Comments on: Bajaj unveils its “people’s car”

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:37:16 +0000

1c3d0g- Nevermind, you were right. When I had installed it I had only installed custom features (click on a picture and add it to the block list), but I recently reinstalled it and it gave me the option of blocking numerous items in a package.

Deanster- Daewoo Matiz (which the Chery QQ is a total copy of, you can mount the doorhandles and trim with little modification), Fiat Cinquecento, there’s plenty. But they’re still not THAT basic, and this isn’t AS basic as older cars like the MINI, etc.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:47:50 +0000

For 25% premium, you get a passenger side mirror, but you still don’t get a chance to live in an accident.

And I use Firefox and there is NO AD here!

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:32:43 +0000

You know, cars that look just like this already exist all over the world. The Daewoo Matiz comes to mind.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:25:23 +0000

jayjc08: well, you can always throw wildcard rules at it, such as *annoying_pdf_link* etc. Seriously, I don’t see anything that annoys me with AdBlock enabled (I’m using custom filters though).

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:06:25 +0000

Bajaj has a special place in my mind as the worst abomination ever to grace the public asians streets. It would be very hard indeed to change that perception regardless of how good their products are.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:48 +0000

nevermind, just found it on LLNS front page…

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:08 +0000

Does anybody have a link to a document about the Tata Nano? I looked it up on google, and not much came up.d

1c3d0g- Adblock only blocks pictures and stuff, not links and adobe acrobat… as far as I know.

global lightning- True, but reducing poverty? Probably no… And the way I see it, these vehicles are similar, but are more complex, it’s not just no thrills transportation, the people who created those cars only had pure function in mind.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:01:56 +0000

Looks like a Prius

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:58:38 +0000

Guys, AdBlock FTW. And if you’re not using Firefox, you deserve to see those ads.

By: maximus

maximus — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:25:34 +0000

agreed, the extra $500 looks like it’s worth it for at least the styling.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:29:09 +0000

Looks better then the Tata’s $2500 creation.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:09:56 +0000

Thank you, Impulsive.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:08:19 +0000

LLN, get rid of these annoying Workopolis ads. They’re bull****.

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:01:30 +0000

I see a lot of similarities between these cars and the European micro cars from the 50’s and 60’s like the FIAT 500, Cooper Mini, and Isettas. After WWII these cars were critical to provide transportation and helped get their economies functioning again. These were basic, no frills transportation (but they also lent themselves to hot-rodding). Yeah, so they won’t win any races or beauty pageants, but that’s not the point. Cars like this one and the Tata may be crucial in letting poor Indians get better jobs, improving their economy and reducing poverty.

By: F3INT))AP3X

F3INT))AP3X — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:58:20 +0000

Ya I agree it doesn’t look good but It definitely looks like its worth the extra 500$

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:37:58 +0000

Agreed autonut. I’m just relieved you didn’t say GOOD looking car.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:29:24 +0000

For 25% premium you do get a better looking car. With French pedigree.