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
>