# Another one taken down by a fucking retard!

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-one-taken-down-by-a-fucking-retard/245034 "2009-06-26T15:25:08Z")
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### Author: ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-one-taken-down-by-a-fucking-retard/245034/41 "2009-07-07T14:06:53Z")

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> [@might be time for a new car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/might-be-time-for-a-new-car/20146/81):
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> electric bikes will be absolute death traps. I am sure thye will and could be a great bike to ride. on a track, where it is you, your bike (maybe some other bikes around) and the pavement.
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> Top gear said it best when they talked about the Prius. Around the city it is silent, little Tommy is fucked when he goes out into the road to get his basketball.
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> An another reason I dont use my bike horn, or my car horn (that much)… Reaction time. In a car, I have to press in the clutch, slam brakes, maybe shift into another gear, then punch the steering wheel ot alart the driver I am about to interact with. FUCK that, press clutch and nutral rev the shit out of it. Again that only works if your car is loud. Also I cant reach the tiny ass button on my clutch perch very well, and I can pluu the clutch in and hit the rev limter in no time flat.

Well, my point is whether we like it or not, electrics are coming. It remains to be seen if they will stay or we’ll use something louder for propulsion besides the gas ICE but regular gas engines will get phased out eventually… The bike I ride is pretty quiet so I can’t and don’t rely on others seeing me, or hearing me, I just do my best to predict what they may do in advance and act accordingly. As far as pulling in the clutch and revving, to me its the same thing as putting it in neutral at traffic lights - you’re relinquishing control of the vehicle. Not an acceptable proposition.

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