Best Selling Car In America: - Democratic Underground

ret5hd

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:51 PM
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Best Selling Car In America:

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 05:51 PM by ret5hd

(probably made in china)
Little Tykes Cozy Coupe:

http://www.boston.com/cars/newsandreviews/overdrive/2009/06/little_tikes_cozy_coupe_is_ame.html

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billyoc

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:52 PM
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1. Can't you just smell the toxins?

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taterguy

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:53 PM
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2. Link only has sales figures for 2008

We're halfway through 2009

Stop living in the past

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:00 PM
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6. I hear the "Cozy Coupe" company is teetering on bankruptcy, seeking a bailout.

Shows that even a car getting zero gpm can't necessarily survive these hard times.

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taterguy

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:27 PM
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10. Where did you "hear" that?

From a reliable source?

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:34 PM
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11. I totally made it up.

Right on the spot, when I read the OP.

This response provided for the sarcastically challenged.

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taterguy

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Fri Jun-12-09 05:10 AM
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20. Wish you had admitted that before I called my broker

:mad: :mad: :mad:

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:57 PM
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3. They haven't changed the body style since my kids had one 18 years ago.

They were probably made in China even back then. And yes, they reaked of that new hard-plastic toxin smell. But alas, it was a different time. I wouldn't consider buying such an anti-environmental, toxin-spewing POS today. See...we can evolve.

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FailureToCommunicate

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:45 PM
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12. Anti environment?!? This car couldn't BE any greener! Al Gore approved. YabaDaba Do!

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:53 PM
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14. It's a big blog of petro-chemicals that will live on in landfills for a million years.

:shrug:

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FailureToCommunicate

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:06 PM
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15. Hate to point this out, but you may want to look at what your Prius is made of.

And besides our Little Tykes car has been passed on to it's third set of kids - and still peddling strong...

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:17 PM
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17. I wouldn't drive a Prius if you paid me.

I'd sooner foot-kick it around town in a Cozy Coupe.

BTW, we also "recycled" our Cozy Coupe to another family. It's probably still going strong somewhere in Suburbia.

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JVS

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:58 PM
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4. One of my buddies had one of those growing up, it was nice but not as nice as another friend's....

power wheels motorcycle.

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SoCalDem

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:59 PM
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5. My brother had this one

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Atman

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:02 PM
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7. Cozy Coupe is a gateway car. Our kids graduated to the Power Wheels Jeep.

It was pretty awesome, I gotta admit. I always wished I could climb into that little plastic seat next them and off-road it around the back yard.

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Canuckistanian

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:16 PM
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8. Car & Driver panned it this year

Although we were pleased the classic lines have been preserved, the 2009 model was an overall disappointment.

The newly designed squeak horn was far below Little Tyke's usual standards, sounding more like a baby's toy rabbit rather than the robust squawk we've all come to know and love.

And on the suspension side, the wire axles have been reduced in diameter from 1/4" to 3/16". Why? We asked the company, but only got a vague and confusing answer about unsprung wheel weight.

Things we did like: A new, more aerodynamic fake gas cap and vastly improved headlight decals.

All in all, a disappointment, especially in light of last years groundbreaking steering wheel re-design.

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ret5hd

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:42 PM
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18. .

:rofl:

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flvegan

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:22 PM
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9. Nope, built in the USA.

I do think some of the parts are imported, though.

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4lbs

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:49 PM
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13. My parents bought me a Big Wheel when I was about 5 years old.

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It was awesome.

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blue_onyx

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:08 PM
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16. I had a Big Wheel too

Mine was black with a yellow seat.

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FailureToCommunicate

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:32 PM
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19. Parents loved em cause they hardly tipped. McCain types hated em cause they were so loud!

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