SmartCar eat your heart out!

heyitsomid · Post by **heyitsomid** » Tue May 29, 2012 6:28 pm

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/

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Tue May 29, 2012 8:50 pm

Long as it's not smug like a Pious.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Tue May 29, 2012 8:52 pm

Ain't autocorrect the damnedest ... PRIUS.

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Tue May 29, 2012 9:00 pm

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.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue May 29, 2012 9:38 pm

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!)

Capt_Don · Post by **Capt_Don** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:42 am

Put wings on it and make it fly then, maybe, it will be the future.

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:23 pm

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...

Rippinyarn · Post by **Rippinyarn** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:33 pm

That thing looks perfect for going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters...

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:06 pm

Yeah, sure, but can you bulls-eye a womprat? They're not much more than two meters.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:29 pm

Nerds.

Mousenut · Post by **Mousenut** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:44 pm

If it was a long time ago, why were they measuring in metric?

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed May 30, 2012 5:03 pm

ericalm wrote:Nerds.

This coming from Anime Guy.

Capt_Don · Post by **Capt_Don** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:07 pm

NERDS?! Hell yeah! I just bought a blue riding jacket I am sewing my Star Trek patches on!

scootavaran · Post by **scootavaran** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:16 pm

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

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:59 pm

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.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:29 pm

PeteH wrote:
ericalm wrote:Nerds.
This coming from Anime Guy.

Oh, I'm at least a dozen flavors of nerd all rolled into one.

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:03 pm

yer like a nerd everlasting gobstopper!

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:52 am

I am going to wait for the unicycle model. R

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 31, 2012 3:50 am

still shifting wrote:I am going to wait for the unicycle model. R

Honda's working on it.

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:13 pm

Yeah the kid in the movie Lorax had a nice unicycle,,, R