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| With ever increasing fuel prices, and ever decreasing room on the road, the viability of large, gas-guzzling vehicles at some point will have to be questioned. Carmakers will find the market for small, lightweight, single person vehicles in (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Reminds me of the Toyota concept cars in this months issue of Popular Science. You can see a picture here and there are more in the newstand issue. (URL) I like it, Daniel (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote: SNIP (URL) SNIP (...) that's SO cool-i love 3 wheel designs especially with 2 in front, as that's where some of the weight goes on a turn (the car's momentum makes it tend to go in the straight line direction (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) That thing sure is ugly. It's probably not the best driverless system either. I suspect each car would be quite expensive. I like the Personal Rapid Trasit (PRT) idea better. (URL) Here's> an example. Allister (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks Jeff. (URL) Yep>, tadpole trikes are much more stable. Cheers, Allister (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Those remind me of the Maze Cars from Logan's Run. (URL) Daniel (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Well, that looks like a great vehicle for city traffic. I pity the poor sap who gets too close to a cargo bearing vessel, especially one that is traveling fast enough to generate its own turbulence. If my half ton Mustang was getting tossed (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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