Anthony wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in
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What about people who physically can't fit into those tiny 'death
on
wheels' toys because of longer than average legs, or being disabled?
Every small vehicle I looked at the last time was impossible to drive
because my knees hit the dash, or I couldn't get in or out without
help, because of so little room under the steering wheel that I
couldn't use a cane to help me in or out of the driver's seat?



Hrm.... I drive a 95 Dodge Neon, I'm 6'-5", 240 with bad knees...and don't
have any issue with it being too small. It gets 33 mpg in mixed
city/highway driving even though it's an automatic and it's got 200,000
miles on it.


My problem is swelling in my legs, and the fact that I sometimes have
to lift them into the truck with both hands. That can't be done in a
lot of vehicles. In fact, I miss my '73 Chevy stepvan. It was an
electronics shop on wheels to do commercial sound & industrial
electronics repairs. It had a 292 CID six cylinder and five speed
manual transmission. I could haul over two tons and still get 20 MPG.


I'm happy that you like your neon, but I have driven mostly trucks
since '72. I don't do any joy riding, and have driven less than 7,000
in the last 18 months. A good chunk of that was running errands for my
dad & step mom after each was in the hospital three times each.


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