How big is too big...
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k that's big" so checked the dimensions and it's longer, wider and only 10cm lower than the original 1999 X5.nunpuncher said:
It wouldn't be so bad if the increased exterior dimensions meant more internal space.
18mm wider across the rear sets than the new golf. I mean I don't design cars or sell them but I'm not sure how these things get through requirement sign off, I wouldn't approve them as an idea. 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. DonkeyApple said:
What a lot of people haven't appreciated, despite rarely seeing women driving large saloons or estates, is that for the shorter member of the household the taller car on the same footprint is much easier to drive. The SUV has meant that the big family car no longer needs to be used for the commute.
The wailing about pedestrian death has been picked up for the same reason some anti EVers now go on about dying children in the Congo. They don't actually care about the people, it's merely a proxy to facilitate what they really hate but what society doesn't allow them to say anymore.
It's similar with the 'handling' arguments based around their belief that they are a real man who knows how to drive. Again, this is based on 20th century thinking. Today we have SUVs lapping the Ring faster than their comparable estates. Plus, most people aren't driving like Barry the Boy Racer to Tescos.
These people don't even care about the eco aspect, again it's just a proxy.
It's all why they don't mind saloons or estates of the same footprint and even weight nor do they mind vans. The simple truth is that their issue is with people having money and women and foreign looking types being out of their boxes.
I started this thread simply because I was suprised to see "X3" on the back of a car that passed me on the motorway, as from the shadow it cast on me I expected "X5" at least. My car is indeed not small (not showing off like). The wailing about pedestrian death has been picked up for the same reason some anti EVers now go on about dying children in the Congo. They don't actually care about the people, it's merely a proxy to facilitate what they really hate but what society doesn't allow them to say anymore.
It's similar with the 'handling' arguments based around their belief that they are a real man who knows how to drive. Again, this is based on 20th century thinking. Today we have SUVs lapping the Ring faster than their comparable estates. Plus, most people aren't driving like Barry the Boy Racer to Tescos.
These people don't even care about the eco aspect, again it's just a proxy.
It's all why they don't mind saloons or estates of the same footprint and even weight nor do they mind vans. The simple truth is that their issue is with people having money and women and foreign looking types being out of their boxes.
I hadn't considered all the finer details, as you nicely illustrate in this post and I have to say I didn't notice the ethnicity or gender of the driver, I'll play closer attention next time.
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