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Old 01-02-2012, 05:46 PM   #63 (permalink)
Ken Fry
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So why should someone selling one to someone else not have to do this?
Because it is not required. If, at some point in the future, the public, working closely with our respected elected representatives, decides that motorcycles should be outlawed or that bicycles can not be sold, or that general aviation airplanes cannot be sold (because all pose greater risks than driving a car) or that the Yaris cannot be sold because it poses a greater risk than a Volvo, then so be it. If three wheelers pose threats that warrant crash testing, then such testing will be required.

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So we agree, stools are not cars?
Thankfully, yes, we agree on something.

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That's not handling, thats cornering G.
You are welcome to make a spreadsheet with all of the criteria you'd like to include under handling. Enthusiasts realize that a car that corners at 1.4G is also very likely to post good slalom times and good lap times, and offer the driver (subjectively) good feeback. I suspect that you are thinking of handling in the same way that my grandmother did, when she said that her Cadillac "handled" like a dream. That was not my intended meaning.

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So these are a plaything then ? What about people in cities who don't have space for > 1 car.
Stunning though this may be to you, yes, cars are fundamentally playthings for many people on earth. No, not every city dweller has space for more than one car. We should all ride bicycles.

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The pickup is a US thing TBH, they sell some crew-cab Japanese Diesel ones (with silly names) here, but nobody buys one for home use. We manage just fine with Superminis.
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