I parallel park my 72 quite a bit. I used to misjudge the size of the parking spot quite often. It has to be 1.5 times that of a normal size car.Lots of times I get it 3/4 way into the spot and it is obvious it is not going to fit. And it can be a real pain at malls where a lot of spaces are for small cars only. Oh well I just use two spaces. Lots of the new malls are designed for small vehicles it seems and things can get pretty tight. After six years living in Europe I got pretty good at levering cars into parking spaces with inches to spare. But.... Robin Giesbrecht >From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: IML: Largest Imperial >Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 23:30:45 EDT > >I'm not sure which Imperial is the largest, but would have to agree with >Hugh >that the earlier models were probably the longest and widest built. To me, >my >1959 Imperial is the largest car I have ever driven in my life, or probably >ever will drive. When I first got it I would always stay well to the left >hand >side of the lane, since I was afraid of side swiping parked cars. Now I >know >why those curb feelers were so popular in the 1950's! I have never >attempted a >parallel park in my Imperial yet, but if I did it would have to be a double >long space. > >Bill '59 Crown still in the hospital _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines