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We own two vehicles, a tiny (4 seater) car and a larger (7-seater) MPV.

On the odd occasion that either I or my wife need to drive a car into town and don't have to take the family too, there is simply no way either of us would ever voluntarily choose the larger vehicle for the simple reason that it's much, much harder to park it.

The little car will happily fit in every single car park space known to mankind. It fits into car parking spaces that aren't even real spaces, too. It's the single best feature it has.

It's got a tiny engine, and is hopeless at accelerating hard - particularly up hills - but who cares? It gets up to four people from A to B in relative comfort and great efficiency. It cost us $10k, brand new.

Could it be that we should talk about setting higher taxes on more expensive and/or larger-engined vehicles? Downsizing our vehicles might be a way to help save the planet without compromising on personal mobility.




Not everyone's vehicular requirements are satisfied by a vehicle which is optimized for transporting human bodies to and from town. Many of us have professional or personal requirements which require e.g. the ability to move heavy equipment. I couldn't do 80% of my hobbies if I drove a Mini or something.


>Could it be that we should talk about setting higher taxes on more expensive and/or larger-engined vehicles? Downsizing our vehicles might be a way to help save the planet without compromising on personal mobility.

Don't fall for the Oil Lobby's trap of blaming individual consumers for Global emissions issues.


what brand/model is your "tiny car"? just out of curiosity, to see if that will pass as a tiny car as well in Europe.


It's your tiny car a Honda Jazz? (I think it's called "Fit" in the US)


Not the person you're responding to but yeah, the Fit was the Honda Jazz. Sadly it has been discontinued. I'm not sure anyone makes a comparable car (must have fold-flat seats that also flip up for transporting taller items).


The Fiat 500 is just that. I've driven one in Europe, but sadly not available where I live.


They quit selling those in the US last year. I love my Fiat 500e EV!


It looks like they fold flat but I don't think they flip up like they do in the Fit. Still, good to know that the fold flat feature is available.




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