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New car - bigger!

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eddiecat78 Mon 13-Mar-23 15:07:31

I'm a nervous driver who sticks to short local journeys. It really would be sensible if we cut back to just one car so we have bought a mini clubman . It's smaller than Husband's previous car but bigger than mine - and automatic which I'm not used to. We haven't got rid of mine yet but it's getting on a bit and we really don't need 2 cars. I could do with some tips and encouragement to help me adapt to the new car. I don't want to give up driving completely yet

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NotSpaghetti Tue 14-Mar-23 11:44:05
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Here are the clubman/Up dimensions.
Obviously I don't know the year.

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Oldbat1 Tue 14-Mar-23 13:18:42

Big cars are ok to drive but parking isn’t so easy. Cars have increased in width and parking spaces aren’t generous. Dh loves big cars but I prefer a normal size eg focus or fiesta. Getting parked with enough room to open car door is the issue. Automatic cars are very easy and I don’t have any issues using manual or automatic.

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