With all the years we used to travel in the Suburban, we never learned to travel light. Despite that, the family joke is that my husband can fit an elephant into the glove compartment. We can fit stuff in, but the problem is finding what we need at each stop and getting to it.
We had a Honda Accord at one point and I loved it, plus we could pack it with plenty to take on trips - but my husband got leg cramps because he was so crunched up driving it. So when my Dad bought a new Buick and offered me his Buick Century sedan, I took it. My husband's legs thanked me, but we suffered from the relatively low gas mileage. And it didn't carry any more than the Toyota did.
No, my husband has his heart set for a Prius V. They are not that much bigger than the original Prius, and the mileage is not that much lower (40/44 MPG vs. the 48 MPG we get with the little one). My sister has one and loves it - but she carries her life in her car at all times so it is stuffed to the gills. My husband sat in the driver's seat and found he was more comfortable in the Prius V than in the old Prius.
Just now I started our serious search for a Prius v. A friend sells Hondas and we had tried out the various models - not one had leg room for my husband. Last time I found the old Prius at Cars.com and jumped on it since we needed a commuter car immediately (my husband was t-boned and totaled his car so he was commuting in the Suburban). This time I'm hoping to throw some business to my friend and he can keep an eye out for just the right car for us.
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