Comments on: Notice Anything Strange About This Car? http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23885 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:08:39 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23885 A Google search no longer says the website will harm your computer. Check it out: http://www.commutercars.com.

The engineers who designed and built side by side seating for cars blew it. This is the way cars should have been designed from the start.

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23884 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:01:32 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23884 Like a sailboat, the car gets its stability since it’s ballasted by its power source, the batteries. When I rode in one it wasn’t windy, but Rick assures me that wind doesn’t blow the car around in even in the windiest of environments.

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23883 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:59:08 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23883 It is entirely safe at high speeds. Check out Jay Leno driving one on a California highway.
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/electric/tango-electric/

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23882 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:57:52 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23882 I rode in the back of one on suburban streets and it was quiet and smooth. Also, because it’s narrow it’s much easier to avoid bad patches of streets and pot holes. But, of course, the reason that there are speed bumps is to slow down the cars, and, at a slow speed, the car will drive over the speed bumps with no issues.

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23881 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:54:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23881 It met 100 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) on many of the tests. Here’s Rick’s report of the results of the contest. http://tangocars.blogspot.com/2010/08/tango-progressive-automotive-x-prize.html

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23880 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:52:23 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23880 I want a Tango because I live in Chicago and commute 30 miles each way.

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23879 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:51:20 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23879 It’s very safe. http://commutercars.com/safety.html

]]> By: Michael Weiser http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23878 Michael Weiser Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:50:24 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23878 It’s very ingenious. It’s ballasted by its power supply so it has excellent stability. Check out this video: http://commutercars.com/stability.html

]]> By: justin case http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23877 justin case Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:31:21 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23877 Seconding on the stability, high center of gravity observation.

Did the engineers not consider that a moderate gust of wind would have this thing toppled or hydroplaning faster than you can say Progressive Automotive.

Maybe it’s just me but the word “progressive” has me thinking the product would be a step forward rather than a head up the engineers ass.

]]> By: MrEricSir http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23876 MrEricSir Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:23:44 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23876 I’m no chemist, but I’d wager that battery acid + gasoline makes a deadly combination.

]]> By: Loveofmystery http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23875 Loveofmystery Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:59:25 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23875 I doesn’t seem entirely safe for high speeds so if it’s better for around town, yeah why not ride a bike? It’s awfully cute though? Like you could fit it in your flat. Does it come in pink?

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23874 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:00:21 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23874 Yeah, if you’re trying to argue that riding a motorcycle does not drastically increase your odds of dying or being very, very injured in a motor-vehicle accident… Good luck with that.

]]> By: Steve http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23873 Steve Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:44:50 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23873 I was referring to the “better way to go about this” in the last paragraph of the article – “revolutionizing transportation, and a one person-wide vehicle that could double the capacity of lanes on all our freeways”.

Not all who ride a motorcycle will die in a crash. In fact most people who choose to ride a motorcycle, if they make the correct decisions, will die some other way than in a motorcycle crash.

Everyone, however, will eventually die. Some of us will just have more fun until then than others.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23872 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:38:58 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23872 A better way of what? Dying in a crash or getting rained on?

Not that those two things are mutually exclusive, of course.

]]> By: Amy http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/14/notice-anything-strange-about-this-car/#comment-23871 Amy Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:27:30 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18653#comment-23871 The first thing I noticed was that it’s going to bottom out at the first speed bump.

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