How big is too big...

[troc]

F1 cars are 5.7m long………..

[jonwm]

BobsPigeon said:

Saw a new BMW X3 today and thought "fk that's big" so checked the dimensions and it's longer, wider and only 10cm lower than the original 1999 X5.

Just saying.

I thought the exact same thing when a new X4 went past me on the M5 yesterday, its huge compared the the previous generation, I also compared to an old X5 one of my neighbour's has which looks smaller!

[MyV10BarksAndBites]

shih tzu faced said:

Chris944_S2 said:

When she starts feeling uncomfortable rather than taking pleasure from it.

you're such a modern gent, putting your lady first. Makes the rest of us old skool big boys look bad!

[sparkythecat]

I was trying to sell an old Rolls Royce to a mate of mine recently. He dismissed it on the grounds that the entrance to his property was to narrow. He was gobsmacked when I pointed out that a 1982 Silver Spirit is actually 20mm narrower than his 2018 Volvo XC 60

Edited by sparkythecat on Monday 21st June 19:48

[Pit Pony]

Chris944_S2 said:

When she starts feeling uncomfortable rather than taking pleasure from it.

When it's wider than it is long.

[plenty]

1,500 kgs is a pretty good cutoff for me - anything heavier than that is too lardy for me.

[Maxym]

plenty said:

1,500 kgs is a pretty good cutoff for me - anything heavier than that is too lardy for me.

Lardy's one thing but width is another. The relationship with parking bays is becoming a serious issue in avoiding dings and even just being able to get out of and into your car.

I appreciate that getting on for half the car-buying populace are overweight or even obese - yes, I'm looking at you, fat bds - but don't the designers of ever-expanding cars for ever-expanding people ever park the bleeding things?

Regulations limiting the size of cars might bring about lifestyle changes that improve the health of nations...

[RosscoPCole]

Isn't a VW Up roughly the same size as Mk1 Golf?

[anonymous-user]

An 04 X3 weighs 1745kgs, a 2021 X3 can be as much as 1995kgs... there’s a reason the roads and pavements are utterly fked.

[Glenn63]

pablo said:

An 04 X3 weighs 1745kgs, a 2021 X3 can be as much as 1995kgs... there’s a reason the roads and pavements are utterly fked.

And it isn’t X3’s.

[Amateurish]

I actually like these bigger cars, excellent for wafting along in comfort. As others have alluded to, bigger also means safer.

[Pit Pony]

Amateurish said:

I actually like these bigger cars, excellent for wafting along in comfort. As others have alluded to, bigger also means safer.

But not for the people you hit.

[AmyRichardson]

A full fat Transit, Ducato or similar would be a touch over 2060mm, which is probably as much as you can trust a layman with. This is mirrored in massive 50s/60s US sedans, which again maxed out ~82"

So we've got <100mm of growth potential in the current crop of big cars.

I could be wrong; legal maximum on UK roads (without special permissions) is 2550mm; knowing some of the dicks out there, there's bound to be someone who'd give that a go on the school run...

[georgeyboy12345]

I honestly think that if you have two kids or less, then you don't need anything bigger than a Golf

I test drove an F30 BMW 3 series the other day and I found it was needlessly large

[David87]

My Ranger Raptor is fairly massive. Parking it next to normal SUVs only highlights its ridiculousness. Manageable, but kind of annoying in certain situations. Balloon tyres that make the wheels impossible to kerb are a big bonus.

[wyson]

georgeyboy12345 said:

I honestly think that if you have two kids or less, then you don't need anything bigger than a Golf

I test drove an F30 BMW 3 series the other day and I found it was needlessly large

Have you seen the size of rear facing baby seats these days? I got a Golf and one kid. The baby seat will only fit on the rear bench with the passenger seat fully forwards. To get another seat like that behind me when I’m driving, I’d have to chop off my legs. I’m already looking for car with much more rear space because the Mrs wants sprog no. 2.

Mind you, once the kids are old enough to rely on booster seats, I’d revert back to something Golf size. It’s much more comfortable driving a car that is right sized for British roads and parking spaces.

Edited by wyson on Monday 21st June 22:17

[mrmichaelsankey]

Parked the wife’s Macan - not a small car by any means, next to a new defender……. Jesus Christ it was massive.

Walked away and looked back, Macan looked like a child’s toy compared to the defender!

Now I live in Brentwood Essex, serious school run 4x4 country and some of those monsters (not the mums, although I’m sure they’d eat me for breakfast) are stupid big! GL Mercs, Audi Q7/8, x5, Bentley 4x4s, so many tanks that seriously can’t be needed for a school run!

[Uncle Meat]

BobsPigeon said:

Glenn63 said:

I know everyone loves an SUV bashing on here but how wide is the new rs6? Saw one on the motorway the other day and it looks ridiculously wide must be wider than an x3?

Fair point, I'm not bashing as much as confused. An RS6 is a rather special supercar not an everyday car for supermarkets and school runs. I just wonder what the limit is and what the market will demand in the future, people are certainly not getting any smaller.

The X3 isn't any longer than 3 series touring though and the X5 is shorter than the 5 sseries touring.

[cherryowen]

Glenn63 said:

I know everyone loves an SUV bashing on here but how wide is the new rs6? Saw one on the motorway the other day and it looks ridiculously wide must be wider than an x3?

I saw a brand new RS6 on the motorway a couple of weeks ago, and I must admit it looked the dogs b0llocks. A bit on the porky side, but hunkered down on 21's and those flared arches? Lordy, it looked really good.

[Glenn63]

cherryowen said:

Glenn63 said:

I know everyone loves an SUV bashing on here but how wide is the new rs6? Saw one on the motorway the other day and it looks ridiculously wide must be wider than an x3?

I saw a brand new RS6 on the motorway a couple of weeks ago, and I must admit it looked the dogs b0llocks. A bit on the porky side, but hunkered down on 21's and those flared arches? Lordy, it looked really good.

Oh ye the one I saw looked a monster id love one but it did occur to me how wide it actually is out on public roads.