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Thanks for all the comments!
I'm definitely building this car with the thought that you would need another car, but it would be cheap enough (4-7 thousand dollars) that that shouldn't be a problem.
Here's my thinking. Ever since my wife got her honda fit I haven't had one person in the passenger seat of my car. I drive 60 miles each way to work, and no ones car pooling with me. It a fair guess to say for me that no ones ever going to use the passenger seat.
From your guys comments it seems like you think people would use the back seat. From what I've heard about tandem cars, people feel embarrassed to ride in the back. Its kind of degrading in some people's mind. I'm no Don Juan, but if you try to pick up a date in a tandem car the girl probably is not coming back for seconds. So my thought is get yourself a old pickup or a muscle car or something fun to ride close to home and then drive the singleseater to work.
Also I think there is a misconception about how much adding the extra seat would cost. I'm in the precision metal fabrication business and I estimate the added cost of the second seat is at least 25% of the vehicle cost. Adding length would make parts that require odd size material and would require bigger machines to produce, etc.
As far as the suspension goes think sprint car, but enclosed. Not really that complex.
I hope all you take my comments in the right tone. I really appreciate your comments and enjoy the criticism.
Thanks
GoGogebic
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