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by WalterBright 1759 days ago
> Cars are getting bigger

Really? My old Dodge is a giant compared to modern cars, though it was of modest size in its day. Parking slot sizes have shrunk considerably over the years.

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Parking slot sizes have not shrunk, it is the cars parked in them that have grown bigger. This is well-documented.
I don't believe that. I've seen it myself when a store will restripe their lot to squeeze more parking in. I never had to grease the sides of the car to park it in the 70's.
That store may well have been the exception, but I'm still curious: what process did you use to come up with the idea that the restriped slots were smaller?
My car's fit in them.
You have a car from the '70s? And this is not when there are more modern cars next to it that make it feel more cramped because they are bigger?