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steerpike2
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I think it's hideous, but also think more drivers should be in such a vehicle - either voluntarily or by 'incentive'. The grossly over sized and over powered vehicles I see carrying only 1 occupant short distances... I don't approve of it .
Nightcleaner
Super Member
Don't you think its a catch 22 situation. People that drive around in the cars you quite rightly describe. They can afford to drive around in them. They want to be seen in them.
The problem. with the ugly little box is Well there is a few. But the first instance is Road safety. When those cars are introduced People will want to be the first to be seen in one. there become a fashion. Then the novelty wears of. The second issue is Realistically There are Just Two and there free charging points outside Marks and Spencers store at our local shopping centre. I have seen no others in Town. Not saying there isn't any. But its worth mentioning.
That car or what ever there calling it. Would suit me. as it be cheaper than a taxi of £7 for a 2 mile journey with heavy shopping Every week.
The problem. with the ugly little box is Well there is a few. But the first instance is Road safety. When those cars are introduced People will want to be the first to be seen in one. there become a fashion. Then the novelty wears of. The second issue is Realistically There are Just Two and there free charging points outside Marks and Spencers store at our local shopping centre. I have seen no others in Town. Not saying there isn't any. But its worth mentioning.
That car or what ever there calling it. Would suit me. as it be cheaper than a taxi of £7 for a 2 mile journey with heavy shopping Every week.
grillebilly
Empty Head
I kinda like small, ugly cars. Big and ugly, not so much.
I'm on the fence about electric cars after I read about the mining of cobalt and lithium. Seems to be a horrendous downside.
I'm on the fence about electric cars after I read about the mining of cobalt and lithium. Seems to be a horrendous downside.
Sandy G
Retired Member
Well, if you squint your eyes up just right, you can SORTA-sorta, you know, kinda, sorta fool yrself into thinking you're looking at a 1929 Beardmore taxicab.... well, not really, but play along.. A Beardmore, however, doesn't suffer from pretending to be something that it AIN'T, & never will be, which about 99.9% of these dreadful shyteboxes practically SCREAM at doing... I just wanna see what one of these coquettes looks like after it locks horns w/a 359 Peterbilt, one of the wide-front end models w/the gleaming chrome front bumper/radiator grille... Bet this French pastry won't even make a substantial KER-SPLATT ! on the Amurrican grille..
KentTeffeteller
Gimpus Stereophilus!
Love child of a electrified Smart Car and a 2CV. Too weird for the USA.
You are missing the whole point! The more folks they can convince to tool around in weird french econoboxes like this,
the more petrol is available for big old caddies and yer Exxon Valdez.
Besides, something like this is a city car, not meant for tooling between Reno and LA, or between Atlanta GA and NYC
the more petrol is available for big old caddies and yer Exxon Valdez.
Besides, something like this is a city car, not meant for tooling between Reno and LA, or between Atlanta GA and NYC
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Believe whatever it is you like, but I don't think thats the case -
and I'm not sure I want to breathe the air after another 250 years of IC exhaust ...
And I doubt anyone is banning the IC engine - thats just fearmongering ...
but encouraging alternatives is a viable path away from the IC ...
doing so over time ...
Sandy G
Retired Member
Citroen has REALLY made some "Lu-Lus" over the years. The 2CVs were/are pretty wild, BUT, if you study them they DO make sense, in a Gallic sort of way. The ones that even I kinda throw my hands up at are the ultra zany Ami 6s & 8s. They, more than almost any other kind of car, look like they were designed by people who had never, ever seen a car before, & moreover didn't particularly want to ever see one, for that matter. Hard to believe that they have made some astonishingly handsome vehicles thru the years The "Goddesses" of the Fifties thru the 70s,, the SMs of the 70s, & their big diplomatic cars were every bit as eye-catching as anything from Crewe or Stuttgart..
Shadowdog
Super Member
I want clean air also but the batteries will have to get better environmentally, charge much quicker and give more range, plus get competitive in cost.
Not in NA but overseas, but some western US and one CDN city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehicles
Not in NA but overseas, but some western US and one CDN city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehicles
I don't think it's ugly, but it looks...hmmm....like a small kitchen appliance? Or maybe a Little Tykes car?
I wouldn't mind a Honda e if they ever brought it to the states just for something to run errands in, but like any tiny car, I'd feel like I were taking my life into treacherous territory around here, as so many here own "big 3" large trucks and SUVs since they can buy them at a discount. TheLittle Tykes Smart Car was "technically" rated well for crashworthiness, but with so little cushion (in terms of a lack of a large crumple zone, like you'd get with a car that had a longer hood), it's more likely you'll get internal injuries from such rapid deceleration, vs. injuries from the "cage" around the driver collapsing.
I wouldn't mind a Honda e if they ever brought it to the states just for something to run errands in, but like any tiny car, I'd feel like I were taking my life into treacherous territory around here, as so many here own "big 3" large trucks and SUVs since they can buy them at a discount. The
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Shadowdog
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Just like some vans with a short nose (no crush zone) ! Earlier this winter I saw a picture of a late model Ford Transit in Winnipeg, MB that hit the side of a late model Ford SD pickup (3/4T )
as it was icy. The only occupant of the Transit died likely due to that very limited crush space as the SD pickup was hardly damaged on it's front side.
as it was icy. The only occupant of the Transit died likely due to that very limited crush space as the SD pickup was hardly damaged on it's front side.
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