Comments on: The 4,000 Watts Lady Bug aka Power Roadster http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/06/04/the-4000-watts-lady-bug-aka-power-roadster/ Your Daily Updated Fun, Gadget and Games Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: finmentor http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/06/04/the-4000-watts-lady-bug-aka-power-roadster/#comment-32644 finmentor Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:20:52 +0000 http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/06/04/the-4000-watts-lady-bug-aka-power-roadster/#comment-32644 Looks like a smart car.... Looks like a smart car….

]]> By: soubriquet http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/06/04/the-4000-watts-lady-bug-aka-power-roadster/#comment-32569 soubriquet Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:23:11 +0000 http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/06/04/the-4000-watts-lady-bug-aka-power-roadster/#comment-32569 "the wide 71 1/4" wheelbase provides safe turning in all conditions" -wheelbase does not refer to width, wheelbase is the length, distance from the centre point of the front to the rear wheel. I think what the writer was meaning was the TRACK, the distance between the centre points of the wheels on one axle. The car has a wheelbase barely longer, it seems, than its track. A vehicle this short would probably have an uncomfortably choppy ride. The more you dissect copywriter blurb the less sense it makes.... “the wide 71 1/4″ wheelbase provides safe turning in all conditions” -wheelbase does not refer to width, wheelbase is the length, distance from the centre point of the front to the rear wheel.
I think what the writer was meaning was the TRACK, the distance between the centre points of the wheels on one axle.
The car has a wheelbase barely longer, it seems, than its track. A vehicle this short would probably have an uncomfortably choppy ride.

The more you dissect copywriter blurb the less sense it makes….

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