Roger Leroy’s Dream Car
My darling twin Roger Leroy who you may or may not remember is a FREEGAN, is always on the lookout for a unique car.
Because she is unique and likes to be different.
An ordinary car just doesn’t suit her very well.
I first introduced to her this car:
Photo courtesy of NCinDC
I can totally see her driving it.
Then, I saw this one in the December 2008 Reader’s Digest and she is very jazzed about this one:
Photo courtesy of autobloggreen
AS A THRILL RIDE
As cars become smaller and sleeker with our changing energy needs, the experience of driving is likely to morph too. Enter the VentureOne, from a California manufacturer and a Dutch engineering firm. It’s one of half a dozen three-wheel concept cars being developed that combine the fuel savings of hybrids with the excitement of riding something like a motorcycle. In this case, the car is the same height and length as a Mini Cooper, but the car’s pilot–er, driver–is enclosed in the single front seat by a glass canopy. (Another passenger can sit in the single backseat.) And on a quick turn–yee-ha!–the vehicle tilts to one side. The cars are priced at about $25,000 and go on sale in early 2010.
Reader’s Digest, December 2008
I think it is the winner.
Remember, she’s more than enthralled with her Dad’s girlfriend. So much so, that she had been plotting to save her money and buy her very own.
Without my blessing. Don’t get me started on the motorcycle subject again.
I do think we could have a compromise with her new choice.
Plus I love to see a girl in a non-traditional, unconventional, funky vehicle.
What do you think?
Oh, that’s the first I’ve heard of the VentureOne, but Kaitlyn LOVES the Smart Car. I think I first saw one of those on St. John, and then she saw them when she was in Paris and has been obsessed with them ever since. She was so excited when she started seeing them in the US. Wonder if she’s seen the VentureOne…I’ll have to send her over to see Roger Leroy’s when she gets hers!
Sorry to be a buzz kill here, but don’t forget to think about the safety of these vehicles. A young man from our high school was driving a Honda Fit on the expressway last Tuesday (remember how windy it was that day) and the wind literally blew his car into the median and he was seriously injured. I say buy them all tanks until they have the skills to handle a small car.
Google the Tesla. It’s a hybrid sports car that was supposed to be manufactured here in Silicon Valley, but is on hold, waiting out the economy. I think RogerLeroy can pick one up for around $60,000, which I’m sure she’s saved from her “upscale market” job.
@Steff: I’m sure Roger Leroy will give her a ride in the back seat!
@Wendy: Driving is SCARY – I don’t think it’s the cars though as much it is the drivers and all the distractions…especially here where we live!!
@julieann: If she even gets close to saving $60K and then buys a car with it, I have failed as a parent and have not passed on my bargain shopping skills. Then again, maybe I’ve already failed because we’re still working on the saving ANY $$ skill!!!!
Hey, I am weighing in on the name problems, OK, so I am a little behind on your blog, I work you know. My dear MOM decided I was going to be named Dana, whether I was a boy or girl, go figure, I was a girl so she came up with putting a “Y” in it to make it a real girl name (whatever) So I became DAYNA, sounds pretty easy to pronounce, right. DAY-NA, DUH!!. I cannot even begin to tell you what I have been called. Diana, Dyna, Dena, Donna, Donya, Danya (whoever heard of that!)anything but DAY-NA. Oh well, I grew to like my unusual name, back then I was the ONLY one in school. Just call me Dee.