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Happy Herb’s Transdimensional New and Used Vehicle
Dealership
http://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/hammond/HTML/netvehicles.html
Happy Herb runs an internet vehicle dealership and purports to offer anything
from an ocean liner to a dog sled.
All the technical specs are given for every kind of transportation
imaginable in a set format i.e. structure, power, statistics, armour??
If you are into vehicular transportation, though probably not half
as much as ol’ Herb, this site is interesting enough.
It’s presented as a technical manual, and has no pictures (come
on, Herbie!)
Land, Water and Air/Space vehicles are covered.
It’s hard to grasp what the point of this site is, but Happy Herb
seems to think it’s very clear.
Um, go figure…….seems maybe a bit of a joke, but the facts look
accurate enough, even for the Lotus circa 2017.
Verdict: Lots of facts and figures for those who dig transport.
Fairly dry, but curious.
Funky Rating **1/2
Unique Auto Mall
http://www.register.com/automall/index.htm
Wanna buy a pick-up truck, mini-van, or muscle-car?
This site is…well…. is going to be, the place to look.
They have set up the skeleton of what could be a great vehicle
trading centre on the net.
Separated into categories of private & dealer ads for cars,
bikes, boats, classic cars, etc, you can browse pictures and info of a
wide range of motors for sale.
They also provide info on finance, lots of good auto links, and
a search function if you want something specific.
The whole site is well structured and styled and as soon as more
people find it, will offer
a good place to search for your dream machine.
Verdict:
Yes, its early days, but this is the way to shop!
Good links and info.
Funky Rating **1/2
Goodyear Tyres
http://www.goodyear.com/
A slick and smooth corporate site of the blimp-wielding tyre giant.
Nice graphics and easy-to follow links take you through the fascinating
world of car tyres.
It’s a big site with many pages, but there is a lot of information
here.
New products, a feedback page, how to choose the right tyre, etc.
They even have their annual company report on line as well as info
on their other chemical pursuits.
They do make a good tyre, and this site tells you why.
After you are convinced, you can do a search for your nearest dealer.
Home shopping here we come!
Verdict: You might only want to visit this site every few years or so,
but if it saves you from buying another brand of tyre just once, it will
be a very good year!
Funky Rating ***1/2
World Rally Championship
http://www.jyu.fi/~pakar/
News, rally reports, pics, current WRC standings, driver profiles, links,
this site is the official info system for the exciting world of rally
driving.
Lengthy run downs of each race around the world with full results
listed.
There are only a few pics of cars in action, but more are promised.
Well-written driver profiles and pics are here, and the links are
great, it’s rally, rally, rally all the way here, proving that WRC is
actually a real sport, not just a Sega computer game as one would have
thought.
Verdict: If you are a major rally driving enthusiast, this is your number
one bookmark.
If you just love to watch the sport, hire a video!
There ain’t too much excitement here.
Funky Rating ***
Federation Internationale De L'automobile -
FIA
http://www2.fia.com/fia/homepage/fia_ts-a.htm
Divided into two sections, general motoring and motor sports, the FIA
site provides a lot of information about international motoring.
General pages give you travelling tips, legal facts and figures,
advice and safety info, while the sport pages give you the low-down on
the racing scene; calendars, rules & regulations, press releases.
All very informative, and worth bookmarking, but as far as web
sites go, rather lacking in razzamatazz.
Verdict: Enthusiasts should memorise this entire site.
You will really impress everyone at the next car club Christmas
party with your inside info from the official lords of racing.
Funky Rating ***1/2
Toyota On-Line Australia
http://www.toyota.com.au/
This is a visually stunning and comprehensive site from the
motoring giant.
The kind of site that really demonstrates the potential power of
internet marketing.
A plethora of information packed into an easy to navigate and beautifully
designed environment.
The opening page hits you with a major dose of blue, hands you
a car key and invites you to “turn it on”.
Very sexy!
John Laws then welcomes you to the site…yeah!! Even more sexy!!
Major new product info, dealer network, parts, FAQ, even a link
to a free car classifieds, so you can ditch your old bomb.
Their links alone are worth bookmarking.
Verdict: After navigating around the site a while, you will be compelled
to buy a 4WD on your visa card.
