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Originally Posted by elhigh
I've noticed that a lot of us are willing to accept a few sacrifices for better fuel economy, including fewer or tighter seats in the Insight or Metro...
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The problem with that is that I don't regard two seats in a small (and preferrably nimble) package as a sacrifice, but as something to be sought after. To me, driving a 4/5 seat sedan would be the sacrifice (and an SUV only under serious threat). I've felt this way as far back as I can recall: when my contemporaries were lusting after the latest muscle cars, I drooled over the old MG/TC that a neighbor had.
Same applies to biking to work - or bike touring vacations through Europe & North America. The sacrifice is when I have to drive, or when (as I sometimes do) I have to travel by plane & car, and stay in hotels...