"C. E. White" > wrote
> > wrote ... 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.

Except, Ed, that the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry sold in EUROPE
is a different and smaller car than those sold in the US. You need to
compare an Acura TSX - sold as the Accord in Europe - which is 2"
narrower than the US's Accord - much the same as the Passat.

Floyd