Funky Rating *****
The McLaren F1 Resource
http://www.woodhill.co.uk/setup/f1/f1.htm
This is a great place to start to get into everything that is the McLaren
F1.
It’s the car everyone is talking about.
A lean, mean speed machine the likes of which the world has never
seen.
Basically a formula-one car made for the street!!
This site has great pics, heaps of specs and info, articles from
magazines, a very well made web site.
A frame of navigator buttons stays up the top as you blow your
mind page by page at this awesome vehicle.
Check out the sound system!
Check out the engine specifications!
Check out the price tag!!
Verdict: Bookmark it, visit it daily, and dream on…… one birthday, you
just never know…
Funky Rating ****
Porsche Cars North America
http://www.porsche-usa.com/home.html
The official cyber-temple of porsche worshippers everywhere.
Celebrating the “passion” of the porsche doctrine.
We are treated to historical perspectives, philosophical musings,
technical info, inside stories and lots of pictures of misshapen VW beetles.
Everybody loves these cute little speedsters and the site is very
stylishly presented to help you love them even more.
Easy to navigate and interesting reading, one will walk away almost
deluded into thinking that you have one parked in the driveway.
Call your dealer, and you will!
Impressive
index page.
Verdict: Sell everything you own, your computer, your mother, your
soul, and BUY A PORSCHE!
Funky Rating ****
Newmans Motor Group
http://www.newmans.com.au/index.html
This Sydney group of family owned car yards representing a number of different
makes of new cars plus the usual used car division has really captured
the feel of car salesmanship and put it on the net.
They even have scanned in their newspaper ads for this weeks specials.
Its a very good site with photos of each dealership, complete new
model info in a huge cavalcade of pop-ups, and all the extra info you
need when looking for a car, or a fleet of cars.
If you are in the market for a car, it’s all here.
Verdict: Click, view, select, buy.
Shopping internet style!
Funky Rating ****
The Motor
Web
http://www.themotorweb.com.au/
Australian motoring enthusiasts essential bookmark.
Covering a wide range of stuff from all styles of racing to new
releases, rally info and prize giveaways.
There is a goods and services directory that you can join, great
links to the motoring universe, updates, articles.
This internet thing just gets better every day, and Australia seems
to be leading the charge. They give you everything you need,
and then add a whole bunch of other sites with links, just in case they
missed something.
Well done, people.
Verdict: If you have ever been in or seen a car, you must bookmark this
site! Simple. Funky Rating *****
Volkswagen
http://www.vw.com/
“On the road of life, there are passengers and there are drivers…. drivers
wanted”.
So begins this journey into VW land. A map with all the pages marked
on it, including a rest stop for the fatigued makes this site appealing
and inviting.
Drivers wanted…… sounds like a pizza delivery shop, but you soon
find out they just need you to buy a Vee Dub.
They have had over a million visitors, and you can see why, with
all the stuff they got here.
It’s a way of life, it seems, owning a VW.
There’s even a cute pic of a Kombi shedding a tear over Jerry Garcia’s
passing. It’s like the 60’s meets the 40’s meets the 90’s here.
Verdict: If you have the slightest emotional connection with the old Adolf-mobile,
check out this site!
It’s really very good.
Funky Rating ****
BMW Compass
http://www.bmw.com/compass/htdocs/BMWe/kompass/HOMENE.shtml
Elevating motoring to new cultural dimensions, this magazine-style site
takes the yuppie icon to new heights.
Its art all the way with the famous painted BMW’s, cool quicktime
stuff and sound files.
There is also heaps of design info and technical specs. You can
check out all the available models of BMW, and
access virtually everything you ever wanted to know about the Beemer.
Interesting insights into their philosophy and R & D.
All round, this is your designer label internet site!
Verdict: Grab your lap-top, plug it into your mobile, sip on your Chardonnay
and enjoy this superb offering.
Funky Rating *****
Hypercars
http://www.rmi.org/hypercars/index.html
The Rocky Mountain Institute is dedicated to efficient and sustainable
use of resources.
Hence their interest in cars.
The hypercars section of their Home Page is full of comparisons
between your average car of today, and what we could be driving if we
really wanted to.
Seems quite fictional at this stage, but they say that agreements
have been reached by government and industry to get something real happening.
