Things I should drive, unranked

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
12/24/2014 at 15:08 • Filed to: Bucket List

An XL1

I've sat in one so far.

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A Voiture sans Permis

4 kw, max speed of 45 kmh, made of plastic - what's not to like?

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A JCB.

Some folks call these backhoe diggers, but here regardless of who actually makes them they're all called JCBs.

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Something with a pre selector gearbox.

These had them:

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Something with a Cotal electromagnetic box

Such as this Ford Vedette:

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A Messerschmitt KR200

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A Kettenkrad

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DISCUSSION (8)

ly2v8-Brian > Cé hé sin
12/24/2014 at 15:18

driven a 'JCB' as you call it, can confirm they are fun to drive.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin
12/24/2014 at 15:18

This is an unusual, and therefore excellent, list.

Cé hé sin > ly2v8-Brian
12/24/2014 at 15:21

We call them JCBs after Joseph C Bamford who invented them and whose company still makes more than anyone else.

Jagvar > Cé hé sin
12/24/2014 at 15:30

I drove the XL1 when I worked for Volkswagen. No power steering and slow as an asthmatic snail. Still, it was kind of fun, like driving an old Packard.

Cé hé sin > Jagvar
12/24/2014 at 15:34

Pah. Some of us began our driving with manual steering, manual chokes, manual windows...

45bullets > Cé hé sin
12/24/2014 at 18:36

It's the rabbit!

Eazy-O > Cé hé sin
12/25/2014 at 05:08

Kinja'd!!!

There's a host of different "without licence cars" in Europe. They can be up to 15kW in a slightly differently legislated version.

Since they're running on 0.5 or 0.6 liter engines usually, there actually is some torque. I've been toying with the idea of turboing one of the buggers. Something akin to what the Japanese do with Kei cars.

Cé hé sin > Eazy-O
12/25/2014 at 05:29

I've seen and poked around several vsps. They're basically a flimsy framework with equally flimsy plastic panels stuck on. The thought of doing any more than 45 kmh in one really doesn't appeal!