What Car for your Driver’s Exam
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Family 1961 Ford Galaxie.
My dad's 1970 Oldsmobile 98 2-door, 455/TH400. The Trooper said "Don't worry about parallel parking this boat" Even though I'd practiced it several times & 99% sure I could've done it, Wasn't about to argue the point 
88' Volvo 740
Mom’s ‘67 Cutlass 4-door. Not easy to do maneuverability (OH’s answer to parallel parking), but I made it. At 16, got my own first car a few months later, my disintegrating ‘64 Beetle…
1986 K car like this one.
1978 Subaru brat. 4 on the floor and I scored 100%. They guy even made me stop in the steepest hill in town to test me.
Dads 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was a handful to parallel park. LOL
1965 Chevy II SS
1966 VW Bug.
I ended up putting 200,000 miles on that car. Had to put a new "used" piston and a rebuilt head in at 125,000. I think that cost around 65 bucks. Man! I loved that car.
I ended up putting 200,000 miles on that car. Had to put a new "used" piston and a rebuilt head in at 125,000. I think that cost around 65 bucks. Man! I loved that car.
My mom's 1988 Toyota Camry.
1965 Ford Country Squire station wagon, you want a treat try parallel parking a 22 ft wagon in a 30 ft space with an inspector looking for a reason to fail a pimple faced 16 year old.
1986 Jeep CJ-7 with 4 speed manual.
1977 Dodge D100
1991 Plymouth Acclaim the first time but I failed when I was told to make a three point turn and I didn't know what that was 
Passed in a 1990 Jeep Cherokee with the Renix fuel injection that felt like it took 45 minutes to start that 4.0.
Passed in a 1990 Jeep Cherokee with the Renix fuel injection that felt like it took 45 minutes to start that 4.0.
I might believe 17½ feet, but not 22. My parents' LeSabre in which I took the test was about about 18¼ feet (219").
A '62 Chevrolet (substantially the same body as 61-64 model years) was 209.6", and Fords wouldn't have been much different.
Back in those days, length of mainstream US-brand cars correlated closely with price and status. Nowadays, it seems to be height instead of length.
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I had a vague memory of reading something about how long the whale-era Chrysler Imperials were:
https://www.outmotorsports.com/2020...ial-lebaron-review-driving-the-distinguished/
229.7" - that's 19'-1.7". Yikes!
Can't say how long the Country Squires were, but I do remember riding in the far back of my friend's parents' '70 in a side-facing folding bench seat and marveling at how big the car was.
