>Impressive... American-based "compact" cars of that era were barges compared to modern cars, but they typically had pretty bad passenger-compartment space for their size.
Yes, it is incredible how well the space is used now in cars, I had a Versa until 2010 and it was very spacious for its size.
>Did you grow up here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Gallegos,_Santa_Cruz>
>Wikipedia claims it's very windy.
Yes, I was re-born there, my parents move from Mar Del Plata when I was 3 months old and the Doctors told them I would die! it is a very long and funny story (well, now it is funny :)
Coastal Patagonia is very very windy and dry, but it is a beautiful place (or an acquired taste!), I lived there, in different cities and provinces, up to 17 years old, when I moved out to go to the University.
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