Comments on: What’s Wrong With This Picture: We’ll Always Be Together Edition http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: aggrazel http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558786 aggrazel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:37:54 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558786 She is wearing a Sweater and Gloves with Shorts! She is wearing a Sweater and Gloves with Shorts!

]]> By: Da Coyote http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558761 Da Coyote Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:47 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558761 Heh! GM could build that same car for only $10 billion ($15 billion if union labor used). Heh! GM could build that same car for only $10 billion ($15 billion if union labor used).

]]> By: panzerfaust http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558716 panzerfaust Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:33 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558716 That's just the thing to run downtown and pick up a package of ding-dongs and some chocolate milk. If it were a little smaller she could drive up the handicapped ramp and go right into a store..oh wait. That’s just the thing to run downtown and pick up a package of ding-dongs and some chocolate milk. If it were a little smaller she could drive up the handicapped ramp and go right into a store..oh wait.

]]> By: BuzzDog http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558705 BuzzDog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:07:27 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558705 I actually ride bikes at least several miles each week. Considering I live in one of the less densely populated flyover states, I'm lucky that there's a supermarket, dry cleaner, pharmacy, bank, Starbucks and even a shopping mall within two miles (3.2 km) of my home. But I actually hesitate to ride my bike if an errand involves ferrying packages. Perhaps it's just me, but carrying any weight other than my own throws off my balance, even if a basket is used. And I refuse to ride an adult trike! I actually ride bikes at least several miles each week. Considering I live in one of the less densely populated flyover states, I’m lucky that there’s a supermarket, dry cleaner, pharmacy, bank, Starbucks and even a shopping mall within two miles (3.2 km) of my home.

But I actually hesitate to ride my bike if an errand involves ferrying packages. Perhaps it’s just me, but carrying any weight other than my own throws off my balance, even if a basket is used. And I refuse to ride an adult trike!

]]> By: Durishin http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558693 Durishin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:51:48 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558693 Girlfriend, Take the bike or use those "dangly things" as Tricky said. Both of those options will do your arse some good....and delay the day that my Federal Government-raped wallet has to pay for your Type 2 Diabetes meds. Girlfriend,

Take the bike or use those “dangly things” as Tricky said.

Both of those options will do your arse some good….and delay the day that my Federal Government-raped wallet has to pay for your Type 2 Diabetes meds.

]]> By: Martin Schwoerer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558685 Martin Schwoerer Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:02:12 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558685 People are lazy and dislike getting wet. I say, stop saying she should ride a bike. Better to commend the fact she is not taking her SUV to go shopping like everybody else does. People are lazy and dislike getting wet. I say, stop saying she should ride a bike. Better to commend the fact she is not taking her SUV to go shopping like everybody else does.

]]> By: Tricky Dicky http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558683 Tricky Dicky Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:45:21 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558683 I just don't get it. That's a round trip of less than a kilometre (1,075 yards!). The dangly things coming out of the bottom of the shorts are called legs. They are useful for things like walking or cycling. The two things which hang down from the shoulders. They are called arms. They have grabby things on the end which would be perfect for carrying say, a couple of bags. Being able to move is the difference between being dead and being alive. Why do people try and avoid it so much?! A bicycle is a much more elegant machine and it is much greener than that contraption :-/ I just don’t get it. That’s a round trip of less than a kilometre (1,075 yards!). The dangly things coming out of the bottom of the shorts are called legs. They are useful for things like walking or cycling.

The two things which hang down from the shoulders. They are called arms. They have grabby things on the end which would be perfect for carrying say, a couple of bags.

Being able to move is the difference between being dead and being alive. Why do people try and avoid it so much?! A bicycle is a much more elegant machine and it is much greener than that contraption :-/

]]> By: PeteMoran http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558661 PeteMoran Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:21:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558661 Compare/contrast to the <a href="http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/15908257/index.html" rel="nofollow">Ford UAW official</a> who went home via the 7-11 and then went out again just to pickup another 6-pack in his F250 Powerstroke. What-ever happened to those guys? Anyone know? Compare/contrast to the Ford UAW official who went home via the 7-11 and then went out again just to pickup another 6-pack in his F250 Powerstroke.

What-ever happened to those guys? Anyone know?

]]> By: shiney2 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558654 shiney2 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:36:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558654 I wanted to like it in a "fun homemade toy" way. But the music made me feel hate. Nothing but hate. I wanted to like it in a “fun homemade toy” way.

But the music made me feel hate. Nothing but hate.

]]> By: Glenn Mercer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558635 Glenn Mercer Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:42:01 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558635 I have to agree with Syke... while it might be a nifty little machine to cobble together (appealing to my hobbyist / Make magazine side) wouldn't a bike be better, on so many grounds? It was like when the Segway came out, I thought, "Wonderful, an invention that lets even MORE Americans avoid exercise!" (Though its comic potential was pretty nice, witness Arrested Development...) I have to agree with Syke… while it might be a nifty little machine to cobble together (appealing to my hobbyist / Make magazine side) wouldn’t a bike be better, on so many grounds? It was like when the Segway came out, I thought, “Wonderful, an invention that lets even MORE Americans avoid exercise!” (Though its comic potential was pretty nice, witness Arrested Development…)

]]> By: BuzzDog http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558627 BuzzDog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:22:28 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558627 That thing makes a <del>Smart</del> Tata Nano look like an S-class. That thing makes a Smart Tata Nano look like an S-class.

