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Date:         Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:10:19 -0400
Reply-To:     BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
In-Reply-To:  <f6b26fc8f87f3a856b5f54af9631462a@speakeasy.net>
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I'm just stating an opinion here. I think $17K is a rip-off for a tiny little car that has 2 seats strapped to an engine. Sorry, but as far as I'm concerned I can get allot more car for $17K. Just because it's "green" doesn't justify the high price. Unless you want to be even smugger than a Prius driver. You'd get no smug points for that here outside of Philly, just a t-bone into a guardrail by an SUV. Why not just get a scooter and a raincoat for $2K. So "real" and "regular" would mean a $17K Jetta, Honda Element, Mazda A3, etc.

My point is the car costs too much for what you are getting.

I also think $50K for an SUV is a joke too, that's my opinion. I can get 2 "real" cars for that price, or half of a GoWesty Syncro Camper.

Bryan

-----Original Message----- From: monte merrick [mailto:montemerrick@speakeasy.net] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:51 PM To: BJ Feddish Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC

regular? real?

If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau

On 19 Jul 2007, , at 15:45, BJ Feddish wrote:

> What is the point of buying one of these things? They cost as much as > a real > car and some real cars can be had for quite a bit less. I could see > them > being a good buy at $7K but $17K? Once again, why? Is this so I can > be even > smugger than a Prius driver and say "hey look at me, I'm saving the > planet."? The thing is ridiculously small and has no cargo room. A > Ford > Exterminator would take it out at 10 mhp. > > When VW came out with a ridiculously small car 50 years ago the point > was it > lasted a long time and the biggest issue was it was CHEAP. If VW had > tried > to sell those things in '49 for more than people were paying for their > regular cars they would have been laughed out of the country. Same > goes for > the Honda CVCC. > > Geez > > Bryan >


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