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Originally Posted by Stoner Toyota's version of a Segway |
As if the original wasn't dorky/useless
enough, the world's premier car company had to go and actually make it
worse.
This one tops out at 3 MPH where the original won't keep up with a bicyclist in a hurry, but will still go 12.5 MPH. Toyota's new version has a range of 3 miles, compared to the original's pathetic, but still useful, range of 15. Hey, at least you can do a day's worth of bicycling within the original Segway's range - you'll be stuck purchasing FIVE Toyotas to try to keep up with it.
... AND hotrodding them
Bet it costs more too.
I'm guessing the second generation will borrow, steal, industrial espionage-ify more of the originals good points. I'm seriously having difficulty believing the Japanese actually came up with something even more useless than the original Segway. I guess Japan has always been the land of the Rube Goldberg Award Champions, but I just didn't expect it to come from Toyota.