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Re: Driving Pet peeves



Dai F Toyama (borap@paul.spu.edu) wrote:
: On Fri, 16 Jun 1995, Stuart Leitch wrote:
: > [snip]
: > _very_ heavy hammer, walked up to the XR3i and said to the guy, move or 
: > I'll break every piece of glass on your car.  He moved.
: > 
: > Stuart
: > 

	Stuart,
	Wow... maybe I should try that sometime. :)

: That's pretty wild...  I always park rear-in.  What I usually do when
: I've found a spot in the car park is to stop and block the space, turn
: on the hazard flashers so that the car(s) behind me will know what I
: mean to do, and then move forward and park the car.  It's probably less
: stressful than to carry a big hammer all the time. :-)

	Dai,
	Hello!  Well, talking about parking rear-in... I do that
too!  And, yes, just like you, I've learnt to block the space,
and use signals/hazards (depending on my mood :) ) to indicate to
EVERYONE that I'm taking the spot.  It's effective, alright, but,
there's always that bonehead who doesn't know what I'm trying to
do.... just like today..... I almost got hit when I was backing
my Accord into a narrow slot by a Caddy!  Good thing I backed up
quickly.
	But, really, do you think backing-in should be the way
that everybody should park?  I think it should, but it's rarely
done here in Calgary.... except for some places like Chinatown
(quite a few people there learnt driving in another country,
where they're taught to), or my old high school (the slots are so
damn narrow that you can barely open the door, even if you're
only driving a Tercel, Miata or Civic).  What cracks me up
though, are some carparks that have slots with signs labelled "do
not back in", while the slot and/or aisle is so narrow that backing in is the
logical way.  For me, I just ignore the sign, and back right
in... I've never got fined this way...:)

Anyway, enough babbling...

Happy driving!

PS.  BTW, Last time I answered your Civic question, right?  Now,
I have one for you.... on Hondas, of course!  Here it is:

	I've read somewhere (location forgotten) that the current
Integra has the 4 round lights replaced by rectangular lamps.  Is
this true?  And if so, please state the models/countries where
the rectangular lamp is being used.  If Honda's gonna replace the
4 round lamps on the entire Integra line, I'll weep.  Why?  I
think the round lights look unique!  But, this is only personal
opinion.

	Anyway, thanks in advance!!

later!!
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