"PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
10/13/2015 at 00:26 • Filed to: None
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"PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
10/13/2015 at 00:26 • Filed to: None | 2
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Hey, some guy built a car in his garage! And it’s pretty neat! LET’S SHIT ALL OVER IT!
bob and john
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 00:34 |
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‘a car’ i would say its a stretch. but its cool looking.
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PanchoVilleneuve ST
> bob and john
10/13/2015 at 00:36 |
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HE BUILT THE FUCKING THING IN HIS FUCKING GARAGE
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bob and john
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 00:40 |
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i havent seen the interior, but realistically, it looks like he draped a bunch of fiber (from his dads company) over a golf cart chassis.
dont get me wrong, its an interesting talking piece...but eh. not a car.
door are cool though. reminds me of tht saab concept.
Mercedes Streeter
> bob and john
10/13/2015 at 00:40 |
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Why wouldn't it be a car? The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes a children's quad with a postman pat shell as the world's smallest car, so this thing definitely qualifies.
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bob and john
> Mercedes Streeter
10/13/2015 at 00:41 |
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Wasnt the Peel P50 the smallest car?
also, 20mph top speed? come on. thats a little buggy for getting around a campus.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 00:45 |
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Don’t discount the usual xenophobia...
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Mercedes Streeter
> bob and john
10/13/2015 at 00:52 |
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Yes and no. The Peel remains the world’s smallest production car.
But the record the world’s smallest road legal car goes to a guy that literally just took a kid’s quad and put a shell on top
But my problem is that if we consider a modified quadbike (the thing above) and an enclosed moped (peel) as cars, why is this guy’s creation not a car?
It’s a shitty car, but it's still a car.
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bob and john
> Mercedes Streeter
10/13/2015 at 01:01 |
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lights dont look legal, and not plated for street use. 2 differences from the quad to his car
Leadbull
> bob and john
10/13/2015 at 01:12 |
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He molded that thing with his bare hands
tromoly
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 03:21 |
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The words “Supercar” and “20MPH top speed” in the same sentence seems very oxymoronic.
Regardless that’s a pretty sharp body, hope the kid goes somewhere with his talents.
Wobbles the Mind
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 05:54 |
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I don’t get it either. He wants to be a designer. Spent a year and $5,000 to build a CFRP vehicle that has one solid panel from the “headlights” all the way to rear fenders as a door. Im not sure why they are acting as if it’s a new car company aimed at Tesla instead of a kid that wants to become an automotive designer. It has the same speed and power of most concept cars that are presented at auto shows.
jariten1781
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 07:25 |
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This is just like the kid that ‘built a clock’. Just taking an existing product and repackaging it isn’t ‘building/creating’ it’s repackaging. May be cool depending on the resources available, but not particularly newsworthy and people will side-eye it when claims are made beyond what it really is.
Jalopinator
> bob and john
10/13/2015 at 08:40 |
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Why mention that its from his dads company?
Wouldnt you want to help your kids anyway you could? Wouldnt this be ok to do? And if not why?
wiffleballtony
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 12:01 |
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Seriously. Well done FP.
RallyWrench
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
10/13/2015 at 13:51 |
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That’s why I posted the snark bait thing, you could see the shit talk coming from a mile away.