Overly Small Cars

'bout time for another post, here it is,

Overly Small Cars

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I just don't understand them! Not only are they pointless as a car, but they are ugly, and make you look... errrmmm... unlikable...

Some don't even give you great gas mileage. The original SMART car got all of 15 miles-per-gallon. Not only does it cost as much as a '70 Super Bee, but it gets the same fuel mileage. Also, I argue that the Super Bee is better for the earth because it is made out of steel and leather, not plastic and toxic gunk.

And anyway, a car with a shorter wheelbase doesn't actually help city congestion. It is still the same width as a regular car, why not buy a regular car? It's probably cheaper.

If you live in a very dense city like Boston or New York, and you want to get around traffic, why don't you actually go AROUND it? For the same money as that Toyota iQ, you can get a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R ABS KRT edition and around $1000. The superbike probably gets around the same gas mileage, is way cooler, way faster, just as safe, actually solves congestion, can carry the same stuff in the same comfort, has the same displacement engine, and has waaaaaaaay more complicated letters and numbers after its name.

Terribly sorry if that last sentence was more of a paragraph.

Going on the highway in one of these econo-boxes must be like going 70 (if they can actually go that fast) on a pit bike! On the superbike, it must be just as scary to go 70, but you know that if you fall off, your leather suit will protect you.

A great (and possibly illegal) thing to do with these econoboxes is to prank them. Because they are so light, a few friends can lift them up. So, a few people can lift up a FIAT Panda, turn it around (don't turn it into something new or move it more than five feet, that's considered grand theft auto! (Moving it five feet, not singing Human League songs in front of it.)) and when the owner of the unreliable Italian car comes by to drive it, they will have to get in on the opposite side of the car! PLEASE, PLEASE, don't do this and get arrested.

Do you have any thoughts about cats? What drives you crazy? I welcome all respectful comments, so keep it clean. One post a week, so stay tuned!