Thursday, November 30, 2017

Car Envy

I'm really very happy with the small car I drive. it's a Fiat 500L and it suits me very well at this time in my life.  However, I must admit that when I see car commercials on TV (and they're impossible to avoid) I can't help but think how nice it would be to have a car that parallel parks all by itself. Although, to be honest, I can't remember the last time I actually needed to parallel park. When I was learning to drive, many years ago, a girlfirend who was helping me drilled and drilled me on parallel parking. I was so ready for that part of my test, but when it came time to parallel park the tester had me try it on a quiet residential street with only one car parked on it.  I pulled up beside that car and had the whole block to back up and pull in. So easy. I think what I really need is a totally self-driving car. Until that time the next best thing may be to let my grandchildren drive me around.  They will all be in the driver training years over the next four years. I'm trying to decide if I would be more nervous driving with a grandchild or in a self-driving car. I think it might be a toss up. 

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