It's fair, I did say w.r.t. the roads down in Dartmouth. It's also true of pretty much all classes of car, a mini is......well not really mini is it.

You could also say that tyres went through the same bloating issue. I remember when 185/70/15 on my Dolomite Sprint was a fat one. Now the two new tyres for a Mercedes E Estate (285/30/19) are fat ones.

It is also a reflection on Dartmouth and southern Devon! Everything got fat except the roads (the potholes have kept pace) and so a fast car is a small one. Watching the tourists in the strange rovers panic as they come down the road to Dartmouth is hilarious unless you are stuck behind them. Their constant slapping of the brakes at each narrow point must make them sea sick with the air suspension in floaty-boaty mode!

Parking down here is a right pain, without the kind assistance of Richard it would be a nightmare. I looked at buying a garage (60k+) and the first four I saw were to small (short) to fit an Aero in! An aero is not a large footprint. Even if you can find a garage in town it is barely the size of an original mini!

Mind you if the car had a voice it might just point out that I have done the same and put on a few pounds.