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Iliana\'s Parking Fixation
You heard right. This week on Car Talk, we heard from Iliana, who feels a special attraction for guys who can parallel park with style. She\'s found Mr. Right -- only now, he\'s come down with a bad case of parking anxiety. Can this relationship be saved? Tell us what you think! You can hear her story right here.
Re: Iliana\'s Parking Fixation Added: 11/08/2008 10:20:42 AM
Now that he knows about her special attraction, subconsciously he\'s checking to see if she likes him for himself or only for his parking ability. If she cools off because he can\'t park, then the relationship wasn\'t meant to be. If she still loves him even through a case of performance anxiety, then they\'ll probably make it through anything. It all boils down to the question "Do you love me for me, or for what I can do for you (or because I remind you of Daddy)"?
Re: Iliana\'s Parking Fixation Added: 11/08/2008 10:30:21 AM
Dear Iliana,
you have found, "the one." I know this because I am a great parallel parker and my now wife mentioned that early in our dating. Of course that made me nervous resulting in parallel parking interuptus and the infamous 56 point turn in front of our favorite pub packed with observing customers. This was because I was smitten with love. Fortunately she realized that and gave me a chance. Plus, she got the added bonus of being able to kid me about it, every time, for years and including this morning when we heard your story. She thinks you have met "the one" and should give it a serious chance. It may be true love!
Good luck,
Jonathan and Lee Ann
Re: Iliana\'s Parking Fixation Added: 11/08/2008 11:18:27 AM
This is to help Mr. Right parallel park with style, perfectly, every time! The day I turned 16 years of age, I went to the West Virginia State Police Barracks near my home to take the Driving Test, to obtain my license. I passed everything with flying colors, including the entire driving test with a State Trooper in the passenger seat. Everything, that is, except the parallel parking test, which required parking between two big orange-painted 55-gallon drums. My first try was a miserable failure. The trooper said, "I\'ll bet your mother taught you how to park that way, right?" Yes, sir. "OK, Here\'s the way REAL MEN do it!" he exclaimed. He proceeded to show me the "45-degree-straight-back-in" method, turning the wheel hard left only after the right rear wheel was very near the curb. I tried it. The car ended up 1/4" from the curb, exactly in the center of the parking space! Wow! "Excellent," he cried, and I had my new license in no time! OK, Mr. Right, fear performance failure no more! Go for it, and join the ranks of us REAL MEN who parallel park with STYLE!
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