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I love this idea, especially for short city-style commutes. The price ($10k) is good enough that it's under my impulse buying threshold for cars. My only worr
by typicalrunt 14y ago
I love this idea, especially for short city-style commutes. The price ($10k) is good enough that it's under my impulse buying threshold for cars.
My only worry (confusion?) is if I brought this car into a small town and the car runs out of air, where can I fill it up? Can I just go to any car-repair shop that has a compressed air line (e.g. for hydraulics) and use their equipment?
- arethuza 14y agoWhat would be interesting is if it could carry a small electrically powered compressor that you could plug in for emergencies.
- ajcarpy2005 14y agoI think this is exactly what the electric motor does: compress the air if you run low.
- jherdman 14y ago> The price ($10k) is good enough that it's under my impulse buying threshold for cars. I'm not even sure where to start with this.
- qq66 14y agoNot really that weird at all. Cars maintain a healthy resale market so if you buy a car with a couple of owners and a lot of miles for $8,000 and drive it for a few months, you can often sell it for the same, or just a little less, than you paid for it. It's not an $8,000 gamble, it's more like a $500 gamble.
- typicalrunt 14y agoI hope it's just my wording that is throwing you off. Say, for instance, you need a car. For me, if a car costs more than $10k, I really have to think about how reliable it is, what features it has, and generally if I am getting value for my money. This is all because anything over $10k is going to take longer for me to recoup. This is what I'm defining as my impulse buying threshold.
- ams6110 14y agoYour impulse threshold is about 3x my ceiling price for a car.
- rorrr 14y agoIf your ceiling is $3333, maybe you should stick to riding a bus. Do you realize how much it costs to run one car for a year? Gas, registration, insurance, oil changes, maintenance, it adds up pretty quickly.
- davidarkemp2 14y agoMost petrol stations in the UK have an air compressor that you can use to top up your tyres. I wonder if these could be re-purposed.