Waiving the right to remain silent, JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net>
said:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:15:59 -0700, " Frank"
><noreplay@nothome.net> wrote:
>
>>In the old days where you could see and judge the front and back of cars
>>like my full sized 1968 Ford Galaxy 500, I could parallel park with full
>>confidendence given a space clearance as little as 2 inches. (Takes
>>forever to get in and out but I could park that sucker) With the newer
>>cars, like my son's compact Honda, where I couldn't see where the front
>>or the back of the car ends, I'm hasitant to parallel park even with
>>clear space of 2 feet. Wondering if its just me and getting too old?
>
> you and me, brother.
>
> but the Honda Accords, at least, have always had terrible turning
> radius, that doesn't help either.
>
> Don't worry, it'll all be automated in a few years, like in the new
> Lexus. Few years after that, car will drive itself home automagically
> while you sleep.

Yeah, right... And we'll all have those air-cars and the jet packs
they've been promising for forty years. ;-)

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