317 mpg vw

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Gregg Holmes brought forth on stone tablets:

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By the time the US DOT gets thru with it, it'll weigh 6000 lb, and get 30 mpg

Gregg Holmes wrote:

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How about... "it's not a real car" ?
Graham

On Wed, 16 May 2007 21:15:12 GMT, Gregg Holmes wrote:

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I'm envisioning that thing stuck between the R and B in "Peterbilt"..
Am also wondering what sort of creature shat that thing.
John --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com Cleveland, Occupied TN Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom!

On 2007-05-16, Gregg Holmes wrote:

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Very kewl. Reminds me of a customized/modernized Messerschmitt. I would've gone with a 3 wheel design myself (two in front, one trailing), but then I'm not the CEO of VW. Additionally, in my experience, my projects end up more like this: http://utterpower.com/10hp_chevy.htm except uglier.
-- Slackware 11.0, 2.6.20, K8M800 s754Sempron3100+, GF6200 RLU #272755

Cool..! I'd drive one of those to work everyday if I could.
"Gregg Holmes" wrote in message

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that's what you (and everyone else) will be driving in the future (50 years or less). lightweight, fuel efficient, low horsepower, "slow". speed will be reserved for emergency services and time critical shipments, etc. i think it's pretty cool. my first thought was "ugh, what an ugly color" but i like the color in the side view of the car, makes it look it's somehow associated with some military service. maybe if they made the color matte instead of gloss (with indecipherable military insignia) :-) the more i look at it the more i like it. there's lots of styling possibilities, would be neat to see a "retro" design borrowing from the 30's and 40's and/or even 30's and 40's sci-fi imagery.

Gregg Holmes wrote:

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It's not a suitable method of transport for most people.
It costs too much.
That's it !
Graham

"Richard P." wrote:

Cool..! I'd drive one of those to work everyday if I could.

Did you see the film 'Brazil' ?
Graham

William Wixon wrote:

"Gregg Holmes" wrote
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that's what you (and everyone else) will be driving in the future (50 years or less).

Bwahahahahahahaha !
NOOO !
Graham

We all know it costs to much. Its very suitable for most commuters. If you look at the cars on the freeway you will see a majority of them are driving solo and probably average 20 miles or less each way. Every day I watch the commuters driving there 1 ton pickups to work every day that have never had a speck of anything in the bed or towed a trailer for that matter. They can drive what they want but don't complain about fuel prices as they fill there hummer.
my .02
Eeyore wrote:

Gregg Holmes wrote:
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It's not a suitable method of transport for most people.
It costs too much.
That's it !
Graham

"Gregg Holmes" wrote in message

We all know it costs to much. Its very suitable for most commuters. If you look at the cars on the freeway you will see a majority of them are driving solo and probably average 20 miles or less each way. Every day I watch the commuters driving there 1 ton pickups to work every day that have never had a speck of anything in the bed or towed a trailer for that matter. They can drive what they want but don't complain about fuel prices as they fill there hummer. They can also get that fuel economy at a cheaper vehicle (well maybe not

300mpg,but as high or higher than a hybrid) With a Harley,Hay Diversified Tech "Bulldog"(civiian version of the military diesel motorcycle), or Indian for the fresh air guys or for the fully enclosed riding guys Ecomobile( two wheeled BMW turbocharged gasoline engine version of VW car, well maybe strike cheap at $60000)......Or a three wheeler like the UK company Carver produces(Maybe strike cheap also at about 60000USD).

my .02
Eeyore wrote:
Gregg Holmes wrote:
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It's not a suitable method of transport for most people.
It costs too much.
That's it !
Graham

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Gregg Holmes wrote:

We all know it costs to much. Its very suitable for most commuters. If you look at the cars on the freeway you will see a majority of them are driving solo and probably average 20 miles or less each way.

But they're also often required to transport a family when not commuting.
Graham

"Gregg Holmes" wrote in message

They can drive what they want but don't complain about fuel prices as they fill there hummer.

I really wish that the owners of gas hogs actually paid for their impact, but the fact is that everybody on the planet is forced to subsidize them. The most obvious way that we feel their presence is at the gas pumps, where we pay higher prices because they are raising demand far higher that it could be, thus raising prices for all of us. Less obvious, but probably far more expensive is their impact on the environment.
Vaughn

Vaughn Simon wrote:

"Gregg Holmes" wrote
They can drive what they want but don't complain about fuel prices as they fill there hummer.
I really wish that the owners of gas hogs actually paid for their impact,

What part of their impact ?

but the fact is that everybody on the planet is forced to subsidize them.

Nonsense.
Graham