Getting used to driving small cars...

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Originally Posted by twowheels

Every time I see a truck like that next to a small car, pedestrian, bicyclist, etc, all I can think of is impeding death. Don't you feel even a tiny tinge of guilt?

This is why I don't like parking my Freightliner with an oversized load in a mall parking lot. One morning - at 5am, I went to retrieve it (I had an agreement at the time with the mall management to park overnight there by the way), there was some sale on at Wal-Mart, and as it's a 24hour store, I had to get the auto centre to help clear me a path to get out.

When necessary, us who drive larger vehicles always try our darndest to look out for the smaller guys. Now, I just park the tractor there and leave the trailer 38km away. I'm all for bike lanes along city streets!

Once gas goes up to $4/gal again and in a few years when the three wheeled Yaris becomes the next best selling compact worldwide and can be driven in a widened bicycle lane as it won't be able to top 60km/h with it's half a litre engine, I'll be game!, and my wife would most likely be in line to buy one.

[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.