Friday, April 11, 2014

Are pedal cars cool for kids anymore?




Largo


Now, this may be a really stupid question. I had a pedal car when I was a kid, and I had a blast with it. But, my friend is having a baby shower and there was a gift registry. I went to this store and, on the registry, there was a full sized pedal car. I picked it up, when my fiance said that "Kids don't play with those anymore!" and that "the kid will be the biggest laughingstock amongst his friends." I thought that he may be incorrect. And I know that pedal cars are hard to come by anymore. Someone already bought this kid a bike/tricycle. And he might have fine scooting around in this little pedal car before he's old enough for his trike. Would her son really be laughed at?
I know that the electric toy cars are "in." now. But those things are made of cheap plastic, and they run on batteries. They don't seem to last very long. The pedal car seems classier to me.



Answer
pedal car > electric car well im 12 now but as a kid pedal cars were the way to go. only the "unhealthy" kids with rich parents had electic ones. i dont have mine anymore, but my friend does and its still fun! we go down hills and of ramps and it is a goood exersize. and if kids make fun of the kid with the pedal car, at least he will bemore fit and be able to beatthem up.

My wife wants to buy an electric car.?




madcityd06


In this part of the country there are not many of them. Have you owned one and how did you like it. How often did you plug in your car, everyday or after the 50 miles were used?
In this part of the country there are not many of them. Have you owned one and how did you like it. How often did you plug in your car, everyday or after the 50 miles were used? If you have owned one, would you purchase a second one or one to replace the one you already have. I am trying not to have this be a political discussion. I know the rumors. I just want someone who has owned one to tell me their experiences



Answer
You have to start by answering the question, "What do I need to get out of the vehicle?"

If your primary use is just to put around town like take the kids to school, run down to the grocery store, commute the 5 miles to work you can get way with a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) or some times called Low speed Electric Vehicle (LEV). The cars are limited by law to 25 MPH (35 MPH in some states) but they recharge from any outlet you can plug your cell phone in.

If you need to take to the highway your options become severely limited. Currently the only highway speed EV available to the public is the Tesla Roadster at $120,000. Everybody else "is working on it and will be ready by 2010".

You don't need a 300 MPC (miles per charge) electric car. When you get home after a hard days work, you plug in the car, eat dinner go to bed. In the morning you get up, get dressed, unplug the car and leave every day with a full load of "fuel". Two minor additions to the usual routine and you've made the world a little better. A gas car doesn't self fill at night an since you don't want to visit the gas station on a daily basis 300 miles is a light range requirement.

The length of the charge time at night is irrelevant. I'm asleep so what difference does it make if it takes 1 hour or 6. Think how many hours a day is your car actually being used out of 24? The rest of the time it is just sitting, waiting for you to use it.

As for plugging it in everyday, don't you plug in your cell phone every day to charge it? An EV is the same deal, put the car in its parking place, hop out plug the cord in, go in and eat dinner. The rest is automatic and baring some kind of minor catastrophe your car is ready to go in the morning. You can also plug in wherever you stop, called opportunity charging, if your vehicle has a 110 volt charger. Since 80% of people put less than 40 miles on their car on a daily basis a 50 mile range isn't an inconvenience.




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