Pointless & impractical vehicles

[classic33]

Going uphill on a bike, and have a mini coming downhill in "reverse". As it passes you see where the driver is sat.

There was one in Brighouse. Could have caused chaos on the school run.

 

[Cycleops]

I guess this could be considered for this thread but I’ve become utterly fascinated by this guy who has taken a 1966 Mustang and wants to put a Coyote engine and suspension in it which involves making new frame rails and widening the body 3”!
He has a business rebuilding written off cars and seems like just a kid, but then just about everyone under thirty five looks like that to me now.
Cant wait to see if he manages to make it all work.

View: https://youtu.be/S32XlChHvS8

 

[MarkF]

A girlfriend had an Suzuki X-90 in the 1990's, it was slow, it had no space, even for two, it was no fun because it was pointlessly high and it was damn ugly, not cute or weird, just plain ugly. Can't remember when I last one. A really stupid car.

 

[steveindenmark]

 

[tyred]

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I have ridden one of those. Takes a bit of getting used to. I wouldn't want to ride it more than a few miles at a time.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

A girlfriend had an Suzuki X-90 in the 1990's, it was slow, it had no space, even for two, it was no fun because it was pointlessly high and it was damn ugly, not cute or weird, just plain ugly. Can't remember when I last one. A really stupid car.
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I'd forgotten about them

 

[Drago]

The new style beetle, my ex had one. The boot is pointless, it drinks fuel unless you buy a diesel. Apart from being a style icon it’s useless.

The original wasn't any better.

 

[mustang1]

Pointless & impractical!
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Great for popping down to the shops.. 🤔

So going from 700C wheels to 650b is alright, but when they do that with cars then it's crap. Can't please them cyclists init.

 

[classic33]

Flatmobile anyone?

 

[Chris S]

Styled by Huggy Bear

 

[classic33]

YouTube has got to be the best place to spot these. Sure you can put a V12 in an old 190 but why?

View: https://youtu.be/KfINaDNgb94

Same applies here, a supercharged V8 in an old Roller. To save you watching all the episodes first time out it destroyed the transmission:

View: https://youtu.be/M5ZjNLBv0Dk

Why bother with a V8, when you can have a Rolls Royce Merlin V12

 

[Mark Grant]

Flatmobile anyone?
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Was that an Andy Saunders creation?

 

[keithmac]

YouTube has got to be the best place to spot these. Sure you can put a V12 in an old 190 but why?

View: https://youtu.be/KfINaDNgb94

Same applies here, a supercharged V8 in an old Roller. To save you watching all the episodes first time out it destroyed the transmission:

View: https://youtu.be/M5ZjNLBv0Dk

That Mercedes has had a very nice conversion done, used to call them "sleepers".

It's relatively easy to bung an engine in, the effort comes into making it look factory fit and that looks very well done imho.

 

[classic33]

Was that an Andy Saunders creation?

Perry Watkins it seems.
https://www.throttlextreme.com/flatmobile-19-inches-tall-jet-powered-built-madman/

 

[Jenkins]

Why bother with customised vehicles when BMW do the X6 (pointless) with low profile tyres (impractical)