My next car?

[cjsmith]

I like small. (To give you an idea, I consider today's Corolla "a bit big".) I like good gas mileage. I like efficiency, especially in design.

Small, sleek, and gets unprecedented mileage.

I would only have to make my current car last until 2009. Hey, why not? Twenty years is a nice round number.

Disadvantages: diesel fuel (not at every gas station around here), unproven design (can't count on getting twenty years out of this one).

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

(I really really really want a mini, like they drive in Britain. But Rondo says I couldn't fit the groceries in, let alone the kids. Damned minivan, anyway! It's not at all cute like a British mini is!)

[eichin.livejournal.com]

The "classic" not-made-in-20-years mini, yeah, that's tiny. The *current* bmw-owned mini is a lot more roomy inside than you'd expect - I've been driving the convertible since last summer and have successfully packed tall swedes in as passengers :-) 4 or 5 bags of groceries in the "luggage compartment", no problem, without folding down the back seats. And 25mpg is the *worst* mileage I've gotten, 30 is more typical. Very fun to drive, easy to park, terribly cute :-)