Another hot shot "green mini car"....bet it costs as much as a used pickup...
Well, it might work in Europe, but somehow it doesn't look like it would be very good on the back roads of Oklahoma...
Does it have air conditioning for when it's 39 degrees?
How about snow tires?
And what happens when an 18 wheeler comes around the corner?
Is it easier to see than a motorcycle?
And it's fine if you are a single commuter in a city...but even in a city, unless you can afford a second car, you have a problem. How do you drop the kids off on the way to work? Where do you put the groceries? The baby seat?
In short, it's useful for only one thing: Communting for one person only in a city for short distances when the weather is nice.
Maybe instead you should buy one of these.
These are motorcycles with sidecars.Theoretically, they hold two people, the driver and one passenger.
Ah, but in reality, they do more.
On hot days, kids will pool their money and hire a tricycle to go home from school. Since the fare is 10 to 20 pesos (20 to 50cents) even the kids in our farm village will so it sometimes. Two will sit behind the driver, three or four inside, and sometimes one hanging on the back.
And you will see them in the farms carrying several 50 kg bags of rice inside, and one on top...
On Palenke day, local shopkeepers bring in supplies in a similar manner, and moms will sit inside with a kid and a sack of groceries, with large loads tied on the top and back, and often a kid behind the driver....
Of course, it's hot and dusty. But convenient for short hops.
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