Can anyone explain this?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
11/20/2015 at 15:17 • Filed to: None

Take a look at the back of this thing. This is not a sedan. The image was found in the ‘tractor’ entry on Wikipedia ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

Another view of a similar vehicle (Volvomino?):

DISCUSSION (17)

Ike > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:23

In Sweden if it’s a “farm vehicle” or something to that effect a 15(I think maybe younger?) can drive it, all I have seen have truck beds

Mercedes Streeter > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:23

Perhaps it tows something really slowly? lol

Cé hé sin > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:24

Yes. Just look it up.

According to Swedish legislation, it’s a traktor (yes, traktor. Sweden) so the youths can drive them without having to be 18.

here

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:24

This topic has come up several times in the past couple of months. Basically, as I understand it, several European countries allow people to be licensed to drive tractors instead of cars at much lower insurance rates, etc. etc. This - shockingly - means a cottage industry turning cars into “tractors”.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:25

One of those cars converted into a low speed “tractor” by some teen in Sweden so they can drive without a proper license, maybe.

MultiplaOrgasms > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:25

Something to do with the swedish classification of a Tractor.

Goggles Pizzano > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:29

Not the same car, but probably along these lines. Doodlebug Tractor

Kinja'd!!!

Swedish 16 year old is allowed to drive “A” tractor. 16 year old wants to hoon. 16 year old mods a Volvo to fit category. Limited to 30km/h when people are watching.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Cé hé sin
11/20/2015 at 15:29

Interesting. Thanks for the link. It seems that good ol’ boxy Volvos make good conversions into pickups.

jjhats > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 15:44

they are modded to have 1 or maybe 2 gears. they can only go 20-30 mph and can be driven legally by 12-14 year olds without a license or permit similar to how kid are allowed to drive farm equipment but not cars. In Sweden its expensive to get a license and buy a car so this option lets them drive but not spend a lot of money. I have no explanation why they are Volvos except that its sweden

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 18:05

here in MERICA! its used to signify a slow moving vehicle on the roadway

Under_Score > Cé hé sin
11/20/2015 at 18:16

18? That’s old to get a license, especially considering the cars over in Europe seem a lot slower, and the roads have much lower speed limits. I realize there’s the Autobahn, but that’s Germany, not Sweden.

Cé hé sin > Under_Score
11/20/2015 at 18:25

The minimum age for driving alone is 18 in most countries in western Europe, some places allow lower limits if the driver is accompanied.

Under_Score > Cé hé sin
11/20/2015 at 18:43

That’s crazy. Why so old?

Even in the northeast, which has very old driving ages compared to the rest of America, you can get your license at 17.

davedave1111 > Under_Score
11/20/2015 at 19:05

17-18 is standard in Europe. Not sure where the idea comes from that we have slower roads - it’s the other way around, highway and single-lane roads tend to have significantly higher speeds here. Cars accelerate more slowly here (in general), but they’re almost all capable of doing at least a ton, so it makes no real difference to highway speed because it’s not power that’s the limiting factor, it’s safety and/or speed limits.

davedave1111 > Under_Score
11/20/2015 at 19:15

In the UK you can start learning at 17, but it’s pretty unusual to pass within a year because the test is so much tougher than the US ones. And the UK has a fairly easy test compared to, e.g, Scandinavian countries.

I think mainly it’s not that we have a particularly high minimum age, but that in large parts if the US you let people drive at an unusually young age - presumably because it’s so necessary, if you live in the middle of nowhere.

Jayvincent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2015 at 20:42

I’m pretty sure the orange triangle thingy removes ~70 horsepower, rendering the vehicle safe for farmers and juveniles. (The hp is not wasted, however, as it is transported through the time/space continuum and redeposited into vehicles with the venerable OPPO +5hp badge). Truth, found on the internet.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Goggles Pizzano
11/21/2015 at 00:49

Reading up a little bit about these traktors, they can’t have more than two seats, hence the pickup and coupe variants. In a way it makes sense, keeping kids in smaller groups whilst driving, and also encouraging modding of older cars. I think it would have been pretty cool to transform my first car, a Dasher wagon, into an early VW Caddy-like contraption.