned? like if you turn into a parking spot and leave your wheels anything but straight, can it mess with your alignment?
 

Roland69

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I don't think so....it's harder on things if you sit there in one spot and turn your wheels
 

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The only thing it will hurt is clean paints if you brush up against it.
 

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fivespeedsteed said:
leave your car with the wheels turned? like if you turn into a parking spot and leave your wheels anything but straight, can it mess with your alignment?
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Ummm...NO. Do it all the time.
 

QUICK91LX

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makes it harder to tow if you are backed into a spot with your wheels turned haha

plus, you are supposed to turn your wheels when parallel parked on a hill so that if the car rolls, it will roll into the curb and not out into the road or simply down the hill.
 

fivespeedsteed

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so it wont hurt it at all?
 

Snikt89GT

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Why would it?
 

JChalfan

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fivespeedsteed said:
so it wont hurt it at all?
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Nope. Considering all the stress you put on your steering and suspension during a normal day of driving, being parked with the wheels turned won't hurt anything.

Jeff
 

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...they teach you to park with your wheels turned on hills, its in every drivers manual in the country, they cant all be stupid
 

mob

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Yea it wont do anything, on a hill I can understand turning the wheels, but whenever I park and shut the car off, I have to straighten the wheel, its a pet pev, I hate walking out of the place I am and seeing my car parked with the wheels turned, it looks horrible.
 

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everybody already answered.
 

mob

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1Bad89Coupe said:
everybody already answered.
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Good observation.
 
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