XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/2/23 6:38 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   > On 8/2/2023 7:45 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> We also had to parallel park between two cones to pass the test.  These   
   >> days parallel parking is not required, at least in Virginia.  When we   
   >> arrived at the testing station after the road test, the test instructor   
   >> told me to pull over rather than park between the cones.  He said   
   >> there's no way he could parallel park that monster and he didn't want   
   >> to fail me for that!   
   >   
   > When I first started driving (1961) I lived in Philadelphia.  You had to   
   > be able to parallel park or you'd just drive around forever.  I could   
   > get into some rather tight spots others would pass up.   
      
   I could do that really well when I drove big cars.  I just KNEW where   
   the edges were from decades of experience.  The Corolla is very   
   different.  Even though it's much smaller I have no idea about the edges   
   and always guess wrong.   
      
   What REALLY drives me nuts about the 2013 Corolla:  too many blind   
   spots.  Headrests.  Pillars.  Can't raise seat high enough to compensate   
   for the decreased glass at the lower edge of the windows.  When I   
   contemplate a lane change or turn I do multiple head swivels, especially   
   in parking lots where I KNOW drivers are only looking for empty spaces   
   and pedestrians are only looking at their phones.   
      
   It never occurred to me that modern cars have much less seeability (!)   
   than older ones;  if I'd thought about it I might have chosen a   
   different car. Probably not, though -- they ALL seem to look like that   
   and I chose the Corolla for reliability.   
      
   > I don't recall the last time I did it.  Five years at least, maybe 10 or   
   > 15.  Not sure how well I'd do since out of practice.   
      
   I should practice for a while;  it's shameful losing a skill.   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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