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

[Linus Toy]

Unfortunately, not only in Paris...been there seen that...here in the good ol'
yew ess uv eh.  :(

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Linus Toy               Insanity is doing the same thing
Mercer Island, WA       you've always done and expecting
linust at mindspring.com   different results
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mark Strangways
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 4:35 PM
> To: CyberPoet; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] [S-list] was One-Lap; is French Parking
>
>
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CyberPoet" <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
> To: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
> 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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