"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/28/2019 at 05:48 • Filed to: None
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
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BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Cé hé sin
09/28/2019 at 06:29 |
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Am I a bad person for immediately assuming this happened in France? (Before I noticed the Swedish street names)
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Cé hé sin
09/28/2019 at 06:39 |
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was the red car driven by you?
AuthiCooper1300
> Cé hé sin
09/28/2019 at 06:41 |
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I suppose that is the local equivalent of a
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The road was damp, but not exceedingly so.
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NKato
> AuthiCooper1300
09/28/2019 at 07:12 |
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I absolutely despise short wheelbase vehicles.
duurtlang
> NKato
09/28/2019 at 07:53 |
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The problem is that these are not ‘c ars’. You don’t need a normal drivers license to drive one and the vehicles themselves do not meet the strict requirements they have for normal cars. They have a legal speed limit of 45 kmh (< 30 mph).
This might look like a Smart, but it is in entirely different league. A Smart is a very small car with proper brakes/suspension/ safety structure , a vehicle as above has none of that. It’s like a moped with a roof and 4 wheels.
ranwhenparked
> duurtlang
09/28/2019 at 09:17 |
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I believe that’s a Microcar M.go, which does have a reinforced crash structure and an optional air bag. Not that it will do as well as a proper car from a mainstream manufacturer, but they make some effort.
The higher powered export spec models can supposedly hit 75mph, too.
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duurtlang
> ranwhenparked
09/28/2019 at 09:31 |
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When they can hit 7 5 mph, they will require a full drivers license as well though.
I do wonder where they allow these deathtraps on the roads as ‘normal’ cars. At max. 45 kph the risk to the occupants and bystand ers is still , relatively, small.
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Cé hé sin
> AuthiCooper1300
09/28/2019 at 09:34 |
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Ja! They're quite common in Sweden. Same kind of rules as in France but they also have to have a big red triangle at the back.
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Cé hé sin
> pip bip - choose Corrour
09/28/2019 at 09:34 |
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Nej!
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Cé hé sin
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
09/28/2019 at 09:36 |
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Well, it is a French car! Yes, I'm in Stockholm.
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ranwhenparked
> duurtlang
09/28/2019 at 09:51 |
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I believe those variants are exported to places without sans permis exceptions, though I think you could drive one on a motorcycle license in the UK at one point?
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> duurtlang
09/28/2019 at 10:18 |
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I hope people don't think that looks like a smart. You can tell it's not from a mile away. lol
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duurtlang
> Mercedes Streeter
09/28/2019 at 12:11 |
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Sure, but they are a similar size. Yet are fundamentally different, in that one is a real car and the other one is more like a golf cart.
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AuthiCooper1300
> NKato
09/28/2019 at 16:30 |
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Well, as Duurtlang so rightly pointed out, it hardly qualifies as a real car.
Regarding wheelbases - it’s horses for courses. A Mini (I mean a real one) can be a real joy in the twisties, for instance. And a Stratos can be lethal in a high-speed, long sweeping bend if you are not careful.
Of course the directional stability and ride comfort of a well-designed long car is also very nice, as long as you are on a motorway and not trying to make safe progress through some dark, narrow, curvy, lonely mountain pass road.
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