23-06-2022, 06:06 PM
Hi Erich
Yes I agree. It seems to be a general thing that we will all see value in larger cars. I did once ask for a discount when offered an upgrade to a large family car when landing in Exeter in UK. My argument was that it was going to cost me more in fuel than I had budgeted and was going to be more difficult to drive around in St Ives (small traditional seaside town with very narrow roads and few places to park even a small car). The hire car man was perplexed and ultimately gave me the Fiesta I wanted.
I was also overtaken by a new Golf the other day and I swear it was larger than the Passat, it was a huge estate car.
It feels that American cars are generally coming down a bit in size and Europe is going up. I guess we will meet at a global car average, which will be 'large' on anyones scale.
Yes I agree. It seems to be a general thing that we will all see value in larger cars. I did once ask for a discount when offered an upgrade to a large family car when landing in Exeter in UK. My argument was that it was going to cost me more in fuel than I had budgeted and was going to be more difficult to drive around in St Ives (small traditional seaside town with very narrow roads and few places to park even a small car). The hire car man was perplexed and ultimately gave me the Fiesta I wanted.
I was also overtaken by a new Golf the other day and I swear it was larger than the Passat, it was a huge estate car.
It feels that American cars are generally coming down a bit in size and Europe is going up. I guess we will meet at a global car average, which will be 'large' on anyones scale.
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!