... All I can recommend right off-hand is one of the options I'm considering for a prototype I hope to build, it uses a 600 cc DOHC 4 cylinder engine mated to...
I know the single seat commuter vehicle is a rare concept even in Europe. Considering that most people drive to and from work by themselves in the states,...
... Considering that most people drive to and from work by ... Well, sorry - but not really. I'm thinking you've probably heard of the Corbin "Sparrow?"...
... FWIW, Smart is planning to sell its vehicles in the U.S. market. Personally, I can't wait. Even U.S. "compact" cars are often too big for our needs. I ...
Insurrance cost? My little Chevy Nova costs half in insurance (and in gas!) than my wife's chevy van. My S10 truck costs about the same in insurance than my...
I'm looking for plans, kits, or other builders that are building a diesel-electric hybrid. My goals are simple: an economical conversion that considerably...
Pretty sure the L3 Enigma (San Diego State Univ, I believe, or UC Santa Barbara, I can never remember) is a diesel-electric using a Volks TDI (or not?)....
The comment about insurance cost is important. If you buy a new single seat vehicle for part of your driving and another dependable large vehicle for family...
I don't get it - what have any of these things got to do with what people buy? As far as I can tell, it's all about perceptions of "power and prestige," which...
... Ah yes, but I'm afraid, Isaac, you are a nut. A perfectly sensible nut, to be sure, but a nut. You hit it on the head with the "perceptions of power and...
Most people would like to have the economy of a small vehicle, but like the size of a large vehicle for family needs. We are looking at getting a smaller...
...but since a family will likely have two cars anyway, the comparison is invalid. The original statement didn't say anything about single seaters, either, it...
... of small cars that will seat five. And plenty of ultra-safe and fairly un-menacing-to-other-drivers minivans that can seat eight, that are easy to get into...
There is a lot of misinformations here that let people believe they are safer in a bigger vehicle. A car manufacturer makes less money with a small car than a...
Just to be contrary, I'd say that most people would prefer just to pay less for gas so that they can drive their inefficient vehicles inexpensively, and...
AHA -- But gas is now at $1.80 a gallon. That's still actually dirt cheap, in the scheme of things, regardless of people's whining. But if it keeps going and...
As to misinformation, people who own small cars and trucks give out misinformation because they don't know or don't want to know the average fuel mileage over...
... I check the gas mileage at every fillup. It rarely varies from 30mpg over a tank. Average speed over a tank is typically about 28mph (automatically...
He's referring to hauling with a truck vs if you used your small economy car as a light utility vehicle. I'd like to have a small truck for this, but I don't...
No doubt. But what if they are correctly educated about safety? I saw a crash the other day. A lady was in a big SUV. The SUV looked intact, the radiator was...
We are all partial and want to believe we got the best vehicle. I am like everyone on that. In my opinion, the misinformation comes from automakers that just...
It has been proven time and time again that the midsize Honda Accord is just as safe, if not more than most SUVs. The Accord was actually just one example....
Smaller cars do have an advantage over taller and more ungainly vans. SUV's and trucks in that they are less prone to roll-over and lateral slippage (I speak...
... Based on Isaac's sources, then, at least for vehicle/solid object collisions, trucks and SUVs are NOT safer for their own drivers and occupants in a crash,...
I dunno if it's worth mentioning, but none of the sources I found online specifically compared SUVs to cars in regard to safety when crashing into an immovable...
