Comments on: The Naked Car http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bill http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892536 bill Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:34:18 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892536 That's why smaller cars are not cheaper correspondingly, there are as many parts in a small car as a big one... They are just smaller... That’s why smaller cars are not cheaper correspondingly, there are as many parts in a small car as a big one… They are just smaller…

]]> By: BubbaRay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892468 BubbaRay Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:33:37 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892468 Do you realize that if you added up the price of those parts individually, you couldn't afford the car? Do you realize that if you added up the price of those parts individually, you couldn’t afford the car?

]]> By: Balbas http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892321 Balbas Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:18:46 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892321 I had to double-take as it looks exactly like a model kit. I had to double-take as it looks exactly like a model kit.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892188 jbenson2 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:12:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892188 That is a great photo. Whoever set up the parts did a painstakingly super job. Look at all the parts lined up in a perfectly straight line. It must have been a very tedious process to position all those components. That is a great photo. Whoever set up the parts did a painstakingly super job. Look at all the parts lined up in a perfectly straight line. It must have been a very tedious process to position all those components.

]]> By: Giorgio Pingiotti http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892078 Giorgio Pingiotti Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:31:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892078 This is a 1990 Volkswagen Golf, a rather simple car. Imagine a more modern car with airbags everywhere, powered everything, sensors, wiring, etc.! BTW, how come the door handles are attached?? :) This is a 1990 Volkswagen Golf, a rather simple car. Imagine a more modern car with airbags everywhere, powered everything, sensors, wiring, etc.!

BTW, how come the door handles are attached?? :)

]]> By: Mark Derail http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892046 Mark Derail Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:58:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892046 My next car will be a diesel-generator + 2/4 electric motors for the wheels, with a small battery pack that only has to last 10 miles. Then a tank will last me at least 3 months, unless I do a road trip. Meanwhile, I have to live with the very low MPG of my Prius, by comparison to a diesel hybrid. At least it's fun to drive, I get lots of "free" miles gliding (the fun part). The not-so-fun is the monthly visit at the gas station. The 2009 plug-in option upgrade Toyota will offer us will help though. My next car will be a diesel-generator + 2/4 electric motors for the wheels, with a small battery pack that only has to last 10 miles.
Then a tank will last me at least 3 months, unless I do a road trip.

Meanwhile, I have to live with the very low MPG of my Prius, by comparison to a diesel hybrid. At least it’s fun to drive, I get lots of “free” miles gliding (the fun part).

The not-so-fun is the monthly visit at the gas station. The 2009 plug-in option upgrade Toyota will offer us will help though.

]]> By: joe http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/26/the-naked-car/comment-page-1/#comment-892030 joe Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:40:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14766#comment-892030 ummm... weren't cars supposed to be simple (at least, their engines were)!? i think NEITHER is that "simple!" ummm… weren’t cars supposed to be simple (at least, their engines were)!? i think NEITHER is that “simple!”

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