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23 Apr 2008, 7:37 pm

Check these out!

http://www.smartusa.com/smart-fortwo-pure.aspx
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I SO want one! Cel doesn't want one because they're two-seaters and we have a kid but she agrees they are cool and get this; it's a gas engine that gets the same mileage as a Prius!

There's another cool fuel car that I saw on NOVA last night called the Hypercar. I want!! ! Problem is, I can't find any images of it nor does the company that's supposedly making it have any info on it.



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23 Apr 2008, 7:42 pm

Is this what you mean? Hypercar photos


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23 Apr 2008, 7:44 pm

I've seen a couple of those driving around here in Wellington. Here's something that may help sway her to your cause: It'd be WAY easier to park. :wink:


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23 Apr 2008, 7:46 pm

Glorified crotch-rocket? Iuhno, I'd rather walk...unless I was being chased by zombies or something. Even still...I guess I could out-run them...


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23 Apr 2008, 7:56 pm

That would totally be my next car were it not for the fact that I have a 2 year old.



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23 Apr 2008, 8:47 pm

It is cute, but where do you put the groceries and the passengers?



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23 Apr 2008, 9:04 pm

skahthic wrote:
It is cute, but where do you put the groceries and the passengers?


in the 10 MPG SUV of course!



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23 Apr 2008, 9:11 pm

I'd rather be driven around in a Dodge caravan. That is a cool little car, though. 8)


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23 Apr 2008, 10:41 pm

Ah! It's so cute! I'd want a pink one! ^-^



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23 Apr 2008, 10:53 pm

skahthic wrote:
It is cute, but where do you put the groceries and the passengers?


I agree O_O


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23 Apr 2008, 11:08 pm

There's a few in our area also.

It does have some small capacity behind the seats I think, but they are definitely small!
I'm happy with my Prius because of the room for other people, which my pickup truck did not have.
Being 6'2" tall, I have plenty of headroom in the Prius also... which has always been a big consideration in any vehicle I went to buy.

I've heard some rumblings that Subaru may come out with a hybrid.
That was my second choice in cars... a Subaru... Forrester or one of the other ones like that.
In Alaska, the Subarus almost ruled the road, there were so many!
They seem to handle quite well in the snow.. which was a major consideration for me also.
The Prius isn't going to handle snow like the Subarus, but I still have my 4x4 truck for the major snow stuff.


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24 Apr 2008, 2:41 am

:mrgreen: Heehee, Smarts have been around in Switzerland for ages now! They were developed by the founder of Swatch, Nicolas Hayek, together with Daimler-Benz.