"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
01/06/2019 at 11:32 • Filed to: lada, OKA, kei car, electric vehicles, kit car
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"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
01/06/2019 at 11:32 • Filed to: lada, OKA, kei car, electric vehicles, kit car | 3
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This is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , today, as a model year 2019 car (I think based on leftover bodies from 2008 or earlier though).
...well, OK, kei car was a bit of a misnomer at launch, the 650 cc engine it had from 1988 to 1996 was 100 cc too large until 1990, and it was 2 cm too wide until 1998 . (And, as it got a 750 cc engine in 1996, it was never actually legal in Japan as a kei car, except maybe in the low-volume electric model that Lada produced into 1998 , but close enough!)
...and, OK, car is a bit of a misnomer too . It’s a FMVSS 500 Low Speed Vehicle, which is limited to 25 mph by law. And, this one’s electric (and I’d guess with lead acid batteries, although Lada’s own electric model had NiCd). But, if you don’t mind building it yourself, there’s a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! sold without powertrain or batteries, that could be registered as a full car in many states.
...not gonna lie, I’m morbidly curious. Not enough to actually throw money at it, but morbidly curious nonetheless.
Wheelerguy
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:00 |
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I see a twin-engine beast of a build, kinda like this bad boy.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:07 |
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Get a cheap 750cc engine from a GSXR and strap that bad boy in there. 150hp in a body that weighs.....probably not much. I reckon you could give some GTIs an awful spook with it.
Alfalfa
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:09 |
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I wonder how business is, 8k is a REALLLLLLY tough sell for a vehicle that only goes 25 mph . 5k without a powertrain isn't that much better.
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bhtooefr
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
01/06/2019 at 12:12 |
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The kit version is 1089 lbs without powertrain, so add whatever the engine, transmission, exhaust, and fuel system would weigh. Worth noting that the electric model with lead acid batteries is 1540 lbs.
Although, one trick is that a motorcycle engine isn’t certified for a car, so it may not be legal to do it that way (and it generally has to be legal when you present it for a VIN to be assigned, as a kit car). You could do some pretty impressive shit with a Fiesta/Focus 1.0 EcoBoost, though, I suspect, if you wanted to go that way, and that would get through certification...
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bhtooefr
> Alfalfa
01/06/2019 at 12:14 |
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I can’t think they’re selling very many, and really this is a product of the era when people were desperate for anything electric.
Now you can buy a Fiat 500e that absolutely destroys this in absolutely every metric except ease of parking (and it’s not bad there) for barely any more money used, with low mileage.
Or you could buy a LEAF, which even with a badly degraded battery would probably have longer range at freeway speed than this would have at 25.
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Alfalfa
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:18 |
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Not to mention if you just want something small, old, and strange, you can have any actual 25y0 kei car barring som e more desirable models landed in the US for the same price or less.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:20 |
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I am also morbidly curious as well. :P
MegaRetr has some videos on them and their variants in produced-for-Russia form! :D
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bhtooefr
> Alfalfa
01/06/2019 at 12:27 |
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For that matter, even desirable shit like a Mira TR-XX Avanzato R4 or a Vivio RX-R looks like it could be had for about that ballpark...
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Alfalfa
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 12:32 |
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Honda Beats are regularly 8-10 at Japanese Classics. The AZ-1 is one that's a bit more, and most of the desirable compacts that aren't quite Keis.
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bhtooefr
> Alfalfa
01/06/2019 at 13:02 |
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Well, I figure if you're buying an Oka to get a weird kei-ish car, you're probably fine with the hatchback form factor, so the Beat/AZ-1/Cappuccino aren't necessarily needed to be weird enough.
ranwhenparked
> bhtooefr
01/06/2019 at 17:07 |
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I’m shocked that its taking Oka Auto 10+ years to use up their stock of cars, just how many of those things did they import in the ‘00s? It might be safe to assume that they overestimated demand by a bit.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> bhtooefr
01/07/2019 at 04:48 |
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buy one for research