If this were closer to me I would be very tempted. This is just the coolest, I've never seen this before.
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They are awesome but a word of warning. If you are over 5 foot 6 you will not fit...AT ALL!!!
My 6 foot 150lb frame of a decade ago was crammed into one. My neck still hirts from that experience
Someone here has a non-runner... JThw8, perhaps?
I've only seen two in person, neither under their own power. Pretty neat, though.
The 1994 Subaru looks even cooler. They badge them to look like an old VW van. 660cc motor...Just another cool car the government prevents you from using.
You mean just because they don't have enough power to negotiate anything beyond a neighborhood street and therefore would be a menace on the streets and you would be maimed in anything more than a 5 mph front end crash our horrible government is out to punish all us car enthusiasts! You mean that govt?
It had nothing whatsoever to do wit common sense and the fact they were designed for a completely different environment.
Damn, a Japanese Fiat Multipa! 
carguy123 wrote: You mean just because they don't have enough power to negotiate anything beyond a neighborhood street and therefore would be a menace on the streets and you would be maimed in anything more than a 5 mph front end crash our horrible government is out to punish all us car enthusiasts! You mean that govt? It had nothing whatsoever to do wit common sense and the fact they were designed for a completely different environment.
Aside from being at the extreme opposite end of the power spectrum, that statement would seem to accurately describe a vehicle that IS legal. In my state, you aren't even required to wear a helmet.
You aren't required to wear a helmet where?
As small as this van is, there is/was a SMALLER sedan version of this. Malcolm Bricklin (of Bricklin car and Yugo fame) brought a whole lot of them to the U.S. in the late '60s or early '70s. There were never licensed in any state but used as "bumper car-type vehicles, on special tracks. You've seen the sedans, they look like giant ostrich eggs.
carguy123 wrote: You aren't required to wear a helmet where?
Here in Connecticut (as well as Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming), motorcycle riders over the age of 18 are not required to wear helmets. There are no helmet laws in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and New Hampshire.
carguy123 wrote: You mean just because they don't have enough power to negotiate anything beyond a neighborhood street and therefore would be a menace on the streets and you would be maimed in anything more than a 5 mph front end crash our horrible government is out to punish all us car enthusiasts! You mean that govt? It had nothing whatsoever to do wit common sense and the fact they were designed for a completely different environment.
This guy seems to think they work for our environment. Imagine that-free will! top speed!
there's an article in Car and Driver this month about kei trucks in OK. they seem great 40mpg and 65mph sounds good enough to me.
carzan wrote:carguy123 wrote: You aren't required to wear a helmet where?Here in Connecticut (as well as Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming), motorcycle riders over the age of 18 are not required to wear helmets. There are no helmet laws in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and New Hampshire.
Don't forget Florida!
clownkiller wrote: Just another cool car the government prevents you from using.
I think C&D states there are 11 states that allow these vehicles on public streets.
Kramer wrote:clownkiller wrote: Just another cool car the government prevents you from using.I think C&D states there are 11 states that allow these vehicles on public streets.
Cal must be one, because those fruits from "Pimp My Ride" did one for a guy who daily drove it there.
It has to do with too much governmental involvement, again. No two people in this country have the exact same needs in a vehicle, and it's ridiculous to think setting a standard will work well for everyone.
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