Thread: Hybrid Vehicles

I bought a couple of motorbikes when i was in England, mostly because where i worked there were long queues of cars to get into the town and because the motorbike rules are different to here i could get to work in less than half the time. In England motorbikes filter to the front of traffic queues or lights.

I thought i would also save petrol too but my last bike was a Kawasaki 750 and I had to forget fuel economy because those things just don't go slow - especially out of town in the twisties.

I have found, for myself at least, that whatever power a bike or car has I will use the majority of it...not every moment but at least part of the time. That big block truck I had for example: I had it for 15 years and it was well into that time before I realized that if you didn't floor it the mileage wasn't so bad. But who can do that? It was fun to drive because it had so much power you'd get drunk with it. It would make you cocky because you could pull away from just about anything. You could be doing 80 on the interstate and punch the gas and it would yank you back in the seat.
I too don't need or rather want that kind of power now, not because of fuel consumption but because it got me in trouble that cost me a lot of money to get out of. Let's just say that I learned the hard way that 35 mph over the limit or double the speed limit is considered willful and wanton reckless driving in Florida.
That notwithstanding, it certainly was more expensive to operate a powerful car in those days. Even though fuel was cheaper they used a lot more of it.

Wisdom....

Yea, eventually most, not all, people mature/grow a brain, however you want to put it, one way or the other. Put another way.

A young bull says to the old bull "lets jump the fence and get that cow over there". The old bull replies " lets use the gate and get them all".

or

Too soon old and too late smart.

Bob

There is no shortage of cars with HP approaching 1000HP being made these days and they are all selling. I don't know who is buying them but they are not some young hot heads since most go for 70 grand and up (way up).

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There is no shortage of cars with HP approaching 1000HP being made these days and they are all selling. I don't know who is buying them but they are not some young hot heads since most go for 70 grand and up (way up).

Well off older gents wanting to make a statement?

Bob

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There is no shortage of cars with HP approaching 1000HP being made these days and they are all selling. I don't know who is buying them but they are not some young hot heads since most go for 70 grand and up (way up).

Clearly you've never been to the University of Florida. You wouldn't think that a 21-year-old kid would be driving $100,000 vehicle but that's not even the price limit for some of the cars you see these kids driving around here. At least once a year around this time after they all come back for fall semester you'll hear about one of them getting drunk up and wrapping his Corvette or other high-end car around a tree and killing himself and hopefully not someone else.

It's hard for me to fathom because I sure as hell wouldn't buy my kid some death trap automobile like that and send him off to college but lots of them do it.

Then there are well off parents with more money than brains trying to make a statement through their kids.

Bob