Smart Cars...

[427TJ]

Hey, when China really begins to guzzle up oil in a few more years, driving world oil prices higher and higher, the demand for these little cars and other fuel efficient makes will only go up. Besides, the chances of getting hit by someone in an SUV are very small and not enough reason, for me anyway, to avoid driving one. An SUV could just as easily torpedo you in your old musclecar during a nice Sunday drive and there are no safety cages, airbags, or any other real safety devices in most old cars. Imagine getting t-boned at an intersection by a Ford Expedition while in your '60s musclecar. Yeah, a real bloodbath and your funeral would probably follow a few days later.

Gas will be five, six, seven bucks a gallon (and up?) sooner or later (while wages remain stagnant for most Americans) and fuel efficiecy will be forced on most of us one way or another. The rest will drive whatever vehicle they want to and just pay at the pump--what we Americans call Freedom of Choice!