Ah. Oh. Thanks!

Are you saying that fifty years later and with a hundred years younger bike they just managed to go less than 4% faster?

You should own the car because you like it, not because you want to state something.

I have not the economy to own two cars, nor the parking space or even an electric source near my parking. There is no space in my schedule to drive to one of the dozen public charging stations in my municipality and sit there idly for an hour per day.

Fuel up with plutonium.

1000 mile range.

Sure. Nobody is forcing me at gunpoint to buy an electric bike. And I think that we will see the horse/car thing occur again, where most vehicles are electric whereas ICEs are mainly found in enthusiast circles.

I wouldn’t compare racing a circuit to cruising around on an Indian Scout Bobber. They sort of have radically different aspects.

I agree. Despite my other protestations, after zooming around on an electric bike/moped for a year, I seriously wanted a fully sprung MTB with a 1 kW or so motor.

Oh, aye - I use to say to people that the main thing with motorcycling is rolling on two wheels, leaning in the curves, smelling the soil, not really perceiving the bike more than an extension of your nervous system. You don’t really see your bike (if you’re wearing a helmet) so it is more or less you yourself who fly…

Sorry, but I have to oppose you. Every argument you offer seems contrary. Electric scooters should be much easier to peddle because they are appliances, have low-power motors and need not go far. They aren’t even very weight-conscious, looking at the lard-ass scooters I have seen. Or beautiful, considering the design…

I have only ridden an electric moped, and I am positive to the concept as it is the most convenient short-range transportation one can imagine. Weighs nothing, just hop on and twist.

Clickaclickaclickaclicka PLING

I wouldn’t say that modern cars are “monocoque chassis”, because if you remove the non-load-bearing parts - fenders, various sheets that just cover stuff - the remaning item looks more like a very complex frame than a chassis per se.

SAAB is turning into the Amiga of the car world. The fringe enthusiast choice, now a corpse dug up and raped over and over again.

Friendliness.

I’m all for creativity in interior design.

Funniest thing was it sounded like an angry racecar until I corrected the error. Then it just burbled happily like they use to.

The SAAB 2.3t “nostalgia” crankcase ventilation, making it 3-cylinder eventually.

Wow! That is exactly how the V7 engine in my ‘86 IROC sounded when cyl #1 had too tight exhaust valve rocker nut.