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
>