Diminishing Enthusiasm. - Page 2

Water Warrior 2 · 11-05-2010, 01:49 AM

Maybe I'll just spend a few weeks test driving new cars for the fun of it. Looking is free and entertaining. Start with a Chevy and work up to a Porsche.

dhgeyer · 11-05-2010, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Maybe I'll just spend a few weeks test driving new cars for the fun of it. Looking is free and entertaining. Start with a Chevy and work up to a Porsche.

Don't forget to check out a Prius.

mrlmd1 · 11-05-2010, 10:45 AM

Yeah, drive one of those, or a Smart Car, that'll make you want to get back on your bike real quick.

dhgeyer · 11-05-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mrlmd1

Yeah, drive one of those, or a Smart Car, that'll make you want to get back on your bike real quick.

Do you speak from experience? I didn't think so. Never had that effect on me.

mrlmd1 · 11-05-2010, 02:05 PM

A lame attempt at being humorous. If you refer to power and acceleration and handling, I think more of us would rather ride a bike than drive one of those, but I could be wrong. :cool: :poke2:

alanmcorcoran · 11-05-2010, 02:52 PM

A prius can go over 100 miles an hour, something we know is not the case for the Geezer. I've not driven one, but they use them for cabs in Chicago and they seem to accelerate and handle just fine.

dhgeyer · 11-05-2010, 04:25 PM

The Prius has an image problem. People see it as weak, slow, effeminate, possibly even gay. Comics love to make fun of it. I don't know where that image came from. It's got nothing to do with reality. The Prius is no muscle car, nor is it a sports car, but it isn't what people tend to see it as, either. It drives about like any other mid-size sedan, which it is on the inside.

Right now I would very much prefer to drive my Prius than ride even my beloved BMW R1200R, but that's kind of what this thread is about. Yes, most people here would rather ride, and I'm sure I will too after a while.

The Smart Car, on the other hand, I can't for the life of me understand. It's tiny, not very fast, and gets far worse gas mileage than the Prius. I guess it's appeal is that it's cheap.

dannylightning · 11-05-2010, 04:35 PM

i have lost interest and i wish i still had my GZ for something that got almost 80mph around town. i do want to sell my bike and i am thinking about dumping off cheep, or maybe i should see if i pick interest back up next summer. this spring i enjoyed riding my bike when the weather got good enought to ride again, a few weeks later it set in the garage and probably got out on the street 5 times all summer.

i would drive a pirus, screw paying a lot of money for gas. my truck gets 14mpg and i am so sick of that crap. it also needs to get sold, but no one has even called and i been trying to sell it off and on for a few years.

as far as the smart car goes they can be a lot of fun
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mrlmd1 · 11-05-2010, 05:18 PM

As an aside, what most people don't think of when they buy a Prius (other than the gas mileage) is the $4500 or so it costs to replace the batteries when they crap out at maybe 100,000 miles or less, or the environmental cost and expense of manufacturing those things. I'm not denigrating the Prius, image or not, it just seems too boring for me, in style and substance. If I had a choice, unless it's raining or really cold out, I would rather ride my S50 or Ninja.
Why anybody would buy a Smart Car is beyond me, other than trying to make some kind of statement, whatever it is. They don't get that great of gas mileage, are relatively expensive, have no cargo room of any significance, but the pluses are they are probably good for driving around town and are easy to park. I wouldn't want to be in one of those on a highway driving with much faster cars and trucks on the road. They are most likely not meant for that, so you are limited in what you can do with it, IMO. Now that 200HP car in the video (powered by a motorcycle engine) is a different story altogether.

alanmcorcoran · 11-05-2010, 05:28 PM

When I was in Stuttgart, in '02 or thereabouts, I saw tons of Smart cars - even went to a dealership (my daughter was 15ish at the time and was interested in one.) The appeal there was you could park them in a very tight space.

By the time they finally reached our shores, her interest had cooled - ended up with the Honda Fit instead.

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dhgeyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merrimack NH USA Posts: 722	Re: Diminishing Enthusiasm. The Prius has an image problem. People see it as weak, slow, effeminate, possibly even gay. Comics love to make fun of it. I don't know where that image came from. It's got nothing to do with reality. The Prius is no muscle car, nor is it a sports car, but it isn't what people tend to see it as, either. It drives about like any other mid-size sedan, which it is on the inside. Right now I would very much prefer to drive my Prius than ride even my beloved BMW R1200R, but that's kind of what this thread is about. Yes, most people here would rather ride, and I'm sure I will too after a while. The Smart Car, on the other hand, I can't for the life of me understand. It's tiny, not very fast, and gets far worse gas mileage than the Prius. I guess it's appeal is that it's cheap. __________________ 54 HD Hummer,64 Honda150,66 Ducati250,01 Vulcan500,02 Vulcan1500,83 Nighthawk650,91 K75,95 VLX,04 VLX,01 GS500E,01 Ninja250, 02 Rebel,04 Ninja500,06 Concours,96 R850R
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11-05-2010, 04:35 PM	#18
dannylightning Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: akron ohio Posts: 893	Re: Diminishing Enthusiasm. i have lost interest and i wish i still had my GZ for something that got almost 80mph around town. i do want to sell my bike and i am thinking about dumping off cheep, or maybe i should see if i pick interest back up next summer. this spring i enjoyed riding my bike when the weather got good enought to ride again, a few weeks later it set in the garage and probably got out on the street 5 times all summer. i would drive a pirus, screw paying a lot of money for gas. my truck gets 14mpg and i am so sick of that crap. it also needs to get sold, but no one has even called and i been trying to sell it off and on for a few years. as far as the smart car goes they can be a lot of fun [youtube:36hyn0b9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWeSa3naKk[/youtube:36hyn0b9] [youtube:36hyn0b9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uJIXipcK0[/youtube:36hyn0b9]
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11-05-2010, 05:18 PM	#19
mrlmd1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Crawfordville, Florida Posts: 2,853	Re: Diminishing Enthusiasm. As an aside, what most people don't think of when they buy a Prius (other than the gas mileage) is the $4500 or so it costs to replace the batteries when they crap out at maybe 100,000 miles or less, or the environmental cost and expense of manufacturing those things. I'm not denigrating the Prius, image or not, it just seems too boring for me, in style and substance. If I had a choice, unless it's raining or really cold out, I would rather ride my S50 or Ninja. Why anybody would buy a Smart Car is beyond me, other than trying to make some kind of statement, whatever it is. They don't get that great of gas mileage, are relatively expensive, have no cargo room of any significance, but the pluses are they are probably good for driving around town and are easy to park. I wouldn't want to be in one of those on a highway driving with much faster cars and trucks on the road. They are most likely not meant for that, so you are limited in what you can do with it, IMO. Now that 200HP car in the video (powered by a motorcycle engine) is a different story altogether.
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11-05-2010, 05:28 PM	#20
alanmcorcoran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,926	Re: Diminishing Enthusiasm. When I was in Stuttgart, in '02 or thereabouts, I saw tons of Smart cars - even went to a dealership (my daughter was 15ish at the time and was interested in one.) The appeal there was you could park them in a very tight space. By the time they finally reached our shores, her interest had cooled - ended up with the Honda Fit instead. __________________ [hr:5yt6ldkq][/hr:5yt6ldkq] http://alanmarkcorcoran.com Motorcycles, Music, Musings and More…
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