Why I am building ROOPOD:
Disclaimer: I know full well that the best vehicle there is to be had is no vehicle, then one that burns no fuel, but barring those options (walking and biking come hard to a lazy oaf like me) I Just had to start thinking about this car problem!
It all started one day, when I came across the sticker inside the door of my VW New Beetle...it said...3,704 gvrw...that's how much it's supposed to weigh fully loaded...3 passengers, the driver and fuel/cargo etc...
Then I thought, yikes! For a small car, when I drive this car myself...I can take about 600lb off that weight and get about 3100lb actual weight ...I am dragging around just under 3000lb of car just to carry my 250lb body around...I am not so hot at math, but if you divide say 2800 by 250 you get a ratio of 11.2:1 and then I realized, out of my 1 gallon of gas I buy for this car, I use 11 parts to carry the car around, to the one part that is used to carry my weight. If I add a passenger, I do a little better, even another big guy like me...lets ...
