I’ve spent almost my entire life driving smallish cars (my current one is a ‘91 Miata, and it’s not even the smallest car I’ve owned!), and am forever fielding questions like:
- “Why don’t you have a rollbar in that thing?” (not until I can afford to track it; rollovers on the street are rare and I don’t want to risk a concussion from a simple rear-end collision)
- “Aren’t you scared driving that on the street?” (usually asked by people who drive SUV’s. And no, I don’t, I just have to pay attention and drive like they don’t see me, which they usually don’t)
- “You’d get killed if a bigger vehicle hit you.” (yeah, and you’d get killed in your Suburban if you were hit by a dump truck, so what’s your point?)
For the record, the smallest car I’ve owned was a Chevy Sprint. It was BETTER on fuel than a Smart (close to 50mpg on the highway, about 38mpg around town without really trying), came in at about the same curb weight, and would seat four.
>>people who drive SUV’s. And no, I don’t, I just have to pay attention and drive like they don’t see me, which they usually don’t)
My biggest grip against SUV drivers, they do not understand the limitation to their field of vision and their different perspective......