<i>couldn’t have been</i> or<i> couldn’t be</i>?<br/><br/>—There were already five people in the car but they managed to take <br/> me as well. <br/>—It ______a comfortable journey.<br/><br/>A. couldn’t have been B.couldn’t be<br/><br/>I know A is correct, but it seems to me that B is also correct, though I can't remember where I have seen such a situation.