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Originally Posted by Hersbird
It's not a big SUV, it's a tiny Honda without even AWD. It has an efficient CVT and a small 4 cylinder. You aren't getting double 30 mpg highway with anything out there, maybe 40 or 45 mpg, but it wouldn't be ideal on the deadliest stretch of road in Montana. She has 2 giant teenage boys so and an adult daughter living with her (a masters degree LCSW who can't afford to live in her own place either but at least is all teleconference so don't have to drive.) The CRV is about as small as she can get by with. As I pointed out, no bus or trains around here. There is a free city bus in town that would go the last 2 miles of her 60 mile each way but what's the point then? Carpool never really works out, she has a unique schedule at her work, and it's never consistent enough for other people to team up with.
PS I see you are in Germany. Just for a point of reference Montana is almost exactly the same size as Germany but with 1 million people while Germany has 84 million people. Sometimes I don't think Europe gets how wide open much of the USA is.
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Yes, he lives in Germany. Big and Small are relative terms.
In the EU the best selling car in the EU is the VW Golf. It is a family car there and on the larger side of normal cars. A lot of the best sellers are superminis - what we call subcompacts in the USA. Toyota Yaris, VW Polo, Renault Clio, Peugeot 208, Opel Corsa - they are all subcompact cars that are in the best selling 10 cars in Europe.
Europeans drive small cars because gas is expensive. They aren't shorter than Americans yet somehow they manage to fit families in much smaller cars than what we drive in the USA. (Just like their construction workers, plumbers, and electricians manage to build things without everyone driving a F-150)
When a friend of mine lived in Germany he had a 1st generation Renault Twingo and routinely went on trips with friends. He was the smallest of the 4 people in the car at 6' 1". (A Twingo is 15 inches shorter than a Geo Metro Hatch)