Pardon the Pun, But I'll Pass On This Car

[OneEyedDiva]

Interesting design, but I wouldn't want to ride in one any more than I would want to ride a motorcycle.

MSN

 

[WheatenLover]

Interesting design, but I wouldn't want to ride in one any more than I would want to ride a motorcycle.

MSN

Me either. It is not safe enough for me.

 

[Marie5656]

Yep...a no from me.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I’m ok with it as long as it’s the biggest thing on the road.

Might be good for zipping around Center City or the University area.

These little scooter cars would be a nightmare for me if I had to drive them among the tractor trailers on the interstate.

I wonder how they do in the snow.

 

[Mike]

There used to be lots of small cars in the 1950s & 60s,
they were called "Bubble Cars", one was even called a
Meschersmitt, they were OK at the time, no Freeways,
or Motorways, in those days, they were still frightening.

Mike.

 

[Michael Z]

I could just imagine what driving it on snow covered roads would be like.

 

[timoc]

I'd rather have a helicopter.

 

[WheatenLover]

There used to be lots of small cars in the 1950s & 60s,
they were called "Bubble Cars", one was even called a
Meschersmitt, they were OK at the time, no Freeways,
or Motorways, in those days, they were still frightening.

Mike.

Those little cars are so cute!

 

[IrishEyes]

Too many semis travel around my area I would be afraid that at the speed of some of
these semi's I get sucked in in the undertow winds or pushed off balance passing them.

 

[Flarbalard]

I got the picture, but the video was audio only. From what I saw it looked fun, a 21st century Cushman scooter like meter maids and mailmen would have. The commercials worked though...

 

[bobcat]

Doesn't seem like much point, other than lane splitting which is quite risky anyway.
If you're not going to have the open-air experience of a motorcycle, you may as well be in a regular car.

 

[Nathan]

It's cute, but funny looking. I don't know if the picture is distorted but the "car" looks like it has a high center of gravity.

 

[Paladin1950]

Dumb design. It looks like something that damn fool Musk would come up with.

 

[WheatenLover]

Doesn't seem like much point, other than lane splitting which is quite risky anyway.
If you're not going to have the open-air experience of a motorcycle, you may as well be in a regular car.

Yeah, motorcycles are a lot of fun!

 

[Mike]

The ones that I know were strange, a friend had a Meschersmit, it
had a 2-stroke engine and if you wanted reverse, you had to stop
the engine and start it again, in reverse, you can do that with a
2-stroke.

Another friend had an Isetta, I think that it was a BMW, you could
drive them with a motorcycle licence, if it didn't have a reverse gear,
so he fitted a metal plate on to prevent, selecting it.

One evening, a group of us drove to the bar that we used and he
was sitting in his Bubble Car, he couldn't get out because the door
was at the front, not the side and he was too close to the wall, so
we had to push him away from the wall and turn it around so that
he could drive away when he left!

Mike.