On 28/09/2021 at 06:46, TheUltraRunner said:

I always get that killer look from my GF when we go shopping and I start looking for a suitable parking slot. 

The same... I always get that look - oh, so we're going to turn in circles for 5 min just so you can find a suitable bay, huh...

 

18 hours ago, TheUltraRunner said:

In Slovenia the size of parking spaces doesn't matter. There is always someone who decides to park very close to your car.

 

My favourite - the whole parking lot is empty, but when you return to your cat, there'll be someone parked right next to you...

 

18 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

Don't go to the Lidl at Horley then!

 

No store has parking spaces less than the reglementary sizes, the problem is peoples desire for bigger & bigger vehicles which is usually in inverse proportion to their ability to drive & park them.

I wonder if this is the reason for the garages to be so small? I barely manage to park my MK3 Octy in my absolutely emptied garage with one mirror folded to go through the garage door. Then I barely managed to get out (well, I'm kind of big, though)... Done this twice, never again...

They were not small, even in the 90's in a standard single garage with stuff stored along one side there was enough room to work on the suspension of or even respray a family car. I did exactly that every weekend.

 

Just compare the dimensions of a 60's 4/5 seat family car with those of even what are laughably called Minis these days, the biggest car then was a MK4 Zephyr/Zodiac/executive but I could still to get one in a single garage and work from both sides to remove the engine for a clutch replacement. I removed the transmission on the Yeti recently for the same job, no way could I have done it in a single garage.

 

Nobody wants to park their cars in them anyway even if they could, most new houses dont come with a garage except for large executive places where they are detached from the property, most will be filled with tat, kids bikes, garden furniture, trampolines etc.

Edited 29 September, 20214 yr by J.R.