On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:59:09 -0800, Robin <robin4joy@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I went for second test drive last night and noticed that I can't see the
>front of the car beyond the windshield because the hood slopes down.
>For those of you with this car or another which does the same thing, did
>you indeed get "used to it"? If yes, how long do you estimate it took?
>Have you hit anything because of it?

I'm like this with my new van. Old van had a flat front, new one
doesn't, but i've not hit anything either. Of course, I'm paranoid
about it (because i'm still, at heart, a RHD driver, in a LLHD
country) . I got some broom handles, and put them at the front corners
of my car, and got some references to mark where I am. I then got some
little cones from the dollar tree (you get 4 for a buck, about 6-7
inches high, made of orange plastic, used for football, sorry, soccer
training) and tried to drive and stop with the front as close as
possible, without going over. Works like a champ. I can now park this
Town+country as precisely as I can my 88 civic.