> wrote in message
ern.ch...
>
> Hi All,
>
> When I'm trying to find a parking spot and one of these cars (not
> always an SUV) are parked like this, I take GREAT pleasure in squeezing my
> rusty, dented 1981 Honda Civic next door - passenger side otherwise I
> can't get out. I give a 'few' inches space. It's even better if I can get
> my passenger door next to the other driver door! I live in France, so am
> not particularly worried about getting shot by some gun nut. On one
> occasion I explained (ahem, in French) to the irate Suisse Madame (who
> parked one of those Cayenne idiot-mobiles across two spots) that it was
> not my bad parking causing the problem and that I won't be back to my car
> for at least half an hour... On a similar theme, while walking past a
> supermarket car park in West London (England) I observed a very angry
> couple gaining entry to their Mercedes M-class via the rear boot. The Merc
> wasn't badly parked, the cars on either side were parked just fine, but it
> was FAR too big for the parking spot. I shoulda taken a pic, but they
> really weren't happy about all the people smirking at them.

So would people had smirked at people driving a Honda Accord (71.5" wide),
Toyota Camry (70.7" wide), or VW Passat (68.7" wide)? All of the vehicles
are within 3.5" of the width of a Merceedes M-Class (72.4")? I can't imagine
the difference in width between an Accord and an M-Class would have been the
make or break difference in being able to get in the car. And at least with
the M-Class you could go in through the rear hatch.

Regards,

Ed White