would you drive this

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Re: would you drive this

I would but us people up North are limited by our weather conditions between mud and snow.....
 
gonefishie

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Heck no, unless everything else on the road are the same size. A passing semi truck doing 65mph will probably sucks that thing into its belly. Beside, half of Americans don't even fit in it anyway. I'm glad that these vehicles that use little or no gas are popping up. It's only a matter of time before we run out of oil.
 
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Messerschmitt meets 21st Century technology.

I commuted by bike for a while and would have loved this roach-looking machine when it stormed or got real cold.

The reason I wouldn't buy one today (or another bike, for that matter) is that I now only venture onto the roads mostly to get or deliver something that would not fit.
 
NelsonQ

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Sure, to commute, but that thing won't haul my boat....:D
 
CN Spots

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just imagine the mess a Peterbilt would make out of one of those things and the creamy filling that would be left inside.:eek:


No tanks.
 
avenger79

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spring, summer, and fall I would, when I wasn't on the motorcycle. looks pretty cool to me. i commute 100 miles a day as well and would sure love the fuel savings. I would drive that before a Toyota Prius or other cars. I just like the way it looks.
 
lowkee

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If I commuted far enough to care about fuel costs, I'd get a closer job or move. Fuel savings doesn't make up for the lost time driving all that way.
 
Thad

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Not even if you paid me!:eek:

The bigger the better. That's just my opinion.:rolleyes:
 
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Big oil and the goverment will never allow it on the roads. It's probably got one of those special carbureators so you can fill the tank 3/4 of the way with water to get that kind of mileage. The government put a stop to this before so we could support the new world order.

.... puts tin foil hat back on and ducks to avoid the black helicopters watching us from the sky! Back to reading my Feb 1972 copy of Popular Science.
 
aspeck

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Too much of a girly car for me, and I doubt I would fit. It does get better mileage than my motorcycle, though! :eek: MUCH better mileage! I will stick to my Yukon and my KZ1000! After all, work is 1/2 mile from my work by road ... I would only have to put 1 gallon in each year to do the commute!
 
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Without A/C, here in AZ, I would consider that as a "sauna".:eek:

I'm sure the A/C knocks the fuel economy down a couple hundred notches.
 
angus63

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I would mount it to a davit on the side of my Ram 1500 and use as a tender for local driving.
 
Mark42

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Re: would you drive this

Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. Driving that car, you will always be the bug on the road.
 
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