[s-cars] [S-list] was One-Lap; is French Parking

[Mark Strangways]

I hope that stays in Paris. I don't have enough bullets to fix up all those
people if they did that to my car !
This particular car in front had its parking brakes on as the car was pushed
forward with rear wheels sliding.

It's hard to believe that this is allowed ?? Tolerated ??
I would hate to see what that would get you in the streets of NY, Detroit,
Chicago !!!

On aside note, I did find the moped drivers very amusing. I guess that's why
all the cafe's have the seating facing the streets.
This way you get entertained, or at least ... see it coming in time to jump.
I don't even wanna start into the required skills to cross the street.

Mark S
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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: [s-cars] [S-list] was One-Lap; is French Parking


> Only in Paris, right?
>
> You might note that the end of each street has a steel or brass pole in
> the center of the parking isle to keep the cars on the end from being
> "pushed" into the streets. When I first stopped there, I popped by the
> USO to get a hotel recommendation, and part of their advice was
> straight-forward: park with your wheels dead straight, car in neutral,
> parking brake off. I didn't understand, but complied. By the morning,
> my car had drifted 45 feet down the way, and I still didn't understand
> -- until I saw someone else park: nose in to push the cars in front,
> then tail back to push the cars behind out of the way: instant parking
> spot. You'd think they would engineer their bumpers differently for
> just that reason.
>
> Cheers!
> =-= Marc Glasgow
>
>
>
> MARK WROTE:
> Myself and 10 others watched in amazement as a lady parking her little
> Renault pushed the car in front of her about 3 feet until it hit the
> car in
> front of it. All this for a parking spot.
> YIKES !
>
> For the rest of the trip we laughed at the front hoods of all these
> cars !
> Amazing !
>
> Mark
>
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