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

[DOUGLAS LANDAETA]

In Hoboken, I kept a floor jack in the trunk of the Opel so I could
easily push those auto-trannies-parking-brake hogs just a bit to
squeeze in.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Rossato <bob.rossato at att.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:49 pm
Subject: RE: [s-cars] [S-list] was One-Lap; is French Parking

> Heck I used to do that all the time in college.  Our fraternity
> had 1 or 2
> more cars than parking spaces.  A friend and I used to routinely
> push the
> other's car out of it's parking spot and into the driveway of the
> Armenianchurch next to our parking lot whenever either one of us
> got back and there
> wasn't a spot left.  What parking brake?  That's a locked automatic
> transmission you're pushing against.  Of course, when you're
> dealing with
> early '70s Detroit iron all you had to do was take a napkin and
> wipe down
> the chrome on the bumper and it was good as new... not that new
> was that
> good.
>
> Bob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> > [s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Mark Strangways
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:35 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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