The Lane's Dymaxion replica

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 12/03/2016 at 19:02 • Filed to: Jason drives?

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Torchinsky spotted at 2:13. I think he must just appear wherever strange cars are. 

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > gmctavish needs more space 12/03/2016 at 19:14

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The world needs more Rear engine/FWD cars.

Monkey B > gmctavish needs more space 12/03/2016 at 19:19

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gmctavish needs more space > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 12/03/2016 at 19:30

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Just maybe not more rear steer cars

facw > gmctavish needs more space 12/04/2016 at 00:11

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Torch on the Dymaxion:

It’s an amazing car. Amazing-looking, amazingly original, and amazingly terrible to drive. I’m not even talking about the accident in 1933 that killed its driver (though that one really wasn’t the Dymaxion’s fault), but I say that as someone who has driven one, briefly.

We’ll have a video of it soon, but for now I’ll just mention that I drove the Lane Motor Museum’s Dymaxion replica, made from original plans. The car is terrifying to drive, a long, wandering drunken land-whale of a car. I think the issue had to do more with its one-rear-wheel steering, but I don’t thing the FWD aspect helped.

http://jalopnik.com/this-chart-shows-every-car-with-the-worst-weirdest-lay-1756695093

I don’t believe the video he mentions was actually ever posted?

gmctavish needs more space > facw 12/04/2016 at 00:24

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Oh I missed that article, thanks!

I don’t believe it was, I looked at the Jason Drives playlist and didn’t see it