David HoUnless someone has a genuine need, no car should be bigger than this.
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Faraiwe@davidho but, but... I need to carry more than ONE bag of groceries, and sometimes I have a passenger or four... and sometimes I want to be able to survive driving in weather ore serious than a breeze or drizzle... or going over a steep street of more than 15degrees... or further than 3miles....
esaI wind up with kind of the opposite reaction: At that point, why not rather get a bakfiets, or even just a shopping bag on wheels to bring on the tram?
But I guess my perspective is influenced by not having owned a car for over a decade, and instead renting a van for bulky stuff and "normal" cars for trips w/friends/family a couple of times a year.
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zemonofdrako@mistheart @davidho What's on the top of Suzuki? Edit: I mean the grey one.
@mistheart @davidho Wow. Thank you.
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@davidho I pretty well only use a car when I've got more stuff to transport than would fit in that (I use a bike otherwise). So I don't think I'd have a use case for that one.
Aaron Lord 
@davidho I'd drive a Mini Cooper if it weren't for the Airstream I need to tow :-)
@devlord There is a very small Airstream, made of fibreglass instead of steel -- Bantam? Forget the name now. Possibly not made anymore. I know I considered it for use with a Wrangler. I've heard very different numbers for MINI's towing capacity, from zero to a tonne; I'd ask a dealer, directly. And if you do it, have the dealer put the tow package in, not some sketchy after-market job.
There used to be trailers made for Bugs, so I'm sure it's possible.
@devlord Bambi.
https://www.airstream.com/travel-trailers/bambi/
4.9-6.7 m long, 2.44 m wide, 2.88 m tall (w/ AC); single axle; GVWR = 1.588t
So, not for all vehicles, unfortunately. And not for MINI. The tongue weight alone is probably a deal-breaker.
But plenty of other trailers are light enough.
Joe Steinbring 
@davidho I made the personal rule at one point of "It is big enough if I can fit a 50-pound dog in the cargo area." Having the dog in the passenger seat proved difficult. That is the reason why I ended up with an eGolf instead of a Chevy Bolt.
Ryek DarkenerThere is a genuine need for safety. Therefore this gadget is officially not a car.
However it would fit for most needs, and together with an appropriate speed limit in urban areas it is definitively an alternative to the monster trucks.
RegThis is true, but I'm not sure that safety would be so much of an issue if everyone drove one.
Driving one of these on roads with SUVs driving alongside would be terrifying.
Magnus Ahltorp@ReggieHere @_RyekDarkener_ @davidho Also, any safety concerns people are having with smaller cars means that they don't give a shit about cyclists or pedestrians, unless they plan to only allow cars on motorways.
Completely agree.
Most of the safety problems associated with small cars have nothing to do with small cars so much as the presence of bigger cars, just as the safety problems associated with bicycles and pedestrians are due to the presence of any cars.
Yes. As soon as you do not walk but steer a vehicle, like scooter, bike or car/bus, you become a possible deadly threat to others.
@_RyekDarkener_ @davidho Even in non-urban environments, if people need safety equipment to move about, there is something fundamentally wrong.
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ElectropictThat vertical line under the door makes me wonder if there's an option to flip a few levers and turn a wheel and expand it into a four/six/eight-seater, like my old dining table.
But I guess once you've got the tractor unit, you could always add a passenger carriage or two at need.
Luna Ruby Artemis 💛🤍💜🖤@electropict @davidho If I recall correctly, the vertical line under the door is because the car's body is essentially made from two sets of identical panels. The front and back halves are the same.
(Also I think it's not even a "car", by law, it's like... a car-shaped scooter that a 14-year-old can drive).
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contrasocialIf I lived in a city, and that city had efficient, functional public transport I probably wouldn't have a car to begin with.
MinmiTheDino@davidho we have to put two car seats in the back so we were forced to size up to a fiat 500. It works!!
@davidho As a very tall person (6'8"), I was going to disagree, but having looked closer at the car, I think I'd fit brilliantly in that, so I agree entirely!
That genuinely looks like a car I could fit comfortably in, which is not something I can say about pretty much every other car out there.
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Lot⁴⁹@TidalFlats @davidho One, or two if you can train one of them to drive it.
I'm 6'2" and am comfortable in one of these. In Italy (and probably elsewhere in the EC) it's a car you can drive before age 18. Top speed is 45 MPH, I think.
glasspshrHow many retrievers can carry it?
@TidalFlats @davidho In Italy they're sold by Fiat as "Topolino," which is what Italians call Mickey Mouse. Either my browser or Fiat's website makes this translation, with amusing results. https://www.fiat.it/modello/fiat-topolino
@TidalFlats @davidho La Signora Quarantanova bought her daughter in Milano a new Panda in 2006 and it's still going strong, no real difficulties.
That Topolino is a re-badged Citroën Ami, and has many econo features, such as identical front and rear fascias, driver and passenger doors. Like the 2CV, the seats are lawn chairs. The external "paint" is really just the color of the molded plastic.
There was an old Fiat 500-cc Topolino, of which almost half a million were made, 1936-55.
Your Mickey Mouse .....
hanktank61@davidho Seem them touring in Holland. One passed our house when we were sitting outside this afternoon. Quite a strong sound for such a small car. Boosting appearance with sound ?
Deborah Preuss, pcc@davidho @cargot_robbie i've always thought of these as "electric sofa chair".
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PaulaToThePeople 😷@davidho A picture of a toy car would make more sense with that caption imo.
Ian Robinson@davidho @sdarlington There’s a taxi driver in the new film, You, Me & Tuscany who taxis in one of those 😊
See https://m.imdb.com/title/tt36352591/mediaviewer/rm3842036738/
@davidho OK - but not that colour.
Erik Ableson