My little car is just the right size for me…..most of the time
The Golfer uses it occasionally but prefers his own, which we use if we’re off somewhere together. There are times though when it’s the other way round and I’m the one driving him in my car
Now….
I don’t mind playing chauffeur (as I’ve done for the last two years) when The Golfer needs a lift to the eye specialist even though he squirms around muttering about small seats.
I don’t mind waiting around an hour on average because it’s not worth while driving home and coming back
With several specialists consulting at the same time the waiting room gets crowded so I wait in the car
Where I can eat and drink to my heart’s content – listen to the radio – or read while I knit at the same time
The thing is….
It’s a bit of a tight squeeze trying to set things up with a steering wheel and gear lever in the way so one time I tried sitting on the passenger side……more leg room and nothing in front of me – but it just didn’t feel right…..so I moved back to the driver’s side which for some reason is more comfortable
The nearest (free) undercover car park is at Costco – out of the blazing sun and pouring rain. It’s close to the railway station plus a huge shopping centre so there are large ‘we are not a public car park’ signs so if I’m challenged I’ll just produce my card and say ‘I’m waiting for someone’. Not actually a lie is it…..waiting….not for someone turning up with a trolley full of groceries but for a ‘I’m ready’ text from someone 🤭
With several more appointments (plus two surgical procedures) coming up over the next couple of months I reckon I’ll be dab hand at the waiting game by Christmas
Still Waters 
You do well to knit and read in the driver seat. Do you slide it back? I’m so short there is no chance i could fit that into my driving position (seat right forward and still have to shuffle slightly to get the clutch right down). Lets face it tho what would you be doing differently if waiting at home? (apart from having space)
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I don’t mind sitting in a stationary car in pouring rain. Pouring rain seems to happen so rarely now.
When I’m waiting in the car, I like to have a door open, weather permitting and if I have the ignition to ‘accessory’ to listen to the radio, the car beeps with the driver’s door open, so I use the passenger seat. Sometimes the seat back falls down and I fall unconscious, recovering some time later with a start as I wonder what happened.
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Undercover parking at Costco is something that I haven’t seen, but since I’ve only really seen one Costco …
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I often wonder what people do who don’t read (or knit!!) when they have to wait! You are a saint for all that waiting!
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I’m glad you have your knitting and reading for waiting. I think if you shop at Costco now and then, using their parking lot to wait is an ok thing to do.
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They’ll not kick you out. And yes, you ARE waiting for someone. I think it’s a great idea!
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I was perfectly happy with my little old Ford Taurus but Fbo could barely squeeze his hugeness into it and wanted a larger “family” vehicle to for grandchildren and himself comfortably in. Now that he’s done so, he accuses me of making him buy me a vehicle. What’s wrong with this picture? LOL
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