Pointless & impractical vehicles

[classic33]

 

[classic33]

Planned successor to the VW Beetle. Any colour you like so long as it's...
For some reason it never made it into production.

 

[classic33]

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

Count the header tubes

Center cylinders have siamesed ports, inefficient but common in those days. Count the spark plugs.

 

[classic33]

1950's Allard Clipper

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Count the header tubes

My thoughts

 

[Alex321]

Having gone on holidays in winter in snowy countries (Norway, Canada, Iceland) it is quite telling how few 4x4 models you see. Apart from the odd police or council vehicle nearly everyone manages just fine with a normal 2 wheel drive car with suitable tyres. In most parts of the UK it is rare to get snow deeper than half way up your shoes.

Proper snow tyres make a huge difference. Where we used to live, just inside the Brecon Beacons, there were always quite a few days with snow on the ground, but with snow tyres, my two wheel drive mondeo estate very rarely got stuck.

I was commuting to Cheltenham daily for 7 years of that, and there were several times I made it into the office when people living just outside the town didn't.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Having gone on holidays in winter in snowy countries (Norway, Canada, Iceland) it is quite telling how few 4x4 models you see. Apart from the odd police or council vehicle nearly everyone manages just fine with a normal 2 wheel drive car with suitable tyres. In most parts of the UK it is rare to get snow deeper than half way up your shoes.

Some years back I hired a car in Finland in the winter. I was a bit nervous but everything was fine. Driving on snow with snow tyres felt entirely normal (and they put a lot of effort into ploughing roads, clearing tracks). Where I did have problems was when I got out of the car. At one petrol station it was slick ice with a topping of oil. Lovely.

And yes, everyone just drives ordinary cars and vans.

 

[Venod]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17CK8jhZDy/

 

[Gwylan]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17CK8jhZDy/

Very good, but stupid.

 

[Venod]

Very good, but stupid.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Drago]

I would say it's a waste of a good Beetle, except there's no such thing as a good Beetle.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

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1950's Allard Clipper

That look great
not sure I would like to go round a corner in it!!

 

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