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Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy?
nissin writes "I'm ready to buy my first vehicle, and would like to hear your experiences with either hybrid or electric vehicles. Are they a good alternative to conventional vehicles, or just a geek toy? Do they perform well in the city? How about on long road trips? I am also interested in hearing about other alternative, yet practical, forms of transportation that I may have missed."
And he's the first recorded person to manage to fall off one too. +10 Geek points for falling off a "idiot-proof" Self-balancing gyroscopic personal transportation device.
Something intelligent here.
There is only one choice:
Alfa Romeo.
*Trust* me on this one, chicks will come out of the woodwork to be with you. Men will tip their hats and police will let you go if you are speeding (all of this is true, my own personal experience)
A buying tip: Whatever model Alfa, buy the last model year of that car, the Italians will have ironed out all the bugs by then.
I put over 250,000 miles on my 1985 Alfa GTV6
150,000 on my 1977 Alfa GTV
150,000 on my 1992 Alfa Spyder
You can't go wrong!
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
and -100 heterosexual points to who ever OWNS a Segway
I would expect such blatant racism on Fark, but on Slashdot? Mods please ban this asshole.
Careful you spell your name right, nissin, else someone may come knocking on your door.
Just don't get the cheap ones that have only a forwards and back (back/turn) control on the remote control. And spring for rechargeable batteries and a recharger. You'll be glad in the long run.
I got almost no beef with SUVs in montana. An Escalade with spinner rims in LA is a completely different story. The only time those things go off road is when they bounce over the curbs at the airport.
One of the problems with gas prices here in the US is the government subsidies. I'm not talking about direct money, but how many wars have been paid for by everyone to go to war to keep our gas prices low and alternatives out of the market? If we started counting defense-of-oil-interests in the cost of oil, I think we'd start to see some serious alternatives on the market.
I wouldn't be suprised if riding around on something like a segway is actualy more environmentaly friendly then riding a bike, due to polutants caused by burning more calories. Especialy if you used a wind-mill to charge up the segway :P
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
Can we please be a little more mature in these threads??
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