]]> By: Syke http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558626 Syke Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:21:52 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558626 At the beginning of that film, I noticed a nicely converted mountain bike (into a road going commuter) propped up alongside the driveway. Now, having built more than a few of those, and since I'm currently using one to get from my country home into town (3 miles each way to the post office, call it 5 to the grocery store) can you please explain to me why someone would bother to go to the trouble to build one of those electric contraptions to run the small amount of errands that she's completing? No fossil fuels used whatsoever (be it in running a car or generating the electricity to charge the batteries), virtually no cost per mile whatsoever, and after a year or two of using the bicycle regularly that lady would be looking at a waist and butt size quite a bit smaller than what she's presently sporting. Sorry, electric cars for under five mile distances are a complete waste as far as I'm concerned, not to mention technological overkill. At the beginning of that film, I noticed a nicely converted mountain bike (into a road going commuter) propped up alongside the driveway. Now, having built more than a few of those, and since I’m currently using one to get from my country home into town (3 miles each way to the post office, call it 5 to the grocery store) can you please explain to me why someone would bother to go to the trouble to build one of those electric contraptions to run the small amount of errands that she’s completing?

No fossil fuels used whatsoever (be it in running a car or generating the electricity to charge the batteries), virtually no cost per mile whatsoever, and after a year or two of using the bicycle regularly that lady would be looking at a waist and butt size quite a bit smaller than what she’s presently sporting.

Sorry, electric cars for under five mile distances are a complete waste as far as I’m concerned, not to mention technological overkill.

]]> By: David Holzman http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558608 David Holzman Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:38:34 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558608 john.fritz beat me to it. that music could drive a tree hugger to a hummer. And even without the music that video is terrible PR. I mean, if that's what green is about, I don't think more than one in 1,000--maybe one in 10,000--Americans will sign on. I can just see Sarah Palin using that video as propaganda for more off-shore drilling. john.fritz beat me to it. that music could drive a tree hugger to a hummer. And even without the music that video is terrible PR. I mean, if that’s what green is about, I don’t think more than one in 1,000–maybe one in 10,000–Americans will sign on. I can just see Sarah Palin using that video as propaganda for more off-shore drilling.

]]> By: Rod Panhard http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558604 Rod Panhard Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:14 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558604 This is great. It meets her needs, and somebody made it so it would have turn signals and such. I've got qualms with this, especially since it required some ingenuity, rather than gummint money. This is great. It meets her needs, and somebody made it so it would have turn signals and such. I’ve got qualms with this, especially since it required some ingenuity, rather than gummint money.

]]> By: joeaverage http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558592 joeaverage Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:41:18 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558592 Why not just drive a golf cart? Or ride a bike? Or walk? The distances she went just don't justify a specialized vehicle for the purpose. On the other hand how much gasoline would she burn just driving? Walking? Just don't see the point and I like EVs. I keep wondering if no car zones would ever fly in the USA. They have them in Europe. I somehow think Americans would just avoid them and the shops there would fold. I really like my cars but I tire of the hassle they have become in some situations. Why not just drive a golf cart? Or ride a bike? Or walk? The distances she went just don’t justify a specialized vehicle for the purpose.

On the other hand how much gasoline would she burn just driving?

Walking?

Just don’t see the point and I like EVs.

I keep wondering if no car zones would ever fly in the USA. They have them in Europe. I somehow think Americans would just avoid them and the shops there would fold.

I really like my cars but I tire of the hassle they have become in some situations.

]]> By: john.fritz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558575 john.fritz Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:43:39 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558575 I'm not sure which would be more annoying, being stuck behind that shit-can in real traffic or having to listen to three more microseconds of the music that accompanied the video. I’m not sure which would be more annoying, being stuck behind that shit-can in real traffic or having to listen to three more microseconds of the music that accompanied the video.

]]> By: Garak http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558568 Garak Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:23:27 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558568 What a nice contraption, it's nice to see that people haven't lost their skill to building stuff. Possibly the most ecological (and perhaps the most economical also) road-legal motor vehicle I've seen, too. I guess that EV works well in the countryside, with light traffic, and people used to tractors and other slow vehicles blocking the road. I wouldn't want to drive that in the city, though. What a nice contraption, it’s nice to see that people haven’t lost their skill to building stuff. Possibly the most ecological (and perhaps the most economical also) road-legal motor vehicle I’ve seen, too.

I guess that EV works well in the countryside, with light traffic, and people used to tractors and other slow vehicles blocking the road. I wouldn’t want to drive that in the city, though.

]]> By: frozenman http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558567 frozenman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:23:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558567 How many stars for the side impact rating? How many stars for the side impact rating?

]]> By: Cicero http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558566 Cicero Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558566 That's a top-secret prototype of Chrysler's new federally-mandated green car, cleverly camouflaged by the addition of a lawn chair. That’s a top-secret prototype of Chrysler’s new federally-mandated green car, cleverly camouflaged by the addition of a lawn chair.

]]> By: ClutchCarGo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-well-always-be-together-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-1558561 ClutchCarGo Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:08:37 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=333649#comment-1558561 No guts, no glory. I especially like the recycled recycling bin on the back. No guts, no glory.

I especially like the recycled recycling bin on the back.

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