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Old 07-21-2020, 12:46 PM   #587 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
I think that humans must have an instinct requiring vehicles to be able to carry a family. I have filled four seats exactly once since 1985. Even my mother chose two door cars. Pickup trucks are also very popular in North America.
...or friends, or strangers.

I've filled my car, and I mean filled, at least 5 times helping strangers get home when they got stranded. One time was about 10 people in my Subaru Legacy when a Dodge Durango caught fire in the woods and burned to the frame. Other times are providing a lift to hikers or rafters back to their cars.

I average about once per week having friends in the back seat... planning to fill the bed of my truck with kayaks and friends this afternoon for the lake.

That said, a coupe can fit people in the back, it's just less easy. I never minded it, but then the people I'm giving rides to are all able-bodied. Heck, I hear people saying they are uninterested in a sedan because it's difficult/painful to ingress/egress, and therefore justify a CUV/SUV.
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