If It Has a Motor I'm Looking!

[rake60]

Has anyone else noticed the French built Lumeneo Smera?

To me it is a scary looking little electric, uh car. scratch.gif
A top speed of 80MPH ??? ??? ???

It's even spookier in motion.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwLu9b1iCQI[/ame]

Maybe it's just my age showing. In my growing days anything mechanical was
better if it was bigger. I guess times do change but I would be very wary of
sudden cross winds.

Rick

 

[Metal Butcher]

WOW Rick! I think you just found your next purchase!

You would look real sharp cruising around town in that car! 8)

Looks like a chick magnet for sure! ;D

So... did ya place your order early to avoid the rush? :big:

-MB

 

[Philjoe5]

Rick,
Just think 4 wheel motorcycle with more protection

MB's right - chick magnet for sure ;D


Cheers,
Phil

 

[ksouers]

Lets see...

Narrow track.
Short wheel base.
Looks like a fairly high center of gravity, certainly a high center of pressure.

Yeah, looks real stable to me :

Bet you can just feel the pucker factor when you get on a rutted interstate highway and then passed by a semi.

 

[1Kenny]

Wonder if it emails you when it's battery needs charging.

Kenny

 

[rake60]

Too small for me!

I'm a pick-up truck kind of a guy.
I'm looking at a Wild Fire WF650-T Truck.
We do actually have a Wild Fire Dealer here in this little town.
The vehicle maintenance man at the machine shop I used to work for had
one of those pick-ups. He said the outboard back wheel coming off the pavement
during a sharp turn did take some getting used to.

Alright, maybe I'm too old for that kind of excitement as well!
I'll just fix up my old Chevy Tracker. It's not a BIG step up.

Rick

 

[Metal Butcher]

Too small for me!

I'm a pick-up truck kind of a guy.
I'm looking at a Wild Fire WF650-T Truck.
Rick

Pick up? Nah!

Update you image with the snazzy Lumeneo Smera!

You would be the "Man" about town!

And remember; "Chick magnet!"

They dig sexy cars!

-MB

 

[rake60]

And remember; "Chick magnet!"

They dig sexy cars!

-MB

Small town here.
The chicks don't notice and the hens know better.
Rof}

I don't know about the Lumeneo Smera, but the Wild Fire vehicles
are registered as motorcycles in the state of Pennsylvania.
If you don't have a motorcycle operators license you would have
to test in it. That could be embarrassing. I do have a valid motorcycle
license, but would still be embarrassed to be seen driving one of them.

Rick

 

[vlmarshall]

I'm not getting in any tiny car with a name like "Smear -uh".

 

[Maryak]

I would be very wary of sudden cross winds.

At that size a sudden cross wind in your undies could be pretty devastating too. ???

Best Regards
Bob

 

[Twmaster]

My fat ass would not fit comfortably in either of those... things.

Yea, the tree huggers will hate me. I'll keep my big ole 5400 pound Silverado for a while.

 

[bentprop]

Chick magnet?Where would you put the chick?Would she have to run after you? ???
Anyway,I would be afraid of being hit by anything bigger than a pram :big:

 

[potman]

Uhhh, What if I have two bags of groceries?

Watching the video I just couldn't help but wonder what it
would look like with a 4' X 8' sheet of 3/4 ply tied on top. ;D

This typifies my favorite expression,
Just because you can
Doesn't mean you should.

earl...

 

[tel]

Hmmm .. doesn't appear to be available in Oz - bugger

 

[Twmaster]

Ok, I have to admit after watching the video of that, um, car looking thing...

That's kinda neat. I'd bet the batteries are way low in the chassis to aid in keeping the CoG lower.

Something like that would be perfect to zip around town in. Providing I did not want to haul anything else along...

 

[Blogwitch]

Rick,

Up until a few years ago, the three wheeler was very popular in the UK.

Because they could be ridden with a bike license, even big beefy bikers used to use them. The bike was out during the summer, and the three wheeler in the winter. I had a succession of different models during the 70's and early 80's. Great fun on a motorway at anything over 70mph (I would call it suicidal and hair raising), and going along sideways in the snow, front wheel and one back wheel in one rut, the other back wheel in the other rut. You could take your hands off the wheel and the car would just follow the rut.

60mpg, low road tax, and low insurance. There are still a few of the old ones running about even now, they stopped production about 10 years ago. Many were stripped out for the back axles, which, being lightweight, are perfect for making trike bikes, and the all ali engines were the mainstay of the fire service. They were mounted on a cradle and used as mobile water pumps, they could easily be carried by two people to wherever the water was. The 700cc version of the engines were also able to be highly tuned and were used in a formula class of motor racing. I know, I used to live just down the road from the main tuning agent, and it just so happened one of my Reliants ended up with slightly tuned one in it. I was once flagged by the police to slow down on the motorway after doing just over 100mph, I don't think they would have prosecuted me, as no one would have believed them that one could go so fast.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?i...zilla:en-GB:official&gbv=2&ndsp=21&tbs=isch:1

Great times were had by all.

Bogs

 

[John Rudd]

Remember the Bond Bug anyone?

 

[rickharris]

Bond Bug - Oh ye,s owned one for 9 years 1969 to 78 did over 180,000 miles in it all over the place.

 

[Metal Butcher]

Small town here.
The chicks don't notice and the hens know better.
Rick

Good one Rick! :big:
I racked my brain all morning and can't top that!

-MB

 

[itowbig]

I want one