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This is a link post inverse binky
Did you ever feel that the Project Binky "stuff a massive engine in a tiny car" approach was doing it all backwards?

How about putting a lawn mower engine in a Honda Insight and seeing if you can get it up to 60mph?
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 9:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Binky is Death's horse's name
that's all I know
 (I helped save b3ta! Woodkovsky ☹️➝🚻➝🚽➝😣➝💩➝🧻➝😁, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 10:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not that long ago cars with tiny engines were quite common.
I present the Bond Minicar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4ZKOPmeU7c
Up to the mid sixties, some 25.000 of these were sold.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 13:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Looks even more unstable than the Robin Reliant.
Found a really cute, rare little car on this site
germancarsforsaleblog.com/1963-messerschmitt-kr201-roadster/
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 21 Jun 2021, 14:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Those were a not uncommon sight on the continent when I grew up...
If you want real cuteness and rarity, the Brütsch mopetta is the micro car for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efjCsccgtoc
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I recall seeing an invacar on a visit to a football match a long time ago
Invacar
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 15:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I used to see these all the time growing up
If I had the space, I'd love to have one.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Amazing that the article doesn't mention
Invacars were build by AC, the same lunatics that buildt the insanely fast (for its time) Cobra.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 17:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post probably takes corners at speed as well as the cobra

(Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 20:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Would need to keep eyes peeled for Spitfires
Triumph to the bold.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 21:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Spitfires? Anything bigger than a moped would destroy it.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 22 Jun 2021, 1:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post My mum's car was a Heinkel bubble car
Which also had a 200cc engine and no reverse gear, so parking had to be done carefully to avoid getting stuck in the car due to the door being the whole front of the car.
When I was very young it was known to carry the whole family of 6!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_Kabine
 (I helped save b3ta! tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 22:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post 9.9 hp of raw power

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 22 Jun 2021, 2:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are they still a thing in Europe?
I remember seeing something fairly recently about tiny cars you can drive in France without a full licence, and younger than 17.
 (horrid, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post
cars you can drive people you can have sex with

No, they finally did away with that loophole
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-sex-age-consent-15-b1832457.html
 (I helped save b3ta! garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post This says more about you than about anyone else
-you know?
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 9th Level Pissant, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 18:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post They have come a long way
www.aixam.com/

anyone over 14 can drive a "voiture sans permis"
 (I helped save b3ta! TBL I posted this on, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know someone who used to drive a Bond Bug
and I see one regularly in the carpark of the Dean Forest Railway - I think it belongs to a volunteer but I've never worked out whose it is.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Bug

In the case of the bug, I think it was a response to the petrol shortages of the 70s, but the minicar predates those... perhaps prompted by rationing?
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 16:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cyclecars, as they were used to be called, go back to well before the war
But just after the war, everything was in short supply. Cars were considered a rare luxury. Cars were build for export, and the few sold in Britain had an enormous purchase tax levied on them. That, combined with hefty road fund tax and insurance, left even modest cars out of reach of the plebs. Three wheelers however, were classified as motorbikes.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 17:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not so common if they only sold 25.
OTOH I appreciate the 3 decimal places of accuracy.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 18:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Part of the Brexit deal was
that you should accept the Euro delimeter.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 21 Jun 2021, 20:06, , Reply)