The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working

I'm a fan of Gal Gadot. But, she is not my favorite girl from the F&F movies though...

Jordana Brewster is...
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I saw a few videos about the slingshot this morning and have a few thoughts:

1) It's Polaris, I'm not sure they understand what pavement is.
2) There was a comment about not being off the shelf tires, but infact proprietary Polaris tires, which is no good.
3) That wide ass single tire is asking for problems. Any bit of wet, and the occupants are going ass end into a guard rail. Just because Morgan made it work (and i love the Morgan 3 wheel) doesn't mean it's ideal for everyone. Keep in mind, the Morgan's rear wheel was not a wide slick.
4) It "starts" at $20k. If it really wanted to be competitive, I would think it would need to come in significantly UNDER the Atom 3 and Caterham. Yes, it's way less than the KTM Xbow, but it's a super niche market. Show me something to make me NEED it over the Caterham and Atom.
5) It has too many electronics, ie it's too dumbed down. Hell, the fun of this part of the market is it's raw driving at it's best. I don't want to nail a corner, and feel power cut.
6) I'll wait to see it's reliability before making many more comments. I'm sure R&T, Motortrend and Car & Driver will all test the s*** out of it, and maybe we will finally get a better opinion of it than the vague promo video.
 

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