Remember when we thought a P6 was a normal sized car?
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sdibbers
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Just like explaining perspective to Father Dougal in Father Ted!
Funny thing was that Beryl looked smaller as I got closer too!
Demetris
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Size is one thing for sure. In Europe the P6 was a large (ish) in its days...
What i can't for the life of me understand is how someone that doesn't need a pick-up truck, uses a pick-up truck as a daily.
I grew up when pick-up trucks were used mainly by farmers, because, you know, they actually had to carry stuff in the bed, day-in, day-out.
I have one of the last Citroën C5s as a main family car for the last 8 years, and if i ever had to change it, i could never buy something pig ugly, far far less comfortable, more noisy, more expensive to run, with zero driver appeal, significantly more difficult to handle around town and for parking, the negatives are endless, without actually having any use for the bed at the back, not to mention 4WD.
What i can't for the life of me understand is how someone that doesn't need a pick-up truck, uses a pick-up truck as a daily.
I grew up when pick-up trucks were used mainly by farmers, because, you know, they actually had to carry stuff in the bed, day-in, day-out.
I have one of the last Citroën C5s as a main family car for the last 8 years, and if i ever had to change it, i could never buy something pig ugly, far far less comfortable, more noisy, more expensive to run, with zero driver appeal, significantly more difficult to handle around town and for parking, the negatives are endless, without actually having any use for the bed at the back, not to mention 4WD.
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BrianMac123
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I prefer to call those things "Vans" not cars 
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sdibbers
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You know? I think you have a point!
The Rovering Member
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"Cars" are ridiculously big these days, the end of the SUV craze can't come soon enough. It wouldn't be so bad if the people that drive them had sufficient spatial awareness to pilot them properly.
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robin collis
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Lasttime I parked my P^ next to a Mini, I was amazed to see hat the Mini as slightly larger than the P6
hershman.uk
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Here’s my Mini parked next to a P6.
My Mini is the smallest variant, the 3-door hatch, but still manages to make the P6 look small!
robin collis
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I still know which on I prefer to drive, even though it has a 'gas-guzzler' of an engine.
Modern cars have improved tremendously in everything except size? Think how traffic would improve if every car was to magically revert to its 1960's size
Modern cars have improved tremendously in everything except size? Think how traffic would improve if every car was to magically revert to its 1960's size
sdibbers
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Perversely, a modern mini is probably bigger than a Maxi! Austin Maxi - Wikipedia
robin collis
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This raises the question; What would you replace your P6 with ?
Modern or Classic.
Modern or Classic.
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