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sydneyalexis

.012 Orange

Apr 13, 2007 19:48

[.012 Orange]
Sydney Alexis

( the one where Gus sucks at parking )

qaf fic, humor, 100

Comments 19

shadownyc April 14 2007, 01:46:37 UTC

*snickers* Poor Gus. I have friends who drove like that and were on the road within a couple of weeks. ;b

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 01:51:01 UTC

To this day I still can't parallel park. In fact, I struggle just to do straight parking. I think it's because I have trouble visualizing just where the car is.

Of course, I readily admit to being a crappy driver.

sian265 April 14 2007, 02:45:17 UTC

God that brings back some memories "grins" I hated those orange monsters!

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 02:54:18 UTC

This one was totally taken from my own real life; I still can't parallel park. Then again there isn't much call to do that in Louisiana. (Thank God!)

My own driver's ed experience was horrific! My first time in a car, the instructor made me drive on this ancient country road that had these wicked curves that were SO deep that it felt like the car was at a 90o to the ground.

It was also pouring down rain and the road was so substandard it could have easily been mistaken for a dirt road.

*shivers*

I still get queasy when I have to drive in curves.

sian265 April 14 2007, 02:59:36 UTC

I was thankful that hubby taught me to drive, in an old 74 Maverick! That was orange!

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 03:57:01 UTC

I spent a week in one of those fancy Driver's Ed cars.

After that, my dad took over and I drove around in my mom's old car -- a blue and silver, '82 Datsun Maxima.

That was orange!

ORANGE? How orange are we talking? Burnt sienna/deep orange, Dukes of Hazard orange, or pylon-bright orange?

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mdlaw April 14 2007, 03:47:33 UTC

hehehehe Poor Gus. m :)

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 03:57:48 UTC

I had a lot of fun writing this one channeling my own craptastic driving. :D

bernadettecin April 14 2007, 07:58:23 UTC

Funny! I hate parallel parking. I always end up a foot or more from the curb. I love my driveway.

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 22:52:24 UTC

That or I end up on the curb.

I'm a crappy driver and I admit it. LOL.

I love my driveway.

I'd say the same thing, but I've almost hit my mom's truck a couple of times.

esmaro April 14 2007, 14:25:30 UTC

I so understand him I've been driving for 20 years and I still have problems half of the time with parking in parallel.

sydneyalexis April 14 2007, 22:54:18 UTC

I've been doing it about ten years, and I still have trouble pulling in straight sometimes. In my defense, I would point out, however, that those are all places where they painted the lines ridiculously close together so you only have a couple of inches clearance on either side even when you pull the car in perfectly.