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RE: Making the Middle East Less Important

Comment comment by PowerPointSamurai on 04 August 2006

Even the designer admits to the limitations of the vehicle (I can't remember where I heard it), and they see this as one of the two vehicles in a two car family. One for commuting to work, and the other for vacations, road trips, etc.

That's pretty much the combination I've had for the past 14 years. One minimalist, small, cheap car to get me back and forth to work at the lowest possible cost of ownership, and the other for road trips, vacations, going to Home Depot, getting groceries for the family (without having to go multiple times per week or make lots of flips).

So yeah, if you are single, or plan on having just one car, maybe this isn't the one "end-all-be-all" jack of all trades car for you, but if you have more than one car and can afford to specialize just a little, I think this has fantastic promise.

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RE: Making the Middle East Less Important by mikeforbes :: NR5

One minimalist, small, cheap car to get me back and forth to work at the lowest possible cost of ownership

I agree, and that's exactly my point about this particular car. It's not at all cheap ... I could get, say, a Kia Rio for less than $12,000 that gets 32/35 mpg if I wanted a "minimalist" 2nd vehicle. I'd venture to guess that at that price and fuel efficiency, the cost of ownership is probably pretty close to what a $20,000+ EV can claim.

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