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yonder

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5. 200 feet. 200 effin feet! 500 feet, a 1000 feet, makes no difference.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2019, 07:26 PM

Sep 2019

What is wrong here? If one can park within 200 feet of a destination, walk to it then walk around to do your business and become unable to walk back to your car, one should probably not be walking.

Maybe I'm just old, missing a handicap perspective or something but this is too much like beta-testing humanity into regressive oblivion - a modern day version of the Lone Ranger whistling for Silver. Next thing will be little robots that automatically sweep your house. Oh, wait...

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Tesla's Smart Summon feature is already causing chaos in parking lots across America [View all] Eugene Sep 2019 OP

um, no it isn't. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #1

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My dad just bought a Model 3 alittlelark Sep 2019 #2

They don't beta test just on customers -- they beta test on the general public. eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #4

200 feet. 200 effin feet! 500 feet, a 1000 feet, makes no difference. yonder Sep 2019 #5

As Dave Barry said a few years ago... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2019 #7

Audi used to have commercials about self parking cars in your apt complex. keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #6