A very good friend of mine had them come to his place and it was the opposite. There was no pre dealing. No one came and checked out his collection ahead of time. They just called, showed up, looked around and tried to buy stuff. It was all legit. They got a very rare old scooter from him and I think that was it.

They picked at a friend of mine’s place and it wasn’t a set-up. No one came and vetted the place. They had been in touch several months beforehand, and a couple days before they showed up, they called and, said we’re going to be in the area, can we stop by? No one had seen my buddy’s collection except for a few…

It was an awesome little car. The CVT was the only thing that kept me from buying one. I didn’t enjoy that aspect of the test drive. I actually found the Smart’s notorious gearbox better. I’d have one now, though. I imagine they’ll be collectible one day. 

We never got a manual iQ in America. If we had, I would have bought one.

Europe is filled with non Third World cities where tiny cars are practical. And I live in Los Angeles where a tiny city car was a lifesaver. They’re not dumb. Big cars are dumb. They’re a waste of resources and space. I hate them and don’t understand why people need to drive around barges. Small cars rule.

Some of us like small cars. I had a Smart for several years and it was awesome. 

Some of us do live in cities in America. My Smart was a lifesaver where I used to live. I loved having that thing. I like small cars. I replaced the Smart with a vintage tiny car, but I’d have another one.

Not even Exner went full Exner on the ‘61 Plymouths. He had a heart attack when they were finishing the design and it never got done which you can tell when you look at the rear.

There’s a lot to choose from with these parameters. I’m with the get a little weird suggestion. Find something unusual. The attention is fun and it’ll hold its value. So I say a ‘61 Plymouth Fury. A face only a mother could love, they’re cool as shit.

Yeah, there are a lot of areas where I can’t imagine street charging will be practical. Or desired by residents. Where I live it’s a mix of single family homes and small apartment buildings. There isn’t the space, or infrastructure I imagine, so install a bunch of car chargers. Something will be worked out, but they…

Is that going to be every street in America? That’s a lot of chargers. Which is why they need to get started installing them now.

My apartment building doesn’t have parking for every unit. I park on the street. How would charging an electric car work for me? It’s a quiet, residential street. They’re not putting chargers on the street here.

It’s still a lot of chargers that need to be built and installed. I’m not saying it won’t happen, but we need to get the ball rolling.

Because it’s average fuel economy and the manufacturers were doing the calculating themselves. So basically they were lying.

I don’t have much of a problem with those goals as long the infrastructure to make it practical for 40% of car buyers is invested in. Where is everyone supposed to charge these cars? 

Unfortunately, though, you’re not the only one here. I know it isn’t practical for everyone to have a small, light car, and my point wasn’t that that should be legislated as a solution. But, it would solve a lot of problems if everyone chose to drive something smaller and lighter. When people gauge what makes sense…

What’s the answer? Because no regulations isn’t an answer. If the car companies tried hard enough, they could make money on small cars. It’s just not worth the challenge to them.

The thing is, everyone should be driving light econoboxes. That would have solved a lot of problems, but people insist on driving tanks. If everyone has a small, light car, there isn’t the issue of small and light vs. gargantuan.

The calculated MPG differently back then so they weren’t actually getting 50 mpg.

For Japan, you do really need someone on that end to handle all the stuff Japan requires before it leaves the country. This doesn’t necessarily have to be an importer service if you have a contact over there that’s willing to help. I did it twice with just the help of a friend. Importing from Europe or elsewhere, the…