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03-28-2008, 06:24 PM
Well Last week we had members add reasons to buy the Aptera 300 MPG Electric car. Here are the Top 43 Reasons:
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1. Oil Prices are too high, this car will save me a ton of money over the years on Gasoline - $6000 per year for the Average Person
2. The Girls will love it!
3. We are Protecting the environment in a very big way.
4. Powered by American electrons
5. Would rather send my kid to college than buy an oil exec a yacht.
6. Actually quite practical for my purposes (commuting, plenty of room for shopping on the way home)
7. Made in California.
8. Intelligent design!
9. Steve's vision matches our own.
10. An engineers dream!
11. It's too hot to bike to work in the summer.
12. It's my "salute" to Detroit's lack of ingenuity.
13. To be part of the automobile revolution.
14. Help end the push to drill in Alaska.
15. Can't afford flying a Cirrus aircraft so I might as well fly on the ground.
16. Design gives the laws of physics some real respect
17. Maintenance? What maintenance?
18. Wouldn't mind people expecting to see Batman emerge from the vehicle
19. The BOYS will love it (however geeky they may be).
20. Possible carpool lane usage in CA.
21. Something barely mentioned on these boards: the recycled materials for the interior!!! Not recyclable (who can you trust to actually bother with the hassle of recycling materials properly *afterward*??) -- but uses already-RECYCLED materials. Big plus. HUGE plus. Reduces the guilt of buying a brand new car, whose new birth alone is bad for the environment.
22. LED lights!! Again, huge environmental plus due to its low, low energy consumption. LOVE YOU STEVE.
23. Makes much less of a dust plume when driving down a dirt road.
24. Won't blind the people driving behind you on a wet road with spray being kicked up by your vehicle.
25. It will save the lives of countless insects and birds, which will slip on past unharmed in the slipstream rather than impacting on the front of the vehicle.
26. Won't have to wash it as often as a "normal" car since there will be very few smashed bugs (or dried road salt in the winter) on the front or dust/dried salt collecting on the back.
27. The windshield wiper blades should last longer since you won't be having to use them as much since fine water droplets can slip on past without impacting on the windshield.
28. Its 3-wheel configuration should reduce the "duel ruts" that typically form on a gravel driveway.
29. With its low Cd, you'll never hit the "drag wall" when driving at normal highway speeds
30. Finally... Gasless!
31. Solar Cells on my roof!
32. Ultimate car's gotta have: Gull-Wing doors!
33. Beauty AND Brains
34. The icon for the photon economy
35. This time, when Californians are defined by what they "move in", rather than what "moves them"; it will be a good thing.
36. Makes my KIDS think I'M cool
37. WIFE wants it--saves enough on gas to "fill up" at Nordstrom's instead
38. AMERICAN made high-tech, for once!
39. Driving arround in the weekend without worrying about money or inviorment.( you also have this feeling when you drive arround for fun... that it isnt for fun anymore? and you feel the gasoline(money) burning away.
40. Luxery. Yes it has it all...( computer to music to whatever you like )
41. sexy, you can get any girl from the street with this showcar!
42. Perfect commuting car, Work/shop/fundrive.
43. Simple to drive.. ( have you seen the + and - paddle ? ) No RPM meters or anything else.. just Miles or kilometers an hour.
http://aptera.com/images/home1.jpg
1. Oil Prices are too high, this car will save me a ton of money over the years on Gasoline - $6000 per year for the Average Person
2. The Girls will love it!
3. We are Protecting the environment in a very big way.
4. Powered by American electrons
5. Would rather send my kid to college than buy an oil exec a yacht.
6. Actually quite practical for my purposes (commuting, plenty of room for shopping on the way home)
7. Made in California.
8. Intelligent design!
9. Steve's vision matches our own.
10. An engineers dream!
11. It's too hot to bike to work in the summer.
12. It's my "salute" to Detroit's lack of ingenuity.
13. To be part of the automobile revolution.
14. Help end the push to drill in Alaska.
15. Can't afford flying a Cirrus aircraft so I might as well fly on the ground.
16. Design gives the laws of physics some real respect
17. Maintenance? What maintenance?
18. Wouldn't mind people expecting to see Batman emerge from the vehicle
19. The BOYS will love it (however geeky they may be).
20. Possible carpool lane usage in CA.
21. Something barely mentioned on these boards: the recycled materials for the interior!!! Not recyclable (who can you trust to actually bother with the hassle of recycling materials properly *afterward*??) -- but uses already-RECYCLED materials. Big plus. HUGE plus. Reduces the guilt of buying a brand new car, whose new birth alone is bad for the environment.
22. LED lights!! Again, huge environmental plus due to its low, low energy consumption. LOVE YOU STEVE.
23. Makes much less of a dust plume when driving down a dirt road.
24. Won't blind the people driving behind you on a wet road with spray being kicked up by your vehicle.
25. It will save the lives of countless insects and birds, which will slip on past unharmed in the slipstream rather than impacting on the front of the vehicle.
26. Won't have to wash it as often as a "normal" car since there will be very few smashed bugs (or dried road salt in the winter) on the front or dust/dried salt collecting on the back.
27. The windshield wiper blades should last longer since you won't be having to use them as much since fine water droplets can slip on past without impacting on the windshield.
28. Its 3-wheel configuration should reduce the "duel ruts" that typically form on a gravel driveway.
29. With its low Cd, you'll never hit the "drag wall" when driving at normal highway speeds
30. Finally... Gasless!
31. Solar Cells on my roof!
32. Ultimate car's gotta have: Gull-Wing doors!
33. Beauty AND Brains
34. The icon for the photon economy
35. This time, when Californians are defined by what they "move in", rather than what "moves them"; it will be a good thing.
36. Makes my KIDS think I'M cool
37. WIFE wants it--saves enough on gas to "fill up" at Nordstrom's instead
38. AMERICAN made high-tech, for once!
39. Driving arround in the weekend without worrying about money or inviorment.( you also have this feeling when you drive arround for fun... that it isnt for fun anymore? and you feel the gasoline(money) burning away.
40. Luxery. Yes it has it all...( computer to music to whatever you like )
41. sexy, you can get any girl from the street with this showcar!
42. Perfect commuting car, Work/shop/fundrive.
43. Simple to drive.. ( have you seen the + and - paddle ? ) No RPM meters or anything else.. just Miles or kilometers an hour.