The Slingshot:
1. Allows HOV-lane access like a motorcycle.
2. Doesn't require you to be able to ride a motorcycle. That's a plus for drivers who don't ride.
3. Steers like a car and has car-like seating and controls, which makes more sense to me than the the can-am spyder which steers like a car, but has motorcycle-like seating and controls. Wouldn't you want lateral support from the seating when you're driving a non-leaning vehicle?
4. Costs less than a Campagna T-Rex (do they still make those?) or a Morgan 3.
6. Simpler handling than a side-car rig.
5. Much lighter than it could be as a USA-legal 4-wheel production car. The Ariel Atom and even the more substantial KTM X-bow aren't sold as street legal vehicles in the USA. I think you can build an Ariel Atom kit-car though and register it. Which if you had the resources (including time), would probably be more awesome.
If I lived in a state without lane splitting, yet there were HOV lanes, I could see using one for commuting. Whatever it's handling limitations, I expect it would be a lot of fun to drive. Weather protection? I ride year round. I'm sure I could manage. Don't have a use for one though.
1. Allows HOV-lane access like a motorcycle.
2. Doesn't require you to be able to ride a motorcycle. That's a plus for drivers who don't ride.
3. Steers like a car and has car-like seating and controls, which makes more sense to me than the the can-am spyder which steers like a car, but has motorcycle-like seating and controls. Wouldn't you want lateral support from the seating when you're driving a non-leaning vehicle?
4. Costs less than a Campagna T-Rex (do they still make those?) or a Morgan 3.
6. Simpler handling than a side-car rig.
5. Much lighter than it could be as a USA-legal 4-wheel production car. The Ariel Atom and even the more substantial KTM X-bow aren't sold as street legal vehicles in the USA. I think you can build an Ariel Atom kit-car though and register it. Which if you had the resources (including time), would probably be more awesome.
If I lived in a state without lane splitting, yet there were HOV lanes, I could see using one for commuting. Whatever it's handling limitations, I expect it would be a lot of fun to drive. Weather protection? I ride year round. I'm sure I could manage. Don't have a use for one though.
