It is interesting how different manufacturers are carving out segments that are fairly unique to their particular buyers in this market segment.

Nope. You've got your classes mixed up.

Those vintage sports car guys are... insane (the good stuff starts at about 7:45).

Yeah, but it wouldn't kill them to spill 1,000 words describing the interaction and escalation process.

Not sure I would see this as a deal breaker if I were considering the car. Every car has problems - hell, even C&D needed a new engine in their Corvette at 6,000 miles.

Considering it looks like a 747 at takeoff... I am going to guess about the same...

I hate guys like Rod. I just had a go around with some douche (also from Texas - how strange) over the Challenger I am trying to unload. Lots of engine work, lots of receipts and documentation (and, come on, it's a fucking Dodge. Any documentation is impressive).

This is very true.

Chargers and Crown Vics?

Again: not what I am saying. I like speed and power as much as the next guy - I currently have over 1,000 and 10 wheels sitting in my garage. But these things don't bomb around on the roads in a vacuum. In real life there are other cars driven by distracted motorists and cars breed distraction more than bikes.

So - by your own admission - cars are easier to handle, right? Then why would you want to have an unregulated environment for a three wheeled frankenstein like this that will inspire unfounded confidence in novice users, with far more dramatic results than a poorly considered motorcycle purchase?

But what about the middle-aged dentist that opts for this thing over the underpowered HD cruiser? And thinks: "it'll be easy to handle - it's virtually a car!"

And the calm, rational, pig-fucking cunt enters the conversation. Welcome, fucker.

Can't tell ya the last time I saw a bike launch through the wall of a house and kill an occupant.

Can you blame the insurance companies? Look at what happens to people who go out and pick up a Liter Bike without the proper background: They turn into bloody smears on the 405.

They probably should...

There's all kinds of good questions being raised here, but perhaps most importantly: how, exactly, should three wheeled vehicles be regulated? If they have seats, seat-belts, steering wheels, conventional (car-like) controls... aren't they cars? And if they are cars, shouldn't they have to have the same safety…

I don't know, Doug, this logic doesn't really hold... I made a similar bad awesome decision: an '09 Challenger with an aftermarket stroker motor. This is the holy trinity of mistakes - recession-era Chrysler build quality, non-OEM motor, unknown provenance.

Challenger FTW

This is almost... bronze.