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Safety at a blistering speed of checks article 25 mph? Who in their right mind would design for safety if the thing can't even outpace a professional cyclist?
That’s not professional level I’d say most cyclists can sprint at 25+
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Safety at a blistering speed of checks article 25 mph? Who in their right mind would design for safety if the thing can't even outpace a professional cyclist?
25mph is plenty fast for a car accident.
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Safety at a blistering speed of checks article 25 mph? Who in their right mind would design for safety if the thing can't even outpace a professional cyclist?
If you think 25mph is safe, try smashing your face against a tree at 25mph. Or run as fast as you can face first into a brick wall. I bet you can't run 25mph.
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Safety at a blistering speed of checks article 25 mph? Who in their right mind would design for safety if the thing can't even outpace a professional cyclist?
If it rolls at that speed, and the poorly QA'ed roof crumples in you could definitely end up with serious injuries or even die.
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How many of the trucks you see in the US are actually needed , though? Most of them are only used for commuting, and twice the size of a truck used for actual work.
A truck used as a truck once per year and for commuting the rest of the year is cheaper than a truck and a small car. some of them could rent, but the restrictions on what you can do with a rental truck combined with the convince of a truck when you want it (rentals are sometimes sold out, and even if not you need to go get it while the truck is right there) mean a truck looks very compelling.
> it was about 2:3 scale Lol it's normal size for the rest of the world.
Exactly! This whole article is so pervasively American that it was just about unreadable to me. It's a fairly rare and quite novel experience: it's in my native language, but so completely based on US assumptions and presumption of shared knowledge that I do not have, that it just... doesn't parse. * His parents apparently live on some plot of land the size of a largish city. Presumably alone? * The vehicle is a perf…
Maybe look past your vitriol towards the US?
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The closest thing was probably the electric Smart car that Mercedes makes: https://carbuzz.com/cars/smart/fortwo-electric-drive-cabrio They don’t sell them in the US anymore.
Is the Honda-e available over there? That's a pretty nice mini electric vehicle.
I chuckled at this “F-50” but also wonder if this could be the start of a classic Clayton Christensen style disruption curve [1]. [1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disruptivetechnology...
> it was about 2:3 scale Lol it's normal size for the rest of the world.
Exactly! This whole article is so pervasively American that it was just about unreadable to me. It's a fairly rare and quite novel experience: it's in my native language, but so completely based on US assumptions and presumption of shared knowledge that I do not have, that it just... doesn't parse. * His parents apparently live on some plot of land the size of a largish city. Presumably alone? * The vehicle is a perf…
It has a top speed of 25 mph.
as if those were everyday things
This is something common that children learn about.
The rest of your comment seems like incoherent venting.
Honestly, I think $7,000 delivered for this is a pretty good price. It would make a nice farm vehicle, especially with that dump bed. It's in the same price range as a lower end UTV and looks like it would be far more comfortable doing, e.g., snow clearing duty. Swap in a set of BFG Mud Terrain tires and you're all set. Some feedback on reliability, the rust issues, etc. would be nice but I'd seriously think about ge…
I'm not sure if thats really a good deal. You can find some Leafs with new bats for like $3000-4000 all over. And thats road legal anywhere. Maybe chop the top and you got a pickup.