She is lucky cause if that was me I would have backed my vehicle in right up against the same white line and just smiled and walked away until she got the hint/point… I can’t stand people that park on the white line or across it, if you can not park it, you can not drive it very well either… 
I’ve had a different problem - get a new car, park out in the boonies to avoid door dings, and somebody always wants to park next to it. Why???
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Yes, that has also happened to me, and I can’t explain it.
Me three. The only thing I can think of is that they must think that because you have a nice vehicle, and you park way in the back. that you will be extra careful getting into your vehicle and wont ding there’s.
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Ok, but why don’t they park one space over?
To mess with you.
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It may be that the person just isn’t used to RWD cars? Yea, that example seems a little too extreme for this to be true. But I have always driven FWD for the past 10 years, and recently got a Honda CRV and now a Subaru Impreza, which are AWD. And it took me half a year before I got the hang of not parking on the line.
Apparently, oversteering was a big issue with RWD vehicles, which led to accidents, and is why most every vehicle today is FWD. Even most “AWD” cars aren’t really “true” AWD, they are FWD until it’s necessary.
There’s an intersection like that two blocks from where I live, I’m surprised I don’t see pile ups there everyday. It really should be a traffic circle.
I lived in NYC for 10 years, and I witnessed so many car on pedestrian accidents. My best advice is to walk around like cars do not or cannot physically see you.
After moving away from NYC, into ‘need a car’ territory, I’ve witnessed the aftermaths of a few accidents, but I have no idea whatever happened to cause them or if they were deadly or not.
Oversteer does not affect parking.
We manage to park between the line for more than 70 years when RWD was the norm.
Oversteer can be brought on by hitting the gas in a curve. Most RWD have understeer, often due to weight distribution.
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I agree with you on all points, but I’m wondering how fast he is going if he experiences oversteer while he is parking his car.
40 mph?
45 mph?
It would almost seem that a newer/modern day (rack-n-pinion) rwd would/could have a tighter turning radius given the same wheel base then a fwd/awd vehicle due to the cv axle limiting the turning angle of the wheel… Maybe it is more of a steering wheel turning lock to lock, more turns would make it feel like it has a wider turning radius then a faster ratio… I know my Tacoma rwd has a tight turning radius, but a slow ratio lock to lock, so if you stop and turn the wheel all the way, it turns sharp, otherwise you had better be going slow pulling in between the lines, it does have a 127.4" wheel base also…
I am probably way off on this, just my twisted mind thinking out loud… scarry… lol
I am waiting on Mr Mustangman’s thoughts on this…
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Sorry, but I simply don’t agree with your reasoning
If you’re taking up 2 spots for your Corvette, which is NOT a particularly big car, here are 2 likely scenarios, imo
Either you’re simply a snob
Or your vision is really bad and you need MUCH stronger glasses 
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With a RWD in a snow covered parking lot did a perfect J turn right into a parking slot, no other cars around. Would not try that in a full lot.
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There’s no correlation between the drive configuration of the car and the ability to park between the lines. Either you can park your car or you can’t. It may take some time to become accustomed to a new vehicle as far as the dimensions go.
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Additionally, I think @jabberjaw doesn’t really understand the meaning of “oversteer”, and as a result he/she doesn’t realize that this dynamic force would not come into play at “parking speed”.
This might help him/her to understand the concept:
https://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadcode-questions/car/behaviour/what-is-oversteer/
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Exactly. Oversteer is when the car makes too sharp of a turn because the rear end has lost traction and is sliding outwards. If you’re experiencing oversteer while parking your car I guarantee you’re going to hit something.
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I’m not sure you ever really compared the driving experience between FWD, RWD, and AWD cars. Because if you did, then you’d know that they handle a lot differently than each other.
Ok, you want to nitpick the definition of, “oversteer.”
the tendency of an automobile to steer into a sharper turn than the driver intends sometimes with a thrusting of the rear to the outside
Oversteer Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Sorry, the dictionary is the last word on this, and I was using the term correctly.
In FWD the rear of the car during a turn does not behave like it does in an AWD or RWD car. If you’re used to driving a FWD car, you’re going to over steer a RWD or AWD car.
Please stop making excuses for entitled drivers who insist on taking up 2 parking spaces because they feel they’re so special and better than everyone else
And I’ve driven rwd, fwd, awd, etc.
As @asemaster already said . . . either you can park or you can’t
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None of which has anything to do with parking.
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That is true, but–as I suggested previously–perhaps he/she is attempting to park his/her car while driving at highway speed. 
But, in this situation, I think that we should all defer to the forum’s resident expert on the topic of oversteer/understeer. @Mustangman spent a few decades on suspension/chassis design for a major vehicle manufacturer, so I will leave it to @Mustangman to explain when oversteer/understeer come into play, and why they have nothing to do with parking one’s car.