The site is text based and informative, with a few different essays
on the issues, along with a couple of sketches of the said “hypercar”.
You may want to go through RMI’s other areas of interest while you’re
at it, like water, energy, agriculture etc.
Verdict:
Guaranteed to turn your average formula1 fan into a born-again
greenie in 10 minutes.
Funky Rating ****
The Saturn Site - EV1
http://www.saturncars.com/EV1/
Here is an actual electric car, built from the ground up.
A joint venture between Saturn and GM.
Impressive specs, like 3hr charge time and 70 mile city range.
So lets all go out and buy one!
If you still like the smell of petrol in the morning, Saturn have
their standard range of pollutants for inspection here, as well as the
usual, other services that all good car manufacturers are offering on
the net, though not nearly as sexily presented as, say, Toyota or BMW.
Verdict:
The future is here, sorta…
Take a look and take a deep breath of fresh air, but don’t hold
it.
Funky Rating ***
Eco-Motion
http://www.halcyon.com/slough/ecomotion#Top
If you want to know anything about electric vehicles, this is where you
start looking.
This dude has listed every phone number of anyone involved in the
EV arena in the US, as well as dozens of books on the subject that you
could obtain world-wide.
Not many actual links, but this is still a great resource site.
Homework has been done by an obviously committed person, check
it out, and take some action yourself.
There is hope here.
Verdict: Eye-opening stuff here.
You could easily ask, why don’t we all drive EV’s now?
You know the answer….exploding petrol is still sexier.
Funky Rating ****
Mercedes-Benz
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/e/mbe1.htm
This would be a company that you would expect big things from in the web
area, and maybe there are, but there seemed to be a lot more missing than
was there, especially when compared to other sites.
Sure, they got a couple of cute little animations, but when you
follow the “must-see” A-class link and are given an “exciting” cyber-drive
through nowheresville when all you wanted to do was check out the cool-looking
new car, you wonder if they are doing things right. Detailed history of
the company, with quite a few pictures.
Information is there, but the overall feel of the site is about
the same as the background, grey, dull.
Conclusion: Mercedes buyers don’t net-surf?
Verdict:
Great car, shame about the web site.
They are trying hard, but the bells and whistles seem to detract
from the cars.
Funky Rating **
Honda
http://www.honda.com/
What would you expect from this company?
A happenin’ web site, that’s what!
And that’s precisely what you get.
Smooth, slick, fast, colourful, fascinating, Honda know how to
get your blood pumpin’.
A revving shockwave engine, a complete QuicktimeVR factory tour,
six indy car action movies.
In fact there’s so much here that you’d better get your matchsticks
out and start building a replica of the Sydney harbour bridge while you
wait for the downloads.
Apart from the sheer quantity of stuff to access, this site cooks!
Verdict:
With so much on offer here, how ever will you get out and earn
enough money to actually buy a Honda?
Funky Rating *****
Nerd World
http://www.nerdworld.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?AUTOMOBILE/97
Nerd World!! Hahaha! A site by nerds, but for all the world to use.
Essentially a search engine.
Being nerds, their attention to detail is impeccable, including
over 70,000 links to the whole universe..
Their automobile section is incredibly comprehensive with manufacturers,
collectors, dealers, interest groups. You name it, you’ll probably find
it. Matchbox cars, real cars, who cares?
It’s just something else to be nerdy about to them, but it’s a
valuable resource for you.
Tell them of any links you would like them to add.
If they don’t, give them a wedgie.
Verdict: Go on admit it, you’re a nerd deep down inside, like everyone
else.
Bookmark it (http://www.nerdworld.com/), and visit it often with
your head held high.
Funky Rating ****
Newsgroups
alt.autos.macho-trucks
An interesting mix of serious truck enthusiasts looking for parts and
information, interspersed with internet sex promotions & major psychos
spouting religious and/or anti religious sentiment?? Looks like the spam
factor has entered here.
Lots of Ford pick-ups and Chevvys and such.
Must be the word “macho”, but the ratio of truck talk to sex ads
is a little out of balance.
It’s a laugh.
Verdict:
Are you really here for the trucks, now? Huh?
Funky Rating ***
Newsgroups
rec.autos.antique
A good selection of people giving and receiving tips on restoring, respraying,
getting parts for, and selling old cars.
