1958 Messerschmidt KR201 roadster - silver - rvr

I actually test drove one of these back when and decided pretty quickly that
it wasn't a suitable vehicle for Canadian winters. This little puddle
jumper didn't fit in the tracks of other cars with the result that in the
snow it had a terrible time. The tiny wheels didn't help much either. In
those days I was young, limber and thin but I don't think I'd be able to get
into this car now.

Max

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>I actually test drove one of these back when and decided pretty quickly
>that it wasn't a suitable vehicle for Canadian winters. This little puddle
>jumper didn't fit in the tracks of other cars with the result that in the
>snow it had a terrible time. The tiny wheels didn't help much either. In
>those days I was young, limber and thin but I don't think I'd be able to
>get into this car now.
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> Max
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I suppose that there must be, for want of better nomenclature, a defacto
minimum standard for a practical automobile; and this must surely fall below
it.

An interesting point is that, where I live, the Messerschmidt is a
motorcycle. Thus, like the current crop of fast and expensive 3-wheel
pseudo-racers, it is exempt from most of the "safety" legislation that
effectively prohibits many of the small 4-wheeled cars of the past. And
many of those small 4-wheeled cars burned less fuel than the highly touted
modern hybrids, needed less than half as much area to park, and could be
produced today for less than a third of the initial cost--in addition to the
much lower maintenance cost and eventually the recycling cost...

Peter
Nader is the nadir of politics

A perfect car for Red Bull sales reps.....

Where I grew up there were several of these tootling around town along with
Isettas.

Peter C


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