Hey Alan, thank you very much. That's really informative and helpful. In terms of bigger, physical size of car, not necessarily for practical reasons, and instead style (I know, silly reason but we all have our own quirks eh?)
For reference we both drive SUVs, and neither of us have a legitimate use case for them. I bought mine because it was unexpected and really doesn't make sense ? and hers presumably because it's pretty!
I'm after a cheap but cool second car to do shopping runs in and local runs, because 11mpg round town is a bit extreme, would rather use that car for long journeys...
So my comments about size and space doesn't come from a place of criticism at all, instead, superficial and subjective styling preferences.
Fwiw I almost won an auction on an A2 1.6 around 30 minutes ago, so this will happen at some point. Where the wife fits into this is, her car will be up for sale in the new year, and I was trying to aim for a 2 in 1 purchase, i.e. buy something that's more economical than my daily, but something she can take over when she sells her car.
I'm a total car enthusiast at heart and have owned over 20 cars in the last 13 years, in fact I don't even know how many cars ive had now, totally lost count.
The A2 however has earned a spot on my list of a cool car to own ?