Looks relatively clear of drivel and spamming.
A few want ads and stolen car notices.
Friendly and helpful people.
Verdict: If you are an enthusiast, this would be a place to begin gathering
or diseminating information.
Funky Rating ****
Newsgroups
rec.autos.driving
Dedicated to the car from the driver’s perspective.
Bitching about speed traps, what’s the best car you ever drove,
a few Q & A’s on maintenance, and a lot of cyclists telling tales
of their encounters with drivers.
People trying to get cheap deals on parts and service.
Verdict: Interesting and varied postings, good to know how other people
think on the road.
A learning experience for young drivers.
Funky Rating ***
Name of Site: Autobytel.com.au
URL: http://www.autobytel.com.au/
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Review: Part of an internationally networked car buying and selling system,
Autobytel lists your car on three national sites for $33.00. It seems
like a good set up, but the listings were a little leaner than some other
sites visited. Could have been a slow week, or perhaps the site has a
stronger presence in states other than NSW. The info given on the cars
is more limited but it seems quite easy to use the inquiry system once
you have found the horseless carriage you desire. The site is well supported
by ancillary services such as trade-in estimates, finance quotes, vehicle
inspection certificates and editorial, but one wonders whether niche sites
have more potential than these universal car portals. - SS
Rating: ***
Name of Site: Toyota Motor Corporation
URL: http://global.toyota.com/
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Review: Here at Toyota's global virtual HQ, you have a doorway to the
Toyota planet, as well as corporate info and the all-important investor
relations. This company has managed to position itself as one of the top
vehicle manufacturers in the world (5.5 million cars a year) and has plans
to aggressively improve its position, especially in the European market.
A large part of the site is devoted to promoting Toyota's commitment to
building cleaner safer cars, but the investors want dividends, so the
process is moving a lot slower than one suspects it could be moving. At
least they are trying. This is the Web after all, not a glossy brochure.
- SS
Rating: ***
Name of Site: Avis.com
URL: http://www.avis.com/
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Review: For a car rental company as established as Avis, the Internet
is an ideal place to provide improved and efficient service. Page one
of the site gets right down to business with a secure reservation form
- anywhere in the world - or sign up as a member to make the whole process
smoother in "My Avis" mode. A simple tab menu along the top
reveals the other sections: deals, renter's guide, programs, partners,
about and customer service. All the information you may need is provided
in easy steps, including submitting queries, finding out about jobs at
Avis, or hooking up with the countless airline, hotel and other partners
collected over the decades. As far as Websites go, they certainly have
tried harder, and they no doubt will continue to do so as the technology
evolves. - SS
Rating: *****
Name of Site: Concept Cars
URL: http://www.conceptcar.co.uk/
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Review: I was a little disappointed to find that this site, touted as
an "Automotive Design Resource" turned out to be little more
than a large collection of links. It is still well worth rummaging through
to find the gems you may stumble across. There are some fascinating collections
of all the concept cars the major manufacturers have exhibited over the
decades along with student designs, tribute sites, galleries, museums,
component manufacturers and stacks more. The site itself has a small discussion
board community, a shop for books and mags, mailing list and events news.
It would be nice if they borrowed some of the futuristic and forward-thinking
design philosophies of the cars they so admire and integrated them into
the site. There must be a better concept out there than text links. -
SS
Rating: ***
Name of Site: Knight Registries.com
URL: http://www.knightregistries.com/
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Review: What do you do when you have no life, more spare cash than you
care to donate to charity and a perverse love of early 80s television?
You build yourself a replica Knight Rider Two Thousand talking car, pretend
you are David Hasselhoff and drive around your suburb trying to pick up
girls. An elite group of sad souls have taken up the challenge to build
the perfect "KITT" and the results are all here. In fact a whole
industry has developed, with manufacturers supplying the parts needed
to modify your Trans Am into the all flashing, all talking super car.
