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> It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either Is this usually a limiting factor for people? I've always put my groceries on the bac

> It doesn't even have a trunk, so not really useful for groceries either Is this usually a limiting factor for people? I've always put my groceries on the back seats or back floor, even if I have a trunk.

zdragnar 4y ago
It depends on how large a family you are shopping for, and if you need to bring little kids with you when you go. A family trip without a trunk means no room at all for groceries.
- xboxnolifes 4y ago
  Sure it's a limiting factor if you're bringing the whole family grocery shopping, but that's probably less than 5% of all car users.
the_watcher 4y ago
This car looks small enough that it doesn’t have a backseat, so it’s just the passenger seat available.
- karaterobot 4y ago
  It says it fits 4 people, though some of those words should probably be in quotation marks. Probably has a tiny back seat.
chrisseaton 4y ago
> I've always put my groceries on the back seats or back floor, even if I have a trunk. Why? Isn't it easier to a access the trunk?
- jjulius 4y ago
  The distance between the driver door and the passenger door (on the same side of the car) is shorter than the walk from the driver door to the trunk. If I've got just one or two bags of groceries, I'll toss 'em on the backseat. An entire cart-full of groceries is a whole 'nother story...
- xboxnolifes 4y ago
  It's just what my parents did, so it's what I do. It's no harder to access than a trunk on a four-door car.
- vgel 4y ago
  They fall over in the trunk. In the backseat I can buckle them in or put them in the crevasse between the seats and the floor.
filoleg 4y ago
Not necessarily for groceries, but otherwise yeah. There are some things that I need to permanently store in the car, and using backseats for that essentially makes them unusable for their primary purpose (hosting humans). I am not even talking about the bewilderingly very common in the US "I use my car trunk as a small storage unit" scenario. I am talking about storing things like backup tire, first-aid kit, electric tire pump+sealant combo (in case i get a small puncture in my tire, so that I can patch it up and get to the nearest parking lot/service center or home), a charging cable+adapters (in case you drive an EV), a change of clothes, a roll of paper towels, and maybe a change of clothing. Mind you, even with those things in mind, they won't take up a lot of space at all, and trunk is still very usable for groceries and other stuff. The main issue is that without trunk at all, even a very small subset of bare essential things from that list (first-aid kit and a tire pump) essentially create a problem where they are always occupying the backseat area of the car, which makes it problematic for humans to use.

zdragnar 4y ago

It depends on how large a family you are shopping for, and if you need to bring little kids with you when you go. A family trip without a trunk means no room at all for groceries.

xboxnolifes 4y ago
Sure it's a limiting factor if you're bringing the whole family grocery shopping, but that's probably less than 5% of all car users.

the_watcher 4y ago

This car looks small enough that it doesn’t have a backseat, so it’s just the passenger seat available.

karaterobot 4y ago
It says it fits 4 people, though some of those words should probably be in quotation marks. Probably has a tiny back seat.

chrisseaton 4y ago

> I've always put my groceries on the back seats or back floor, even if I have a trunk. Why? Isn't it easier to a access the trunk?

jjulius 4y ago
The distance between the driver door and the passenger door (on the same side of the car) is shorter than the walk from the driver door to the trunk. If I've got just one or two bags of groceries, I'll toss 'em on the backseat. An entire cart-full of groceries is a whole 'nother story...
xboxnolifes 4y ago
It's just what my parents did, so it's what I do. It's no harder to access than a trunk on a four-door car.
vgel 4y ago
They fall over in the trunk. In the backseat I can buckle them in or put them in the crevasse between the seats and the floor.

filoleg 4y ago

Not necessarily for groceries, but otherwise yeah. There are some things that I need to permanently store in the car, and using backseats for that essentially makes them unusable for their primary purpose (hosting humans). I am not even talking about the bewilderingly very common in the US "I use my car trunk as a small storage unit" scenario. I am talking about storing things like backup tire, first-aid kit, electric tire pump+sealant combo (in case i get a small puncture in my tire, so that I can patch it up and get to the nearest parking lot/service center or home), a charging cable+adapters (in case you drive an EV), a change of clothes, a roll of paper towels, and maybe a change of clothing. Mind you, even with those things in mind, they won't take up a lot of space at all, and trunk is still very usable for groceries and other stuff. The main issue is that without trunk at all, even a very small subset of bare essential things from that list (first-aid kit and a tire pump) essentially create a problem where they are always occupying the backseat area of the car, which makes it problematic for humans to use.