Think Small

OT but Aircooled and small. I saw in interesting article about a new
3 wheel vehicle that is like a car, but has a 650cc 2 cyl engine
mounted under the seat and will go about 70 mph. That is probably
close to the top speed of early Beetles. It has a steering wheel like
a car an used a 4 speed manual gear box. It is registered as a
motorcycle and you have to have a motorcycle endorsement to drive it.
Here is the link to the article if interested.
http://www.mlive.com/grpress/busines...orffjerry.html

On Dec 31, 9:52*am, Bill Berckman > wrote:
> OT but Aircooled and small. * I saw in interesting article about a new
> 3 wheel vehicle that is like a car, but has a 650cc 2 cyl engine
> mounted under the seat and will go about 70 mph. *That is probably
> close to the top speed of early Beetles. *It has a steering wheel like
> a car an used a 4 speed manual gear box. It is registered as a
> motorcycle and you have to have a motorcycle endorsement to drive it.
> Here is the link to the article if interested.http://www.mlive.com/grpress/busines.../press_photosk...

I kind of like that.
I wonder who makes the engine & trans for it.

Randy

Gloves off.............................
Looks like someone put a box over a trike.
$6500 sounds like it costs too much but maybe it is the norm for the cost of
a low-end motorcycle.
90 day warranty sounds a little small but the 2 year on the engine and trans
sounds good.

I wonder how the heater works in the $9500 model!

Gloves back on.................
Interesting and cute though!

Hope it does well since it could be a solution to saving energy!
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(One out of many daves)

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On Dec 31, 9:52 am, Bill Berckman > wrote:
> OT but Aircooled and small. I saw in interesting article about a new
> 3 wheel vehicle that is like a car, but has a 650cc 2 cyl engine
> mounted under the seat and will go about 70 mph. That is probably
> close to the top speed of early Beetles. It has a steering wheel like
> a car an used a 4 speed manual gear box. It is registered as a
> motorcycle and you have to have a motorcycle endorsement to drive it.
> Here is the link to the article if
> interested.http://www.mlive.com/grpress/busines.../press_photosk...

I kind of like that.
I wonder who makes the engine & trans for it.

Randy

There are a LOT of similar vehicles in the world. Someday the USA might
even let some be imported. Minicars, all that.

I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.

wrote:
> I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.
>


Hmm... I vaguely remember some rumors about an aircooled car being
designed for the masses, one that would be economical to maintain and
cheap to buy, so it would be accessible to even the smaller income
families. It would be somewhat simplistic, in order to gain superior
reliability. Yet it would get good fuel economy and run at least 60mph
all day long. I dunno. I don't see how anything like that could ever be
successful.

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:44:52 +0100, Jan Andersson
> wrote:

> wrote:
>> I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.

The Air Car is French I believe, runs on compressed air.

>>
>
>
> Hmm... I vaguely remember some rumors about an aircooled car being
> designed for the masses, one that would be economical to maintain and
> cheap to buy, so it would be accessible to even the smaller income
> families. It would be somewhat simplistic, in order to gain superior
> reliability. Yet it would get good fuel economy and run at least 60mph
> all day long. I dunno. I don't see how anything like that could ever be
> successful.

The car is Indian, model name Nano, I have forgotten the name of the make.
It is going into production, being released later this year.

J.

Ps. Google is your friend.

French Air car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVIwropRMME

Tata Nano:
http://jalopnik.com/343003/the-2500-...eiled-in-india



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P.J.Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:44:52 +0100, Jan Andersson
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.
>
> The Air Car is French I believe, runs on compressed air.
>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hmm... I vaguely remember some rumors about an aircooled car being
>> designed for the masses, one that would be economical to maintain and
>> cheap to buy, so it would be accessible to even the smaller income
>> families. It would be somewhat simplistic, in order to gain superior
>> reliability. Yet it would get good fuel economy and run at least 60mph
>> all day long. I dunno. I don't see how anything like that could ever
>> be successful.
>
> The car is Indian, model name Nano, I have forgotten the name of the make.
> It is going into production, being released later this year.
>
> J.
>
> Ps. Google is your friend.
>
> French Air car:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVIwropRMME
>
> Tata Nano:
> http://jalopnik.com/343003/the-2500-...eiled-in-india
>
>
>


Actually I was referring to the you-know-what car that we all love here

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:11:55 +0100, Jan Andersson
> wrote:

> P.J.Berg wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:44:52 +0100, Jan Andersson
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.
>> The Air Car is French I believe, runs on compressed air.
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmm... I vaguely remember some rumors about an aircooled car being
>>> designed for the masses, one that would be economical to maintain and
>>> cheap to buy, so it would be accessible to even the smaller income
>>> families. It would be somewhat simplistic, in order to gain superior
>>> reliability. Yet it would get good fuel economy and run at least 60mph
>>> all day long. I dunno. I don't see how anything like that could ever
>>> be successful.
>> The car is Indian, model name Nano, I have forgotten the name of the
>> make.
>> It is going into production, being released later this year.
>> J.
>> Ps. Google is your friend.
>> French Air car:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVIwropRMME
>> Tata Nano:
>> http://jalopnik.com/343003/the-2500-...eiled-in-india
>>
>
>
> Actually I was referring to the you-know-what car that we all love here
>

That would be sort of wishfull thinking, yes? :-]

Happy New Year!!

J.

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P.J.Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:44:52 +0100, Jan Andersson
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> I would like to try the 'air car' that I keep hearing about.
>
> The Air Car is French I believe, runs on compressed air.
>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hmm... I vaguely remember some rumors about an aircooled car being
>> designed for the masses, one that would be economical to maintain and
>> cheap to buy, so it would be accessible to even the smaller income
>> families. It would be somewhat simplistic, in order to gain superior
>> reliability. Yet it would get good fuel economy and run at least 60mph
>> all day long. I dunno. I don't see how anything like that could ever
>> be successful.
>
> The car is Indian, model name Nano, I have forgotten the name of the make.
> It is going into production, being released later this year.
>
> J.
>
> Ps. Google is your friend.
>
> French Air car:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVIwropRMME
>
> Tata Nano:
> http://jalopnik.com/343003/the-2500-...eiled-in-india
>
>
>
While looking at those videos, I found this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOo1f_864c&NR=1