Marvel at the pains these dudes have gone to in their quest for recognition
at the national trials. Read the logistical problems encountered trying
to fit the mega-dashboard, getting the doors to open automatically or
mounting the various gizmos to the exterior. When you finally get laid
by your local Pamela Anderson look-alike, it will all be worthwhile. -
SS
Rating: ***
Name of Site: The Ugliest Cars in Britain
URL: http://www.uglycars.co.uk/
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Review: A light-hearted look at the weird and wonderful styling of British
cars over the decades. Unbelievably there are about 50 cars featured here
that seem to have no trouble falling into the ugly category. It is a wonder
how anyone bought them in the first place. The good humoured curators
of this fun filled rattle-trap museum give each vehicle a good dose of
humiliation topped with a "paper bag" rating from 1 to 5. It
is not the car, but the driver who must wear the bag to hide their identity
from the mocking masses. There truly are some horrors: The Reliant Robin,
the Ford Anglia, Austin Maxi, but it looks like a large number of these
cars are actually French. Hmm... Time to build a trans-Channel sister-site!
- SS
Rating: ***
Name of Site: Art Cars in Cyberspace
URL: http://www.artcars.com/
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Review: If anyone has seen the movie, "Dumb and Dumber", you
know what art cars are. Enthusiasts the world over love to transform cars
into something totally removed from your standard look most drivers seem
quite happy with. Although this site is a little lacking in updates, there
is a fantastic range of crazy vehicles to behold from the many parades
held over the last few years: sharks, tanks, sunflowers, shopping trolleys,
step ladders with wheels, cars covered in knick-knacks and some that simply
defy description. It takes a certain breed of person to drive one of these
babies, and they have all gathered to celebrate one another's eccentricity.
The design of the site is about as dodgy as some of the cars themselves,
but you will find yourself chuckling away at the sheer insanity expressed
in these creations. - SS
Rating: ****
Name of Site: Rolls Royce
URL: http://www.rollsroycemotorcars.co.uk/
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Review: In a twist of irony, the great Rolls Royce car is now owned and
built by VW, but it seems the tradition of exclusivity lives on, regardless
of Adolf's initial plan to give all folks a wagon. Both Bentleys and Rollers
continue to roll out of the North-West English factory to adorn the centrally
heated, carpeted garages of the rich and super rich. Every single car
is totally tailored to the customer's tastes while the latest technologies
assure the utmost quality in these modern times. Owning a Roller is such
a privilege that Rolls Royce themselves offer a "pre-owned"
section to pass your treasure onto other discerning owners, as well as
driver training for chauffeurs to maximise your rolling pleasure. They
are proud of their past and the future looks rosy for motoring's 'Spirit
of Ecstasy'- SS
Rating: ****
Name of Site: Drive.com.au
URL: http://www.drive.com.au/
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Review: Yet another tentacle of the Fairfax Internoctopus, Drive provides
the online jalopy shoppe for those who advertise in print and those with
the faith to go for Web exposure alone. Within this petrol portal there
is a formidable range of auxiliary resources to beef up the value for
both buyer, seller and banner advertiser: an ongoing series of video reports,
a searchable directory of service and parts dealers, finance and insurance
affiliates, car news and editorials and the all-important virtual caryard
where the hunt for your next gas guzzler begins. Searching is made easier
through an actively refreshing form, or simply search by price range,
vehicle type or year. Once a short list is obtained, you can dig deeper
to find reviews, articles and detailed specs, or simply contact the dealer
or owner. Because the site is commercially driven and listings kept for
as long as they are paid for, some gems may slip through the cracks, so
you can sign up and wait for that all-important email alerting you that
your dream car has entered the yard. - SS
Rating: *****
Name of Site: Rinspeed Design
URL: http://www.rinspeed.com/
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Review: Rinspeed makes all the regular car manufacturers look like a sad
cynical bunch of "product movers" whose only concern is populating
the planet with as many cloned carcinogen-spewing combustion engine capsules
as our fragile ecosystem can sustain. Rinspeed takes the car to a completely
new level of existence, combining ecological sensitivity and safety with
dashing design, embracing driving as a total lifestyle experience. Every
model is a concept car, a work of art, and a statement of European flair.
Cars that stretch and shrink, cars that convert into boats, detach to
become three modes of transport - motorbike, hovercraft and car - or one
seaters that just scream "look at me, I am the hippest cat in town!"
