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I own a Tardis

John Ray

A Tardis car to be precise. As everybody knows, a Tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It sounds impossible but Toyota achieved it years ago.

I am referring to my 1997 Toyota Starlet. As everybody knows it is a very small, light car. It was the smallest Toyota available for a while in the '90s and today even my Toyota Echo seems big and heavy alongside it. Yet it can carry four people and has a big boot for luggage as well.



I bought the car off Anne mainly for Joe's use while he is in Brisbane. She was upgrading to an automatic Corolla for the sake of her bones. And she used to carry around in it a big bootful of all sorts of equipment needed for her work as a school nurse: Audiology machines etc. So she can tell you about the ample boot.

And when Jenny was driving Von & Co to the airport on 5th, she had to take the Starlet as it was the only way to fit in both them and their luggage. I gather that they had acquired more possessions whilst here. So 3 people plus Hannah in a kiddy seat got to the airport with all their luggage courtesy of the Starlet.

How does such a little car manage to be so big? I suspect that only Toyota and Dr Who could tell you.



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