SUVs and me
As one in his late 80s coming back to his normal-sized car to find it is hemmed in with one of these on each side – thankfully my boot opens and my back seat collapses.
So, being still reasonably agile I can crawl in and fall into my front seat to drive away. – Yours, etc,
DAVID MURNANE,
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