Getting used to driving small cars...

[tomato]

Originally Posted by twowheels

      /  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 ||
  /   /  || | ||
   ^        |
   +--------+

How long did it take you to do that?!!! F'ing impressive!!

Oh, and by the way, welcome to the forum!

Do'nt worry, you'll get used to driving the Yaris. The poster who said you get used to driving anything is right! I drove large vehicles before, Jeep Cherokee's, domestic cars with V8 engines, and one day I switched to Japanese imports and found that these cars were best for me. I had a couple of Hondas which I absolutely adored, especially the CRX, and this is my first Toyota.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by tomato

How long did it take you to do that?!!! F'ing impressive!!

To do what? The parking, or the ASCII drawings? The ASCII drawings aren't that hard, especially if you've been online since the early days when that was the only way to communicate online. ;-) As for parking the Yaris, it was simple, that's what I love about the car! :-)

Oh, and by the way, welcome to the forum!

Uh... a bit belated, but thanks. :-)

Do'nt worry, you'll get used to driving the Yaris.

Huh? Are you responding to my 'impeding death' comment? If not, I'm confused as I said that it's starting to feel too big. If so, I doubt that I'll ever stop looking at the complete incompatibility of unnecessarily huge vehicles and the rest of society. There's just a fundamental incompatibility between jacked up trucks w/ their bumper at head height of car drivers and general safety. Such vehicles shouldn't be allowed to share the road w/ others -- notice that actual work vehicles, while large, have bumpers at a compatible height.