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Heh: "suped up golf cart". I drove one of those. It was called a Citicar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar My dad ow
by musesum 11y ago
Heh: "suped up golf cart". I drove one of those. It was called a Citicar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar
My dad owned a GM dealership. I was in high school when the 1973 oil embargo happened. Around the same time, the 1973 issue of Scientific American showed how bicycles where 46x more efficient that cars. (I think this was the issue where Steve Jobs got the inspiration for "Bicycle of the Mind") So, I gave up cars. But then, my Dad started to carry Citicars.
It had a couple issues: First, it had a 40-mile range. Second, the body was ABS Plastic. Because there was so little mass, drivers would stomp down on the accelerator, rear-end the car in front, and do $500 damage to the body. So, after the first shipment, the dealership stopped carrying them.
[EDIT] 40 not 20 miles, though the last 20 didn't go up hills very well.