Nobody wants big trucks, except for the hundreds of thousands that buy them.
From ABC:
But for the US automotive industry – damaged by foreign competition, rising gas prices, and hesitant consumers – “small” might be getting even smaller. Microcars loom large on the horizon, as many companies are investing in, or at least considering, lightweight, economical, and quirky vehicles that are most often associated with zigzagging down European side streets – not keeping pace with semi trucks as they barrel down US highways.
The AP has:
Also, the company’s F-Series pickup trucks remain the best-selling vehicles in the country.
So we’re supposed to believe that everybody wants the tiny little shitbox cars.
On a side note, a guy that works at the same place I work (I really wouldn’t call him a co-worker) bought one of those “Smart” cars (really looks like a dumbass car to me). He was bitching about the cost of repairing some scratches on the roof caused when someone attached a giant windup key to the roof of his car.
This thing is fucking retarded.
Man sets self on fire
From BBC:
Taser-hit man burst into flames
A man in Western Australia was engulfed in flames when police officers fired a Taser stun gun at him.
Police say they used the Taser on Ronald Mitchell, 36, when he ran at them carrying a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter.
They said that Mr Mitchell, who lives in a remote Aboriginal community, had been sniffing petrol. They suggested the cigarette lighter started the fire.
Mr Mitchell is in a critical condition in hospital with third degree burns.
Aside from the obvious funny here, what the fuck is up with the headline. I mean, right there in the article they blame the cigarette lighter for staring the fire, but that sure as shit ain’t what the headline implies. Fuckers.
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