I dunno. While I agree the average new “first world” american car could be out of reach, I do think having a car developed before 1992 to still be in production “because cheap” is just laziness. Looking at that accident, if Nissan made a Versa without all the safety stuff, it would still have that modern cage/frame…

Exactly this. And with the help of the goog, I have drummed up the reporting article to help with the details. Weird how this wasn’t even linked in the Automotive News article. http://www.latinncap.com/en/media-area/new/85810a772a05fe/more-than-440000-deaths-and-serious-injuries-could-be-prevented-and-up-to-$143-bill…

One good thing about bullshit? look at how green that grass is...

If my wife and I go on a drive for longer than 4 hours, should I contact my physician?

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There is some assumptions made with 4, such as the possibility that your kids are too young to let themselves out, but for the sake of not going on a rant-a-thon, I’ll leave it as is. And obviously 1, 2, 3, or 5 are better options.

But yes, I feel that for short periods of time, with some form of parental supervision…

As a parent of 3 wonderful kids, there isn’t much I wouldn’t do to ensure their safety, but fully aware of some of the hassles thereof, I am ok with leaving your child in the car under the following conditions:

1) You live in someplace crazy cold like Canada. While the act of pulling a carrier or a single child out of…

I was gonna read this, but instead just giggled a lot at the Top shot. We need desktop backgrounds of these things.

Looks like its powered by a dyson bathroom hand dryer.

I was surprised I was the first person when the article was posted almost 25 minutes before I commented.

Right full rudder!

Andre, You’ve lost another submarine??!?!!

Ryan, Shome thingsh in here don’t react well to Bulletsshhhhhh!

I have a manual audi a4 avant. I get lumped in with the “Dads-with-3-kids-in-the-back-seat” crowd. What a bunch of assholes. Ignoring the fact that I have 3 car seats in the back. With kids in them. Wait a minute... I don’t think I have a point here. Carry on.

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I would agree. I would hope (maybe naively) that anyone buying an eCar for its cleanliness is concerned enough with the environment as awhole to either 1) plan for how they will be disposing of the products they buy or 2) figure out a plan to reuse them. Obviously, there are those that will just by a Tesla because…

Indeed it is a problem. However there are already factories/recyclers out there who have the capability to recycle almost all types of batteries. I would assume that anyone who is buying these cars for the “green” factor would have a plan for the cars demise, or else they shouldn’t have bought the car to begin with.…

This isn’t a conversation about economics. It’s about how clean a car can or can’t be. Economic viability is a whole other conversation, one that in a basic sense I would agree with you.

I agree but there is one thing that compensates for this. An electric car can be just as bad as a gasoline/diesel car when you account for the source of the electricity. However, if clean energy is eventually sourced (wind, solar, whatever) all of the sudden the e-Car is completely clean, and the other is still…

Canadian bank? I suspect this check(cheque?) is a fake!