Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:01:28 -0700
Reply-To: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
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From: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject: Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
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well i guess part of the point is that gas is not going to drop to a
dollar a gallon.
but the fact that the smart car, and its kin, which i saw a gazillion
of in france where even among the mini cars of europe it is still
small, is not a good candidate for the US market is much more of an
indictment of the US than it is of the car. we here in the USA dont
need that kind of fuel efficiency - we have the DoD.
cheers
monte
If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore
it to
him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau
On 20 Jul 2007, , at 05:46, BJ Feddish wrote:
> Some of you don't understand what I am saying. All you are getting
> out of
> my Smart Car rant is that I'm somehow against the planet and love
> SUV's. I'm
> waiting for Michael Moore to come paraphrase me in his next movie.
>
> I'm just saying that I think $17K for that car is ridiculous. I don't
> see
> it as any new technology. They just made a regular car really small and
> light with a small engine. Duh, yeah it's going to get better mileage.
> Yeah,
> yeah, OK, they put a nice frame around it so you don't get crushed by a
> Mercedes.
>
> What I'm saying I can go get a new Honda Civic that gets 40 MPG for
> the same
> price. It's allot more car. And don't tell me years down the road the
> SC
> will be cheaper because you spent less on gas. I'm saying the starting
> price
> should be cheaper since I'm getting less car.
>
> It is my opinion that if gas all of a sudden dropped to $1 a gallon,
> Smart
> Car would go out of business trying to charge $17K. If, however, they
> were
> cheap cars, like $8K or something, it would not matter what the price
> of gas
> was, they'd sell millions of them. Even here in the US.
>
> If in 10 years we're all driving those things because we have to then
> so be
> it. I'm just not heading down a highway in Philly rush hour traffic
> with
> that thing. I don't even feel safe in my Element on today's roads.
>
> Bryan
>
> (And since it's Friday I can't help myself
> http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/
> frequently_asked_questions_a
> bout_the_toyota_prius.php )
>
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