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Old 27-04-2006, 07:46 AM   #1
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Default Clever car designed to outpark the Smart car

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Old 27-04-2006, 10:01 AM   #2
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what a hideous car......just for the record i'll only ever buy a falcon, maybe a terry or patrol thats it if fuel hits $2 a l id rather pay that then sit in one of those
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Old 27-04-2006, 10:06 AM   #3
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I prefer my push bike to that thing...
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Old 27-04-2006, 12:39 PM   #4
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It could be a good idea for those who live right in the city and dont really need a big car. But id rather just get a motorbike.
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Old 27-04-2006, 12:41 PM   #5
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I prefer my push bike to that thing...
I'm with you on that...
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:26 PM   #6
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wonder how quick it is :P
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:29 PM   #7
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Haha they're kidding right..

Just do the moped I say
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:32 PM   #8
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Imagine the price of the damn thing (I dont believe the 12K figure), if your that opposesed about fuel and price get a bike or if you dont like bikes get a Vespa or a 2nd hand Getz.
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:33 PM   #9
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I will keep my xr6 I think.... so much safer and way better to look at :
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:36 PM   #10
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why not fiery I can see you driving 1 of these. :
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:47 PM   #11
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I am lost for words...seriously why not just get a bike over that...

Then again you could probably put fully sik wheels and a carbon fibre spoiler on it, whilst "tilting" around corners (the new drift) :
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Old 27-04-2006, 01:48 PM   #12
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"It can carry one passenger in a seat behind the driver."

i would hate to be that one passenger. i can't see any room behind that driver's seat.
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Old 27-04-2006, 03:50 PM   #13
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Can't wait to see the long wheel-base version of that thing hehehehe. Seriously though, I don't mind it. I'd keep one in the boot of the 'lane for trips to Sydney where we'd use it around town. Except for one thing. How would it stack up in a major rear-end collision???
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Old 27-04-2006, 06:21 PM   #14
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It would be useful if everyone had one in the city or there was an exclusion zone for large cars in a certain radius on the city, but I doubt either would happen. The same problem happenned with the smart car- you could reverse park two of them into a std car park, but even if you had one you wouldn't see any others parked so you could take advantage of it.
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Old 27-04-2006, 06:39 PM   #15
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Few sharp turns in that motorised pram and you'd be *** over head.
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Old 27-04-2006, 06:42 PM   #16
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My son calls it a vacuum cleaner car. He says it's because it looks like a vacuum cleaner. He's only 3 btw.
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Old 27-04-2006, 07:17 PM   #17
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I am lost for words...seriously why not just get a bike over that...

Then again you could probably put fully sik wheels and a carbon fibre spoiler on it, whilst "tilting" around corners (the new drift) :

What about the doof doof though.. where would all those important speakers, amps and whatever else go ..
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Old 27-04-2006, 07:50 PM   #18
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Gee.... I wonder how effective its crumple zones are. oh, hang on..... There are none!
Wouldn't catch me dead in one of those things. Unless of course i went flying thru the winscreen of the F6 and then fell on the motor bike with a roof.
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Old 28-04-2006, 09:40 AM   #19
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Got me buggered how I'd fit some roof-racks to it.
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Old 28-04-2006, 10:20 AM   #20
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Got me buggered how I'd fit some roof-racks to it.
you might not get them on there. .. but you could easily get some neons on to it ..


in all seriousness though, it probably is a good idea for high flow traffic areas where space is limited etc.. But that still wouldn't get me buying one.
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Old 28-04-2006, 01:02 PM   #21
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From the land where Queen Elizabeth resides... Briton has finally caught up with the Dutch - the makers of the 3-wheel tilting Carver.
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