Getting used to driving small cars...

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by The little red pill

Even though the Yaris is a SMALL car, it seems to have a good seat height, which in turn makes it seem like you sit up higher than most other compacts. My roommate has a Stratus and it seems like I'm in a low-rider when I ride in it.

I know what you mean... now that I'm used to it, my 3dr Yaris is starting to feel too big. I really wish I could have purchased the IQ.

My kids accuse me of "showing off" when I drive the Yaris. Yesterday I pulled into a parking spot, then went diagonally between the car in front of me and the car to the left to get into the spot to the left of the car in front of me so that I wouldn't have to back out when I left.

      /  Y  /  X  /
     /  Y /   X  /
    /  ^ /   X  /
   --- ^ -----
  / X  / ^   /
 / X  /  ^  /
/ X  /  ^  /
        ^
        ^
         ^

(arrows, ^, show direction of motion, to Y which is where I parked)



Shortly after that I swung it around and parked in a spot about 210 degrees rotation from my starting position, and then had a good laugh. :-)

         || R ||
     ====|| O ||
    / Y /|| A ||
   / Y / || D ||
  /   /  || | ||
   ^        |
   +--------+