lightest toad car
Hi, I'm considering getting a toad. What is the smallest toad that can be used "four down"? I do not need more than a two passenger vehicle. I am not interested in a motor bike.
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mowermech wrote:tatest wrote:
Lightest new car today is the Smart for Two, considering your two-passenger requirements. It is a computer shifted manual transmission, but that you are not likely to notice the difference between that and a traditional automatic.
A number of sub-compact imports from the '50s and '60s will have been lighter, and four passenger, but will almost always be manual transmission, and not have air conditioning, power steering, power brakes, power seats, power windows, et al, and if they have a sunroof it will likely be fabric and you will move it by hand. At two-passenger, you might have been as light as 800 pounds empty (smaller versions of the Isetta).
Y'know, that is a rather sad commentary on the drivers of the day. Have we REALLY deteriorated to the point where all we can be expected to do is push a button? We simply can't handle anything that isn't power operated and/or computer controlled?
I will admit the Air Conditioning is nice (my Jeep even has it) but Power Everything? I question the real "need" for that!
My smart car does not have power steering. I did not want it. The radio is AM/FM/single CD. No NAV or DVD player. No tach. It does have air conditioning though. Given the entire roof is a moon roof, the AC is needed in the summer.
