Small Cars and Being Practical By Brenda Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

The other day, I saw a person driving one of those Smart Cars. My boyfriend drives a BMW Z3, which (if you aren't familiar with them) is a small two-seater convertible. Every now and then, I'll get on his case because while the convertible is fun to drive in on a nice, sunny day, it's not practical. For instance, whenever we want to travel to the beach for the weekend or to Washington D.C. or New York, we usually end up taking my Jeep because it is bigger and more comfortable for long trips.

For many people who own small cars like the Smart Car, they usually have an additional car of some sort that is bigger, which makes me wonder if small cars are really that practical. Not to single them out, but the whole marketing campaign of the Smart Car was to promote this idea of saving energy by driving a vehicle that was more fuel efficient. And while I agree that driving a Hummer is totally unnecessary in any condition, I think that small cars such as 2-seaters are almost wholly impractical as well.

In these economic times of uncertainty, people are looking to save money. More and more people are therefore turning towards used cars as well as smaller cars, but are you really saving that much money in the long run by downsizing from a 4-door sedan to a two-seated vehicle? For example, my boyfriend can barely go food shopping for himself. Instead of making one trip to get everything he needs, he has to take more frequent trips to the supermarket, which uses up more gasoline versus my small SUV which takes only one trip to gather everything and then some.

Car buyers need to be more vigilant when they are looking at what type of car to get. For instance, I love the way the Audi TT Quatro looks, but I also know that at this point in my life, it is totally impractical no matter which way I slice it. I also adore the older VW bug models from the 60s, but then I have to consider the fact that I need a vehicle that is going to be able to handle driving me back and forth to New York as well as around the state of North Carolina.

On the flipside, two-seated vehicles may be totally practical for someone who is single and doesn't have any pets or obligations. But what about if you had to move? When I moved into my apartment, I was able to fit most of my items into my Jeep, only needing to take two trips to get everything from my storage unit. However, someone like my boyfriend would have no choice but to rent a U-Haul truck in order to move his items around. There are some people who don't mind doing something like that though. It just becomes trickier if you're moving out of state and have to figure out how you're going to get your stuff to its final destination. Think before you buy!

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