BS: Small People in Old Cars....

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 05:08 AM

I once worked with a rather strange colleague who was very (presumably genetically) "vertically challenged", and who drove a Rolls Royce. It had had modifications to the driver's seat so he could see where he was going, and to the pedals and other controls so that he could reach them. I gather Rolls Royce had made these changes without charge, rather than admit that one of their cars wasn't suitable for any driver. I must admit that I could never understand why he needed such a large car - he'd have been much better suited to a mini - or even a Fiat 500 !

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Oct 04 - 08:01 AM

slightly related tail:

friend of mine does training for guide dogs for the blind. returning to her car one day, with the dog in its harness, she let the dog into the car, got in and drove away. a passerby called the police to report a blind woman driving.

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: frogprince
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 09:16 PM

Ms. Lark, you're just KINDA on the short side. My mother wasn't more than 5 ft nothin', if that, by the time Dad died (1980) and left her with a '69 Ford LTD. Mom's been gone now for 12 years, and family friends still refer to seeing the old Ford coming, but not being able to see her anywhere.

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Mudlark
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 12:28 PM

Hot only when not house paint!

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Peace
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 05:33 AM

"was turquoise with one pink fender"

Are these or are these not colours?

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Mudlark
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 01:48 AM

My first car was an old v8Hudson 4-door sedan, fobbed off on me by my Dad as he could find no other takers. I'm 5'2" and could not only barely see over the steering wheel, could barely turn that monster around...I learned to be very wary of dead ends. It had been in an accident (my dad drank a bit), was turquoise with one pink fender. Not a cool car! It did go fast tho, on a straight away...

Subject: RE: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Padre
Date: 09 Oct 04 - 11:33 PM

When I was a teenager living in Charleston, WV, there was a woman whose husband had bought a 1939 Buick touring car just before he died. His widow, who at this time must have been about 70 years old, would drive the car downtown every Tuesday to get her hair done. She drove at a genteel 20 MPH in the center of Quarrier Street, and was so small in that huge car that you were never sure if it was drivng itself. When she reached the parking lot near the hairderssers, she would get out and leave the car to be parked by the attendant - in so doing, she blocked the sidewalk and about 1/4 of the lane on Lee Street.

Subject: BS: Small People in Old Cars....
From: Bobert
Date: 09 Oct 04 - 10:23 PM

Yeah, okay.... Old people in small cars is definately a problem but I got behind an old car today an I'm not too surew if there was a driver in it or not... Yup, big ol' Chevy Caprice an from behind it looked like it din't have no driver... Kinda drove like it din't have no driver either...

Nevermind...

Bobert