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4. does not make any sense (especially considering your quite sensible 1-3) beyond: "I like it, therefore it should be so! Let's have the masses take care of th

4. does not make any sense (especially considering your quite sensible 1-3) beyond: "I like it, therefore it should be so! Let's have the masses take care of the environment so we can have more fun on the expense of it." I think if wasteful petrol performance cars are banned or at least prohibitively taxed it would open up a lot of innovation to get fun cars (or driving experiences real or virtual) to the market. Don't get me wrong, I like the thrill of a performance car too, but I can't take this line of reasoning seriously if we are talking about tens of thousands of premature deaths a year of pollution in London alone let alone the much bigger environmental topic.

pistonhead 9y ago
My concern with electric sports/performance cars is their weight over ICE cars. It ruins the characteristics of the car. You can add power to hide the weight of the car on a straight line, but in the corners the extra weight catches up to you fast. If anyone here has ever driven a Caterham or a Lotus they'll know exactly what I mean by this.
guicho271828 9y ago
4. should make distinction between the one primarily used for recreation and one also used for e.g. commuting. Majority of cars are used purely for transportation and are expendable. Therefore it is reasonable to introduce a shift to electric because it has a higher impact. Track day cars are driven less miles, though slightly higher emission per mile, with smaller impact in total. It is as wasteful as operating a roller coaster in a Disneyland. Most people don't care about what car they drive. For them driving a Prius is just fine. For petroheads driving a Prius is NOT fine. It feels as if Mac enthusiasts are forced to live forever with Windows XP, or Emacs/Vim users forced to write code with Notepad, or a mechanical keyboard user forced to live with a cheap membrane keyboard. It brings a huge disappointment to their life. For most people switching to a dull car means nothing, since they have been driving a dull car, which is not the case for them. By the way, the more serious track day cars, without audio/AC/insurator, are painful and impossible to drive daily, in my personal experience. Especially the summer. One day I was dehydrated and could not shift properly.

pistonhead 9y ago

My concern with electric sports/performance cars is their weight over ICE cars. It ruins the characteristics of the car. You can add power to hide the weight of the car on a straight line, but in the corners the extra weight catches up to you fast. If anyone here has ever driven a Caterham or a Lotus they'll know exactly what I mean by this.

guicho271828 9y ago

4. should make distinction between the one primarily used for recreation and one also used for e.g. commuting. Majority of cars are used purely for transportation and are expendable. Therefore it is reasonable to introduce a shift to electric because it has a higher impact. Track day cars are driven less miles, though slightly higher emission per mile, with smaller impact in total. It is as wasteful as operating a roller coaster in a Disneyland. Most people don't care about what car they drive. For them driving a Prius is just fine. For petroheads driving a Prius is NOT fine. It feels as if Mac enthusiasts are forced to live forever with Windows XP, or Emacs/Vim users forced to write code with Notepad, or a mechanical keyboard user forced to live with a cheap membrane keyboard. It brings a huge disappointment to their life. For most people switching to a dull car means nothing, since they have been driving a dull car, which is not the case for them. By the way, the more serious track day cars, without audio/AC/insurator, are painful and impossible to drive daily, in my personal experience. Especially the summer. One day I was dehydrated and could not shift properly.