Narz's Alternative Transportation Thread

[Eran of Arcadia]

Rocket powered roller skates.

Or more likely, I will walk/bicycle/use public transportation as I do now. Maybe I will buy a hybrid some day down the road.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Well, this should still be in good working order at that time (mine is actually black, with silver framing around the black letters).

 

[bhsup]

In five years, Buick's fabled return to the V-8 rear wheel drive market (based on a Holden IIRC) should finally have been on the market a couple of years. As an avid Buick lover, I am hoping to be all over one of those babies. If can afford it (which at this current point in my life I certainly cannot), it'll be parked next to a year or two old Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland.

 

[Left]

A Buick?!

Hand in your badge and gun, your officially an old man now.

 

[CaptainF]

Hopefully I won't rely on a car.

Bike, or Public Trans, or carpooling, or something.

Cars are too goddamn expensive...

 

[Urederra]

Narz, you should be looking for one of these instead of a mini RV. Man, these things pollute too much.

or one of these too

Anyway, I hope you won't drive one of these:

Well, this should still be in good working order at that time (mine is actually black, with silver framing around the black letters).

And when it is icy, snowy or simply very, very cold outside?
And don't tell me that that does not happen in Canada.

 

[MrRats]

Veggie Powered Hummer!

 

[Whomp]

My feet, a cab, the el and a boat.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

And when it is icy, snowy or simply very, very cold outside?
And don't tell me that that does not happen in Canada.

I ride an old mountain bike in the winter. In fact, I have been flying through the snow and ice on it all week. If you can manage to not fall, it is fun having your back wheel sliding around.

Just because you Eurowussies can't handle the snow, doesn't mean I can't.

 

[Narz]

Narz, you should be looking for one of these instead of a mini RV. Man, these things pollute too much.

Is that for real?

or one of these too

That's cool, I wonder if they'll make larger ones.

Anyway, I hope you won't drive one of these:

I hope not.

 

[Technocactus]

A wheelchair with gas canisters.

 

[El_Machinae]

I have a friend who used to live in Edmonton, and he'd cycle around any month of the year. In the winter he had studs put into his tyres, though.

 

[stuge]

The future comes on two wheels and with 27 gears.

I don't think I'll be buying a car anytime soon. The licence costs too damn much, the car itself really too damn much and as for the gas...

Whereas I don't need a licence to bike. 1000€ is enough to get a pretty kickass bike and fuel comes in the form of bacon.

And as for the winter-time, sliding around and throwing snow over pedestrians is just hilarious. And Nokian(TM) 300-stud tyres allow me to bypass skaters.

 

[Urederra]

WOW... 1000 euritos is a lot for a bike.

 

[Drewcifer]

My main method of transportation is walking, as a result I only drive about 10 miles a week. At that rate my '96 Saturn will still probably be running.

 

[LucyDuke]

Narz, have you been reading hippie propaganda?

I hope that I'll be living somewhere where a car is not a necessity. I also hope that gasoline will not be prohibitively expensive. I hate to try to predict the future, but my best shot-in-the-dark guess is that I'll still have a 10-year-old European car in the driveway, though I won't be taking it out daily. Fingers crossed, at least.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Right now my 1996 Turbo V6 Lexus ES300 does me just fine. Even if my fuel economy is around 17 mpg. Good car performance and handling trumps my need for a more efficient vehicle. Find me both and I'll be even happier.

 

[stuge]

WOW... 1000 euritos is a lot for a bike.

Of course, but it'll get you a bike that'll last. Although admittedly I'm talking here from my viewpoint so the 1000€ is for MTB. For a going to places-bike I'd estimate that 500€ will do the trick. The most important thing is durability. Nothing is more frustrating than having to repair the thing every weekend.

And while 1000€ gets you a top-notch bike, cars in that price group are pretty hopeless. My father bought one once. He probably spent another 1000€ on repairs and gas in a year and a half. One day, the car was gone and he refused to tell me what he'd done with it.

 

[Narz]

Narz, have you been reading hippie propaganda?

Hi Lucy. I hadn't read the article but I did read the book I noticed it referenced (The Long Emergency).

 

[Ramius75]

it depends really on the situation on Oil and then the financial status im in.

Im currently interested in getting a Honda Civic and maybe a Lexus IS in the future.
if they come in hybrid and if the price are right, i will consider getting 1 also.

yes, i have decant into a car buyer.