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carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
I used to think I was anal-retentive until I started getting involved in car forums -
I can't say I've ever heard of someone who places such a high priority on a exterior length. I can confidently say the length of the car and parking would have zero influence on my decision to buy one over the other. Storage space internally, price, build quality, performance. That's it.
The difference in length between a Golf and Octavia might make a difference in 1 in 50 parallel parking scenarios. I also can't recall ever having an issue with the length of a car space in a shopping centre. Some are narrow but none have ever been so short that a mid size car like an Octavia wouldn't fit.MY14 MK VII GTI | Pure White | Manual | Bi-Xenons (his)
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Jimi, please don't encourage the OP. Golf is the way to go.
To think I drove Commodores all those years & never realised how big they were.carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
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No one expressed frustration, Silly Boy, just misunderstanding, as evidenced by comments that referred to supposed degree of difficulty parking a longer car when I was referring to availability of spaces which where I live would improve by a lot more than one in 50 with a 381mm reduction in car length.Originally posted by sillyboy View Post
And it was also about boot capacity...Last edited by Arnold; 18-06-2015, 09:38 PM.If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?
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Good for you. But I, like many other people, prefer smaller, lighter cars to larger, heavier cars. Pretty widespread sentiment and a significant factor for many people around the world choosing light small cars such as Golfs and Polos, that are neither longer nor heavier than necessary to meet their needs, with greater availability of parking spaces being but one of the benefits of shorter cars.Originally posted by Jimi View Post
Even in the Golf I find myself sizing up whether I can fit in a space, something I might not even contemplate in a car such as the Octavia that is, a considerable, 381mm longer, as such spaces would be simply be out of the question.
Car length is not a complicated concept or an unusual, let alone unique, consideration when buying a car, I do not think, and it ruled out cars such as the Mazda6 before we acquired the Golf.If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?Comment
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Now there's a sensible comment.Originally posted by brad View Post
No doubt about it, a Golf V or Golf VI is the way to go if one wants the highest boot length to car length ratio!
Walter de Silva has some explaining to do about why he shortened the boot while lengthening the car.If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?Comment
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PS - this is what I am talking about . . . when I had my Polo I could park in spaces (such as the one pictured) in which the Golf, let alone Octavia, simply could no fit. So long as the parking space is 15cm longer than the car, I can park. Volkswagen condensed, lol #knowhatimean?
Last edited by Arnold; 21-06-2015, 11:59 PM.If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?Comment
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Strictly speaking, parking like that is illegal in NSW. RMS says 1m between cars. LOL.
rule 208 (1) & (5) 2 points / $104 Parallel park close to front/back of vehicleLast edited by brad; 22-06-2015, 08:54 AM.carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
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+1 I also doubt if that is his Polo or if he actually squeezed his Polo in there.Originally posted by brad View PostComment
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Indeed and when I returned to my car a council ranger had placed infringement notices on the Sub and the Accord . . . there being no way, the officer reasoned, that the innocent little Polo could have been parked after the other two cars...Originally posted by brad View Post
In shopping centres one of my pet hates is when the car that has the benefit of parking next to the wall or concrete pillar does not park as close as possible to it, thus maximising space between it and adjacent car. While not everyone will want to leave the credit card's thickness I allowed between the concrete pillar and my Golf when I parked in a "small car only" space in a local shopping centre the other day, thus maximising the distance between between my car and the adjacent car (a Golf!) whose owner thoughtlessly had parked closer to the dividing line than the pillar even though the driver's door was on the dividing line side.
If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?Comment
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Well, Silly Boy, you're obviously one of those cynical people with trust issues who doubts others, not just privately but also, perhaps even more egregiously, publicly, without any basis other than their own insecurities.Originally posted by sillyboy View Post
Nonetheless, I take your scepticism as a compliment and thank you for it. It was a most satisfying park, being the only one available and directly across the road from "Petalin Street", the Malaysian restaurant from which I was collecting an assam laksa.
If the answer to the Monty Hall problem was 50/50, the contestant, on average, would win the car 50% of the time simply by sticking with their original guess...but you can only win a one-in-three guessing game 33.33% of the time so it can't be 50/50, can it?Comment
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Thread closed now!
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