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by TLightful 1923 days ago
Citation or that's bullsh!t.

If the car you ended up getting was large, as implied, I'd be interested in looking at how sh!te the small car must have been.

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https://www.thecarconnection.com/overview/smart_fortwo_2014

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/167786-2014-chevrolet-cr...

Here you go. I can persoanlly attest that the diesel Chevy cruze easily gets 45-50 mpg. I also paid less for it than a smart car.

Like I said, I was not opposed to it, but I'm not spending more for a smaller car that is more fuel inefficient.

Ok,that's fair.

But I don't accept the smart fortwo as a typical small car.

If those are its numbers, then its a horrible car, both in terms of mpg and everyday practical use. It looks good as a quick city run around and that's it.

In Europe, a typical small car might be a Toyotal Yaris or Peugeot 208, both hitting 70-90mpg

https://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/toyota/yaris/hybrid/14351...

https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/peugeot/208/owning

> But I don't accept the smart fortwo as a typical small car.

Yeah that was why I had that disappointment, I was expecting gas milages closer to what you said. If I could get a car like that in the States, that would be awesome. I would love to get a car that gets 70-90 mpg.