Rinspeed has only been around for 25 years, but the vision and energy
of its founder has created incredible alliances with engineering firms
to allow these magnificent design creations to materialise. A comprehensive
site filled with heaps of interesting material. - SS
Rating: *****
Name of Site: carsales
URL: http://www.carsales.com.au/
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Review: Pitching the price at $10.00, no more to pay to sell your car,
this site goes some way to bridging the gap between the traditional forms
of advertising and the affordable power of the Web. A simple yet powerful
search interface provides access to the large range of predominantly dealer
sales, though there are still plenty of private vehicles on offer. Search
by dealer, new or used, then by either "lifestyle" or "model",
before entering the search proper. Region, Kms, price range, among other
criteria, lead you to the prospective purchase, followed by a slightly
over-obligatory inquiry form to put you on the prospecting list of the
dealership's sales team. One good feature of this site is the link to
the "Red Book" car valuation, for cost comparison. Plenty of
editorial, articles, reviews and news thrown in to the mix could hold
your interest but let's face it, you are here to buy or sell, and you
won't be doing that every day. - SS
Rating: ****
Name of Site: CarAccident.com
URL: http://www.caraccident.com/
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Review: I searched this site hoping to find some major commercial/community
initiative to reduce car accidents, but what I found was far more chillingly
realistic. Car accidents are a multi-billion dollar industry. Profits
are high when passengers die. Lawyers, smash repairs, insurance premiums,
chiropractors, spare parts, wheel chair manufacturers, towing services,
car rentals - the list goes on. Each and every crash sets the till bells
a-ringing. The bad taste toll-free number, the "sign up now for a
free gift" - it all began with good intentions to assist people in
their time of need, but what is created is a monument to the profitability
of misery caused by unsafe products and lenient licensing laws. Hardly
a pixel is devoted to prevention or harm reduction, yet there are plenty
of opportunities to bone up on the law to maximise your insurance windfall
and reduce your legal liability. - SS
Rating: *
Name of Site: RTA Home Page
URL: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/
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Review: The RTA, with the help of the NSW government, is working hard
to make driving in "The Premier State" the safest driving experience
in the world. People may complain about revenue raising tactics, but the
facts revealed here show that a broad range of potent and carefully considered
harm reduction strategies are being implemented to reduce the road toll,
educate drivers and improve traffic management. The site itself is formidable
in its scope, covering all aspects of motoring from buying and registration
to licensing and road building. At times it may be difficult to sort the
political rhetoric from the reality here, but the evidence is quite clear
that the RTA is making a difference. Unfortunately it still seems to be
heading down the road dictated by the sales drives of the car manufacturers
(more cars, more roads), but at least they are safer roads while the alternative
options continue to build momentum. - SS
Rating: *****
Name of Site: Car Busters
URL: http://www.carbusters.ecn.cz/
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Review: What hope has anyone got against a multi-trillion dollar industry
that has successfully brainwashed the whole planet into thinking that
cars are cool, sexy and necessary? A glimmer. This modest low budget site
promoting the activist magazine of the same name is also a link to the
global anti-car movement. It's not cool to hate cars. It's so much sexier
to put the pedal to the metal, burn that rubber and feel the throbbing
power of the internal combustion engine. Or is it? Car Busters presents
a range of alternative viewpoints, including real examples of cities that
have had their centres reclaimed by the people. "World Car Free Days"
- 15 days in September are symbolically timed to mark the world's first
ever car fatality, Hitler's first Autobahn and the anniversary of the
first "Critical Mass" bike ride. The tide is turning. Read the
statistics, you'll be horrified into enlightenment and activism. 50,000,000
deaths and counting... - SS
Rating: ****
Name of Site: Carfree Cities
URL: http://www.carfree.com/
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Review: This is the site to accompany the book of the same name. JH Crawford
dares to imagine a world where cars are simply unnecessary due to good
town planning. The crowning glory of the carfree concept is an entire
city built around a flower-shaped train track, with circular suburbs of
12,000 people dotting the train line. 1,000,000 people could live within
35 minutes of each other without a car to be seen, whilst parklands and
public areas come to life in the absence of pollution and engine noise.
Sounds too good to be true? All it needs is a brave politician and a good
consortium of developers with vision. That and perhaps a few security
guards to prevent the car industry from sabotaging the project! It is
an idea, and through this site maybe one day it's time will come. - SS
Rating: ****
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