One of my biggest fears about coming to Los Angeles was having to rent a car, but so far it hasn’t been that bad. First of all, it’s an automatic, so I don’t have to worry about stalling out or shifting. Second of all, the speed limits in LA are pretty low. There is just as much traffic as I expected, but no one goes that fast. The huge interstate I use to get to work, for example, has a maximum speed limit of 55 mph and everyone follows it.
The one huge issue, however, is parking. I was hoping to get a teeny car so that parking would be a breeze, but they were out of small cars at the rental company. So, I have to park and repark multiple times every time I pull into my tiny tiny parking spot (next to a poll- just my luck). Parking spaces in LA are so much smaller than anywhere else. How do all these Hummer drivers do it? Today I spent about 10 minutes trying to park in a parking garage and it ended up that my side mirrors were each 1 inch away from other cars’ side mirrors and I could barely squeeze out of my door. What a pain! By the time I’m done this semester, I’ll be a parking expert!
Pictures!
Luckily for my sake, there is a piece of bubble wrap taped to the pole next to my car- just at bummer height. How hilarious!
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