So many cars now look big to me, whereas I considered them medium-size in Oz (where on the whole there are far fewer large cars than by US standards).I took in the Lyon Auto Show today to check out a few different cars (Hyundai i10, Skoda Citigo, Citroen C1, etc.) and found myself thinking that the VW Golf was kind of big...
I took in the Lyon Auto Show today to check out a few different cars (Hyundai i10, Skoda Citigo, Citroen C1, etc.) and found myself thinking that the VW Golf was kind of big...
Ditto. It's not just the bigliessness of them - upgrades are often cars that don't have the handling and braking characteristics of the car first chose.On a couple of occasions, the rental car companies have offered to upgrade me (for free, even) to a bigger car - but I just don't want to drive anything that big.
Absolutely, and electric motor bikes. Paris drives me nuts with noise polution from macho petrol fueled motor bikes - chainsaws on wheelsAs far as change goes, what about electric cars?
We've always been a "small" car family, the last ones were a Honda Civic and a Subaru Impreza, but both of those would be considered mid-to-large cars in Europe.Just wait until you make your first visit back to the Old Country. Every time I have been back I spend my first few days there in absolute awe of what HUGE cars everyone seems to be driving. On a couple of occasions, the rental car companies have offered to upgrade me (for free, even) to a bigger car - but I just don't want to drive anything that big.
Thanks for that opinion, it puts VW and Peugeot at the top of my shopping list!So german cars suck...and French ones are unsafe.
Great, if you never intend to do more than 320-400km in a day as that's all they'll currently do before a recharge.As far as change goes, what about electric cars?
The Civic has moved up from being a small car to a medium sized one and an Impreza would never be considered to a large car.We've always been a "small" car family, the last ones were a Honda Civic and a Subaru Impreza, but both of those would be considered mid-to-large cars in Europe.
Great, if you never intend to do more than 320-400km in a day as that's all they'll currently do before a recharge.
As for me, I wanna roam!
I am looking into them, (electric cars) as so many countries seem to be starting to move towards them for the future. I have seen a lot more charging stations. I realize that for the autobahn power drivers they are not yet there maybe, but for me they would be enough. Tesla has the edge on power I believe, but no track record.
I agree with the sometime soon statement. I'm holding off because I don't need to change my car and am worried that if I buy an electric car now I might miss out on the next significant step forward. However, if my everyday car blew up tomorrow a year old Zoe would be very high on my list of possibilities.We've a Renault electric car in the family. The feed back from them and from others is that electric is great for town only and as a second car.
I've explored the economics of buying an electric car and renting a biggger car for long journies. Answer..not now but sometime soon.
DejW
The Up does have a fantastic engine and very long gear ratios so it does have amazing performance for 1.0 l. Very difficult to drive at the speed limit on a motorway because it is so zippy. It is very comfortable too....and convenient in cities.As SMEG points out the Up and it's similar sized siblings are great little cars. In terms of comfort, economy, performance and convenience they knock an old SAAB into a distant second last.