Things you don't need

[Hairy]

Lady Tester once drove a Mercedes into a hedge, forwards, very slowly and carefully. This, with parking sensors AND a star thingy sticking out on the front. Her excuse was the same.

I knew the only way forward, was to nod and act as though it was the cars fault when she said this. The look on her face told me that it was the end of the conversation.

[russell]

My 5 series had parking sensors on the back, but they proved largely useless to me in the first few months; beeping getting slightly more frantic still meant I had room. I usually waited for the flatline noise.

I would rather a voice shouting 'YOU NEED TO STOP NOW'

Yeah why can't it read out the distance left....

"You have 1 meter.."
"You have 10cm.."
"you have 3cm.."
"You have 5mm.."

[SimonMac]

Why are women so bad at parking?

Because we keep telling them <-------> is 8 inches

[eek]

PM FAO Dallas

Once upon a time I used to drive a Ford Granada around central London. That gave me two skills:-

The ability to spot a space 2 streets away
The ability to parallel park in a space the size of the car. so meh

[vetran]

Yeah why can't it read out the distance left....

"You have 1 meter.."
"You have 10cm.."
"you have 3cm.."
"You have 5mm.."

You have successfully 'touch parked' again Vetran!

tow bars are great!

[Mich the Tester]

Yeah why can't it read out the distance left....

"You have 1 meter.."
"You have 10cm.."
"you have 3cm.."
"You have 5mm.."

Because;
a) once it finishes the sentence you're a lot closer than when it started
b) the good lady will say 'nonsense' and carry on
c) men will be blamed for such an invention when the lady dents the car, even if a female voice does the talking

[d000hg]

My 5 series had parking sensors on the back, but they proved largely useless to me in the first few months; beeping getting slightly more frantic still meant I had room. I usually waited for the flatline noise.

I would rather a voice shouting 'YOU NEED TO STOP NOW'

If the car knows you're about to hit, why does it bloody let you?

[eek]

I knew the only way forward, was to nod and act as though it was the cars fault when she said this. The look on her face told me that it was the end of the conversation.

It was the end of the conversation. What exactly can you say when confronted with a grade A embarrassing screw up.

At home keep quiet to not get in the bad books
At work keep quiet and ensure the money keeps coming in...

[MaryPoppins]

Yeah why can't it read out the distance left....

"You have 1 meter.."
"You have 10cm.."
"you have 3cm.."
"You have 5mm.."

Nah. I'm rubbish with measurements.

[Mich the Tester]

Perhaps if we were to rename 'bumpers' to some sensitive part of the female body, ladies wouldn't use them for bumping into the cars in front and behind to assist in parking. 'Knockers' probably wouldn't work though.