{"id":8290,"date":"2012-02-22T00:32:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8290"},"modified":"2012-02-22T00:32:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:32:51","slug":"square-peg-in-a-round-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8290","title":{"rendered":"Square Peg In A Round Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know where these people get their information from \u2013 or who explains it to them!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/135;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" title=\"A square peg in a round hole\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/square_peg.jpg\" alt=\"A square peg in a round hole\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" align=\"left\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>This  stupid article from ChoiceQuote reckons British cars are \u201cbigger than the average parking space\u201d. So you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that this means all \u2013 or the majority of \u2013 cars on British roads are too big.<\/p>\n<p>The simple fact is that the vast majority of British cars are perfectly sized to fit in any standard parking space. ChoiceQuote is simply talking crap.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the Department for Transport states that a parking bay must be a maximum of 5\u2019 11\u201d wide (180cm), and this has not changed since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>A BMW X6 is 6\u2019 6\u201d wide, and an X5 is 6\u2019 4\u201d wide. And of course, at around \u00a350,000 a pop, just about <strong>everyone<\/strong> is driving around in one of those. Not. Even an X3 is \u00a330,000.<\/p>\n<p>Normal people drive normal cars. Fortunately, the majority of the population IS normal, and they drive cars that fit in parking bays. Well, if they park them properly, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>This <a title=\"How Many Cars Of What Model On The Road\" href=\"http:\/\/howmanyleft.co.uk\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> website is quite useful<\/a> \u2013 ChoiceQuote should have used it before writing a stupid story for the tabloids.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 31 million cars on the road in the UK. About 113,000 of them are BMW X3s, X5s, and X6s \u2013 which equates to less than 0.4%. Of course, there are other large 4&#215;4 vehicles, but altogether they still account for only a few per cent of the total.<\/p>\n<p>So, quite how ChoiceQuote manages to twist this into \u201cBritish cars bigger than the average parking space\u201d is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re just totally wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know where these people get their information from \u2013 or who explains it to them! This stupid article from ChoiceQuote reckons British cars are \u201cbigger than the average parking space\u201d. So you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that this means all \u2013 or the majority of \u2013 cars on British roads are too big. 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