ya know... these wouldn't be a bad idea if they could go a little faster... they just kind of seem like fancy golf carts... now that Corbin Sparrow caught my eye though (now built by Meyer Motors)... it'll go 70 mph...
ya know... these wouldn't be a bad idea if they could go a little faster... they just kind of seem like fancy golf carts... now that Corbin Sparrow caught my eye though (now built by Meyer Motors)... it'll go 70 mph...
It is their alcohol-fueled vehicles that are good for freeway driving. Congress ha snot allowed them to be imported, until starting with next year. They have been manufacturing alcohol-fueled vehicles for 9 years now.
too bad American car manufacturers are only doing E85.
Though I have seen a lot of mini-coopers [which are very tiny little cars. Here in America we used to see a larger version the Honda CVCC with the hand-holds on the front and rear bumpers and a 600cc engine. In Italy we had them with much smaller engines.]
Also in Scotland and UK, they had a lot of three-wheeled 'passenger cars'. Freeway speeds, and fast too. But again very small in height and very narrow.
It is my understanding that the small cars which are so popular elsewhere, have engines that are far too small to be legal here.
In my first saab, you could open the glove compartment and adjust the carburetor.
Though I have seen a lot of mini-coopers [which are very tiny little cars. Here in America we used to see a larger version the Honda CVCC with the hand-holds on the front and rear bumpers and a 600cc engine. In Italy we had them with much smaller engines.]
I've seen those *mini-coopers*. I wouldn't want to drive one.
A semi truck tire is larger than they are! :blink:
dmiller, when just about any car get's hit by an SUV or one of the larger trucks... it's curtains... but those little mini's have a five star rating with side curtain airbags... just don't wrek with anything too big!
BTW, take one for a test drive... they're like driving a go kart!
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ya know... these wouldn't be a bad idea if they could go a little faster... they just kind of seem like fancy golf carts... now that Corbin Sparrow caught my eye though (now built by Meyer Motors)... it'll go 70 mph...
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I see the press release is from California...
So, uh, what about the pollution created when the electricity is generated?
Or the nuclear power plants?
(I know there's SOME solar, SOME hydro-electric, SOME geothermal, SOME tidal, but not enough to take up the slack)
Wasn't California "land of rolling brown outs" a while back?
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Mark O... that was Enron's fault...
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How could I have forgotten?
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It is their alcohol-fueled vehicles that are good for freeway driving. Congress ha snot allowed them to be imported, until starting with next year. They have been manufacturing alcohol-fueled vehicles for 9 years now.
too bad American car manufacturers are only doing E85.
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Have you ever driven any of their cars overseas Galen?
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Though I have seen a lot of mini-coopers [which are very tiny little cars. Here in America we used to see a larger version the Honda CVCC with the hand-holds on the front and rear bumpers and a 600cc engine. In Italy we had them with much smaller engines.]
Also in Scotland and UK, they had a lot of three-wheeled 'passenger cars'. Freeway speeds, and fast too. But again very small in height and very narrow.
It is my understanding that the small cars which are so popular elsewhere, have engines that are far too small to be legal here.
In my first saab, you could open the glove compartment and adjust the carburetor.
LOL
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I've seen those *mini-coopers*. I wouldn't want to drive one.
A semi truck tire is larger than they are! :blink:
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dmiller, when just about any car get's hit by an SUV or one of the larger trucks... it's curtains... but those little mini's have a five star rating with side curtain airbags... just don't wrek with anything too big!
BTW, take one for a test drive... they're like driving a go kart!
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The mini-coopers are so small ---
(HOW SMALL ARE THEYYYYY??????)
They need an airbag on the roof too!!
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