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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A small car takes up just as many parking spaces (i.e., one) as a big car does (i.e., also one). If the problem is parking -- and boy howdy, it is! -- then the only solution is to show up in a not-car (e.g. riding a bike or on foot), not a small car.

[โ€“] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

*for certain values of big car.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/tasmania-ram-driver-four-car-park-spaces-shopping-centre-car-park-062128048.html

If the parallel parking is unmarked. I can part my Jimny in half the space of a large sedan or SUV. I can only carry 3 passengers, but all of life is a compromise.