Terminalcoffee discussion

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2...

I like the concept, but I'm sure they would need good bumpers.

OMG, that just looks ridiculous. Something would have to change in our fundamental car values for that to be in any way accepted by society.
At first I misread the title and thought the vehicle went 200 MPH, not mpg. Big difference.

I don't care if it ran off happiness and rainbows... I wouldn't drive one...

Huh. That's interesting, Jim. Can't be much more dangerous than a motorcycle, eh?

(I think Gina should get one for her birthday)

TC Christmas list:
Sally - slanket
Gina - dorky car

Looks like a rikshaw without the rik.

Randomanthony wrote: "Huh. That's interesting, Jim. Can't be much more dangerous than a motorcycle, eh?

(I think Gina should get one for her birthday)"

Yeah, now that you mention it, they really aren't much different functionally.

Um, except a rickshaw is a bicycle and this is an automobile, non?

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I was thinking more along the lines of this:
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That looks like the end of The Gods Must be Crazy* when everyone gets all skinny and tall.

*because of the early VCR formatting issues, I'm sure. Are you having trouble with your VCR?

Aside from the normal flashing 12:00?

hee! Set that clock!

On the plus side, that Segway thing is so dorky looking taht it might negate the main problem that scooter drivers have around here -- theft.
My bassist's scooter was stolen two weeks after he got it. And Zu foiled a scooter-jacking downtown last spring.
Since most of the stolen scooters (and cars) are used for joyriding, this might cut down on that. Ain't nobody gonna joyride in one of those.

Shameride, more like it. I think that if your household uses more than, say, $500 of gasoline a month, you aught to have your SUVs taken away and replaced with two of these.

so the Jetson's ideas are finally coming to fruition?

Did they do that on the Jetsons?

no, i meant the funny electric car things

on the Jetson's they had Rastro-vans