diff --git a/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelBoardLiveActivityView.swift b/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelBoardLiveActivityView.swift
index 8d6a242..738eabe 100644
--- a/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelBoardLiveActivityView.swift
+++ b/FuelBoardWidgets/FuelBoardLiveActivityView.swift
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@ struct FuelBoardLiveActivity: Widget {
                     .font(.caption2.bold().monospacedDigit())
             }
         }
-        // NOTE: deliberately NO `.supplementalActivityFamilies([.small])`.
-        // That modifier makes iOS eligible to render this activity in the
-        // narrow `.small` form on the iPhone/iPad Lock Screen, which is what
-        // produced the squeezed, small-text card. Dropping it keeps the
-        // full-width Lock Screen card on iPhone/iPad; CarPlay still shows a
-        // small form via the Dynamic Island compact closures below.
+        .supplementalActivityFamilies([.small])
+        // Why `.small` is kept: it lets the SHARED body render a compact form
+        // in genuinely small slots (CarPlay small / Apple Watch smart stack)
+        // instead of falling back to the Dynamic Island compact closure —
+        // which could NOT show the station distance the user wants on CarPlay.
+        // The full-width iPhone/iPad card is protected by the `richMinWidth`
+        // gate on `richBody` + its flexible, truncating middle column, so
+        // iPhone/iPad still get the full card; only truly small space picks
+        // the compact strip below.
     }
 }
 
@@ -62,19 +65,28 @@ struct FuelBoardLiveActivity: Widget {
 private struct FuelBoardLiveActivityView: View {
     let context: ActivityViewContext<FuelBoardLiveActivityAttributes>
 
+    /// Full card needs at least this much width; iPhone/iPad Lock Screen is
+    /// always wider, so they always get it. Only genuinely small slots
+    /// (CarPlay small / Watch smart stack) fall through to `compactBody`.
+    private let richMinWidth: CGFloat = 280
+    /// Cap the compact strip so a mid-width surface can't sneak it in.
+    private let compactMaxWidth: CGFloat = 230
+
     var body: some View {
         Link(destination: context.state.mapsURL) {
-            // Always the full three-column card. The station caption is
-            // line-limited + scale-down + tail-truncated, so a LONG station
-            // name truncates in place instead of inflating this view's ideal
-            // width and tricking ViewThatFits into falling back to the compact
-            // strip (that is exactly what made 5-mi / long-named activities
-            // render small while 10-15-mi / short names stayed full).
-            //
-            // No ViewThatFits / compactBody: with `.supplementalActivityFamilies`
-            // removed, this body is only ever handed Lock-Screen width, so the
-            // compact fallback was both dead weight and the cause of the bug.
-            richBody
+            ViewThatFits(in: .horizontal) {
+                // rich FIRST — wins on the full-width iPhone/iPad Lock Screen.
+                // Its middle column is flexible + line-limited, so a LONG
+                // station name truncates in place and never inflates the ideal
+                // width (which used to trick ViewThatFits into falling back to
+                // compact on iPhone).
+                richBody
+                    .frame(minWidth: richMinWidth)
+                // compact fallback — the small CarPlay / Watch smart-stack
+                // strip: fuel · price · station distance (no app name).
+                compactBody
+                    .frame(maxWidth: compactMaxWidth)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -113,7 +125,31 @@ private struct FuelBoardLiveActivityView: View {
         .padding()
     }
 
-    // NOTE: `compactBody` was removed — always render `richBody` (see body).
+    /// Minimal strip for small space (CarPlay small / Watch smart stack):
+    /// fuel type + bold price on one line, station · distance below.
+    /// Deliberately no app name and no "Tap for directions" — CarPlay is
+    /// display-only, and the user's asks here are just fuel + price + distance.
+    private var compactBody: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
+            HStack(spacing: 5) {
+                Text(context.state.fuel.displayName)
+                    .font(.caption.bold())
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                Spacer(minLength: 4)
+                FuelStore.priceTextAttributed(context.state.pricePence,
+                                               style: context.state.priceDisplayStyle,
+                                               size: 15, weight: .bold)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+            }
+            Text("\\(context.state.stationName) · \\(context.state.distanceText)")
+                .font(.system(size: 9))
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .lineLimit(1)
+                .minimumScaleFactor(0.7)
+                .truncationMode(.tail)
+        }
+        .padding(8)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Dynamic Island expanded regions + compact trailing — price only.