In article <y1XDe.193642$nG6.102416@attbi_s22>, says...
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>> Hi All,
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>> 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.
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>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.

I'm sure your measurement is for a modern Honda Accord, not a 1981 Accord. The
older Honda's are much smaller than current models.
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Alex