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SmartCar eat your heart out!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:28 pm
by heyitsomid
I don't know what to think of this yet. I think as long as you can lanesplit on the freeway with the thing I'm all for it!
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/05/lit-motors-c1/
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:50 pm
by Mutt the Hoople
Long as it's not smug like a Pious.
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:52 pm
by Mutt the Hoople
Ain't autocorrect the damnedest ... PRIUS.
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:00 pm
by Mousenut
So...
Good:
Gas mileage~~check
Speed~~~check
Looks fairly cool~~~check(ish)
You can crank up your torpedo tunes~~~check
If you light up a bong, everyone on board has fun~~~check
Bad:
Costs too much, cages people who don't want to be caged, takes half of the fun out of riding on 2 wheels with the gyros, selling to a market that doesn't exist (so far).
It's like a solar powered Cartier tennis racket, nobody is asking for it except people who want toys who don't really need them and won't use it unless going to a awards banquet to show off.
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:38 pm
by ericalm
We need projects like this to push the technology and public conceptions about transportation further.
I love riding scooters/bikes. But would also love to see different forms of more practical and less wasteful transportation not just for me, but for other commuters. Scootering, as it is, just isn't right for everyone.
Until this hits production, I'll consider it a curiosity.
Meanwhile, been waiting YEARS for
this. More than three years of redesigns, scaling down and recession-fueled delays. Sigh.
Mutt the Hoople wrote:Ain't autocorrect the damnedest ... PRIUS.
It ain't the car, it's the drivers!
I read/hear a lot about the sanctimony of Prius drivers but haven't really seen it around here. This is probably because most owners in LA just bought them as status symbols and out of trendiness rather than the type of genuine concern for the environment behind the condescending attitudes others experience. (Kidding! Sort of! About 30% maybe!)
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:42 am
by Capt_Don
Put wings on it and make it fly then, maybe, it will be the future.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:23 pm
by Tocsik
Mutt the Hoople wrote:Ain't autocorrect the damnedest ... PRIUS.
I think you were right the first time.
And so do Matt Stone and Trey Parker...
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:33 pm
by Rippinyarn
That thing looks perfect for going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters...
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:06 pm
by PeteH
Yeah, sure, but can you bulls-eye a womprat? They're not much more than two meters.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:29 pm
by ericalm
Nerds.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 4:44 pm
by Mousenut
If it was a long time ago, why were they measuring in metric?
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 5:03 pm
by PeteH
ericalm wrote:Nerds.
This coming from Anime Guy.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:07 pm
by Capt_Don
NERDS?! Hell yeah! I just bought a blue riding jacket I am sewing my Star Trek patches on!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:16 pm
by scootavaran
Being a nerd is the best. You can enjoy life the way you want to and not the way others expect you too.
..well thats what I say when people ask about my Godzilla collection
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:59 pm
by k1dude
I'm glad that's a prototype, because if you hit something in an accident, you're probably going to be missing 2" off the top of your head. Then everyone will call you flat-top.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:29 pm
by ericalm
PeteH wrote:ericalm wrote:Nerds.
This coming from Anime Guy.
Oh, I'm at least a dozen flavors of nerd all rolled into one.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:03 pm
by Wheelz
yer like a nerd everlasting gobstopper!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:52 am
by still shifting
I am going to wait for the unicycle model. R
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 3:50 am
by ericalm
still shifting wrote:I am going to wait for the unicycle model. R
Honda's working on it.
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:13 pm
by still shifting
Yeah the kid in the movie Lorax had a nice unicycle,,, R