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>Even fuel was less than we expected due to getting 50+ mpg The only way I can see three adults enjoying a road trip in a vehicle small enough to get 50mpg (as

>Even fuel was less than we expected due to getting 50+ mpg The only way I can see three adults enjoying a road trip in a vehicle small enough to get 50mpg (assuming petrol) is if you're all car enthusiasts and enjoying the novelty of some 30yo compact car. The second row of a modern compact is a really crappy place if you have to be there for very long.

gcthomas 7y ago
I drive a European seven seater diesel car - plenty of space for three adults - and I get better than 55 mpg on road trips. YMMV, of course. ;)
coldtea 7y ago
Or you're perhaps too precious and fussy about cars? I've had 10K miles road trips in smaller (European sized) cars, and they're just fine...
- roel_v 7y ago
  I can somewhat see how being American-sized in a European car could be uncomfortable...
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Aren't many Europeans just as tall or taller than Americans tho (e.g. Dutch, nordic people)? Though, waist wise, that would be true...
    - roel_v 7y ago
      Yeah I was referring to girth/width...
  - 52-6F-62 7y ago
    Oh you just reminded me of “because of olive oil” https://vimeo.com/107658022 https://vimeo.com/107658022
walterstucco 7y ago
The only way I can see an adult consider 20km per litre (50mpg using real units of measurement, made for adults) a good score is if you're american...
close04 7y ago
Ah, a Canyonero fan :). https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Canyonero https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Canyonero
CalRobert 7y ago
It was a 2008 Seat Leon diesel. We managed fine, and even managed 200 kph on the autobahn (perhaps a bit under 50 MPG there..) We drove around 5000 miles from Barcelona to nice to Florence to Geneva to Offenburg to Bremen to Luxembourg to Amsterdam to Brugges to Paris to Barcelona. It was fucking awesome - and to tell you the truth I really, really understand what "trip of a lifetime" means now that I've never really recreated that experience. Three good friends on an adventure together (first time to Europe for all of us!) in a new and interesting place in our mid 20's when we were all single and had jobs we didn't care too much about was a pretty damn great recipe, and we still joke about the football Cheetos floating around the back of the car from the first day of the trip.

gcthomas 7y ago

I drive a European seven seater diesel car - plenty of space for three adults - and I get better than 55 mpg on road trips. YMMV, of course. ;)

coldtea 7y ago

Or you're perhaps too precious and fussy about cars? I've had 10K miles road trips in smaller (European sized) cars, and they're just fine...

roel_v 7y ago
I can somewhat see how being American-sized in a European car could be uncomfortable...
- coldtea 7y ago
  Aren't many Europeans just as tall or taller than Americans tho (e.g. Dutch, nordic people)? Though, waist wise, that would be true...
  - roel_v 7y ago
    Yeah I was referring to girth/width...
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  Oh you just reminded me of “because of olive oil” https://vimeo.com/107658022 https://vimeo.com/107658022

walterstucco 7y ago

The only way I can see an adult consider 20km per litre (50mpg using real units of measurement, made for adults) a good score is if you're american...

close04 7y ago

Ah, a Canyonero fan :). https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Canyonero https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Canyonero

CalRobert 7y ago

It was a 2008 Seat Leon diesel. We managed fine, and even managed 200 kph on the autobahn (perhaps a bit under 50 MPG there..) We drove around 5000 miles from Barcelona to nice to Florence to Geneva to Offenburg to Bremen to Luxembourg to Amsterdam to Brugges to Paris to Barcelona. It was fucking awesome - and to tell you the truth I really, really understand what "trip of a lifetime" means now that I've never really recreated that experience. Three good friends on an adventure together (first time to Europe for all of us!) in a new and interesting place in our mid 20's when we were all single and had jobs we didn't care too much about was a pretty damn great recipe, and we still joke about the football Cheetos floating around the back of the car from the first day of the trip.