Cars? Me?

Jan. 3rd, 2010 12:42 pm
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Blame/praise [livejournal.com profile] fajrdrako for this: she succumbed to the LJ Writers Block meme, after all.

So...if I were inclined to finally go get my driver's license, what kind of car would I prefer to drive above all others?

Probably a Smart ForTwo or a Prius if I could possibly afford such a beast. Unless something closer to ecologically sound with similar or better performance levels were to hit the market by the time I was able to decide upon the subject.

Shoe leather and buses and the occasional train still manage to meet most of my travel support needs, though.

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radargrrl.livejournal.com
Feh!  Not much point in owning a car then.

It did say your dream car, after all.

 Maybe one of these?

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com
What is that?

*blinks* Looks like something that would've been on the roads of the 1950's and '60's...?

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radargrrl.livejournal.com
Try again...

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duncanmac.livejournal.com
Wow ... now there's a blast from the past.

IIRC, I last saw a vehicle like that when I went down with a "friend" to a convention at Pittsburgh in 1990. Hint: it was designed to seat more than your average large family. :-)

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duncanmac.livejournal.com
Another hint: the trailer hitch was **not** part of the original equipment.

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radargrrl.livejournal.com
It's actually a converted bus, more specifically an intercity coach made by a firm called 'Flxible' spelled just like that, in 1946.

I think they would have been quite ahead of their time in terms of aerodynamics, and far more interesting to look at than those ghastly GM 'New Look' fishbowl buses that were so ubiquitous at OC Transpo.

Doesn't this beat a Smart Car?

Re: Travel Needs

Date: 2010-01-04 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duncanmac.livejournal.com
Ah. I thought it was something like that. Flxible kept making buses till the 70s, and I remember seeing a bus like that. [The Pittsburgh convention was one about vintage buses. :-)]

Wikipedia also has a page about Flxible buses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flxible).

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