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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
09/02/2020 at 21:52 • Filed to: how slow can you go

As much as I’ve enjoyed having my post on the top...here’s a replacement. The Peel P50, top speed 28mph?!

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DISCUSSION (27)

HammerheadFistpunch > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 21:59

Interesting side discussion - What is the “slowest” car that you would consider acceptable for your geography? Could be lbs/hp, or 0-60, or however you define it. Curious what people say.

Just Jeepin' > HammerheadFistpunch
09/02/2020 at 22:00

I f my locality is rocks in Utah, I’d be fine with 3-5mph.

HammerheadFistpunch > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:06

5 mph?! you maniac.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:08

Did you watch Top Gear often?

Just Jeepin' > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
09/02/2020 at 22:10

Huh, nope, I’ve seen a few minutes worth of clips here but that’s it.

onlytwowheels > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:13

https://p50cars.com/

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:20

It’s pretty good, watching Jezza drive in the BBC is funny

Just Jeepin' > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
09/02/2020 at 22:23

I just watched it, and I guess I did watch that clip when it posted h ere once upon a time.

Just Jeepin' > onlytwowheels
09/02/2020 at 22:26

See, n ow my life won’t be complete until I can own one of these.

Kinja'd!!!

onlytwowheels > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:31

Get one with the 125cc for a 55 mph thrill ide.

Just Jeepin' > onlytwowheels
09/02/2020 at 22:32

I’m not sure I need that much thrill in my life.

onlytwowheels > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:46

Well, I need a thrill....

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 22:47

Nope. I seriously doubt their claim that the P50 is the ‘slowest car on Earth’....I can think of many old French VSPs that would go slower...and they are technically ‘cars’...

Just Jeepin' > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/02/2020 at 22:49

See, you need to apply to Jalopnik and make use of that knowledge of obscure European cars .

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HammerheadFistpunch
09/02/2020 at 22:50

I live in a semi-rural area here in Nova Scotia...the highways are max 110kph, though mostly max 100kph. Most normal roads are max 80kph. You might hold people up, but I think something of max 65kph would be OK here.

Part of the reason I want to import a Piaggio Ape TM (P703)....faster than the smaller 50cc Ape50, the TM can go around 65-70kph VMAX on the flat...would prob drop a lot on hills though...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 23:02

I’ve thought about it, but I don’t have really much in the way of decently-written long-form articles to offer as a sample :(

SiennaMan > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 23:04

A P50 at 55mph sounds terrifying.. shoot, even 55 kph sounds ill advised..

Just Jeepin' > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/02/2020 at 23:04

Get to it and post them here. We’re obviously very short on long-form content these days.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 23:11

The other caveat is that I assume it would require me to move to the US....it doesn’t say in the job posting, but it does ask if you’re able to work in the US and talk about Visas, so it doesn’t look good for that as I’d prefer to work remotely and stay here in Canada. :(

I do have a few older articles I had written for here I could use...one on a FIAT 126p- based rare roadster kit car called the MCA/Dash 600 Sport...and that one I wrote on various fascia differences on MC Hyundai Accents around the world...very Torchinsky-esque stuff I guess!

Just Jeepin' > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/02/2020 at 23:12

You know what they say, by not even trying you’re rejecting yourself, so how much worse can it be to let Rory reject you?

Or something like that.

Jim Spanfeller > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/02/2020 at 23:17

Never too late to start!

Jim Spanfeller > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 23:22

Bull crap. If you go back to the early days of the automobile, there are plenty of cars with top speeds of 20 mph or less, which seems slow now but was not bad compared to a horse. I forget what it’s called, but there’s a guy in my town who had an old one-cylinder car that tops out at 16 mph...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
09/02/2020 at 23:29

True! I did just send him a tweet to ask if the position is in NYC or can be done remotely. We’ll see what he says!

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/03/2020 at 00:23

Rory Carroll (new EIC) said that no, it won’t require a relocation to New York.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HammerheadFistpunch
09/03/2020 at 05:45

90 km/h tops would be fine for me. P rovided I’m not wringing the nuts off it to get there...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dead_Elvis, Inc.
09/03/2020 at 08:31

Hmmm.....I could consider it....just not sure if I have the skills, no harm in trying though, I guess!

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
09/03/2020 at 12:34

DO IT