XPost: alt.law-enforcement   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/3/23 7:21 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 8/2/2023 11:41 AM, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Larger modern cars, especially SUV's, are far worse.  Corolla was   
   > probably a good choice, but all modern cars have worse visibility.   
   > During the summer, when I regularly drive old cars (right now is a 1969   
   > Impala), I can parallel park with ease.  Up to the 90's, most cars still   
   > had good visibility... not as much now.   
      
   Is it the cost of glass or the desire for a somehow faster appearance?   
   I really wanted a RAV4 until they started getting bigger, more car-like,   
   with less window area and only one inch of clearance better than the   
   Corolla.   
      
   What I'd LIKE is a Honda S2000, but it's not all that practical :-(   
      
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
      
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