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shuiend 04-14-2014 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1121456)
Yeah, I measured the freight elevator and a 1st gen ForTwo would actually fit into it, but there's no way it could negotiate the turn out of the elevator on the 11th floor, nor will it fit through the door of my apartment.

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bahurd 04-14-2014 01:45 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1121456)
FTFY.
kind of like an Isetta. (Actually, that's the car I'd really love to have here.)

Here you go, and fairly close to you. 1957 BMW Isetta 300, SUNROOF OPTION ORIGINAL

I think I've only really seen 2-3 actually on the road in my life. Kinda cool.

samnavy 04-14-2014 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1121436)
Part of me wants to buy a PRHT NC. Another part wants to buy a first gen (98-07) Smart ForTwo and do something hilariously insane to it, like install a turbocharged Hayabusa engine.

Video: Who's got a 300-horsepower Ford Festiva Shogun? Jay Leno, who else? - Autoblog

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Joe Perez 04-14-2014 02:34 PM


Originally Posted by bahurd (Post 1121488)
Here you go, and fairly close to you. 1957 BMW Isetta 300, SUNROOF OPTION ORIGINAL

Hmm.

You know, $8k isn't all that bad. And it would be about the most practical thing imagineable in terms of parking around here.

This has the potential to be one of those things that starts out as a joke and winds up as a project. I wonder how the engine would respond to boost...



Too big.

shuiend 04-14-2014 04:30 PM

When I was at the Mitty a few years back a guy had one of those. His father worked at Ford and was some how associated with the team who made them. I wish I would have gotten some pictures of, it was bright yellow and stood out.


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1121517)
Hmm.

You know, $8k isn't all that bad. And it would be about the most practical thing imagineable in terms of parking around here.

This has the potential to be one of those things that starts out as a joke and winds up as a project. I wonder how the engine would respond to boost...

DO IT! I will give you my last pink mt.net sticker to put on it.

mgeoffriau 04-14-2014 04:38 PM

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660cc 1994 Subaru Vivio Kei Car

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EO2K 04-14-2014 04:45 PM

My Dad god damn loves Bring A Trailer. I set it as his Start Page for his computer about 5-6 years ago and he can't get enough.

Joe: You need a Berkeley

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sixshooter 04-14-2014 05:16 PM

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I had a friend in high school who hat a Fiat 126:

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triple88a 04-14-2014 08:59 PM

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Get a Cappuccino?

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Joe Perez 04-14-2014 10:09 PM

Hahaha. I appreciate the suggestions. Honestly, nose-in parking is the only thing that appeals to me about a Smart / Isetta. None of the more conventional Kei / CityCars offer that feature, so there's really nothing that would make me pick any of them over a Miata or a Boxster.

Right now this is just a lark- I don't yet need anything other than the bikes.

mgeoffriau 04-14-2014 11:21 PM

How about a suitcase go kart?

triple88a 04-14-2014 11:25 PM

Speaking of small cars i guess we gotta post this.
Oldie but goodie. Gets me every time.


shuiend 04-15-2014 07:32 AM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1121715)
Right now this is just a lark- I don't yet need anything other than the bikes.

Joe you are a full grown man with a good job. Live life a little, go beyond you meagre needs, step into the land of full filling wants. We want to see you parking your tiny car sideways in New York parking spaces.

Joe Perez 04-15-2014 08:56 AM


Originally Posted by shuiend (Post 1121780)
Joe you are a full grown man with a good job. Live life a little, go beyond you meagre needs, step into the land of full filling wants. We want to see you parking your tiny car sideways in New York parking spaces.

Haha. At $2,850 a month in rent for a 1br apartment, I am already living beyond my "meager needs." If I were a cheapskate, I'd be spending 3-4 hours a day commuting in from Metro North territory like the peasants.

The fact is that I don't actually need a car. And, to be honest, the inconvenience of having to move it twice a week (for street cleaning) is a bigger factor than the money.

rleete 04-15-2014 09:16 AM

I'd love to have one of those micro cars (always like the Messerschmitt one from the 1950's), but the prices have gone crazy on them.

Dad almost bought an Issetta back in the day, but got hooked on Studebakers instead. Anyone want to buy a 1964 Avanti project car?

EO2K 04-15-2014 02:42 PM

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1964 Studebaker Avanti

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Oh wow, what color is it?

Also: Sorry to hear about the FiL, but glad that you got to have a positive relationship. Community support is also great to hear, we seem to be losing a lot of that these days.

rleete 04-15-2014 02:48 PM

Color is maroon. About the closest thing to blood there is.

TurboTim 04-15-2014 03:12 PM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 1121347)
He's moving to Alaska and looking to sell it again. Offered it back to me! I said "I have moved on".

I wonder if someone else wants it.

MY GOD are you kidding me?!?!! It might not be so bad if not for that sort of racing stripe madness. I was considering selling mine but DAMN I'd be too scared for that to happen. I must still have too much attachment to mine. So sad to see that done to one of the nicest miata I've seen.

y8s 04-15-2014 05:19 PM


Originally Posted by TurboTim (Post 1121977)
MY GOD are you kidding me?!?!! It might not be so bad if not for that sort of racing stripe madness. I was considering selling mine but DAMN I'd be too scared for that to happen. I must still have too much attachment to mine. So sad to see that done to one of the nicest miata I've seen.

Don't worry Tim. It'll peel off.

Joe Perez 04-16-2014 03:50 PM

God, I love North Carolina.

NC Administrative Code, Title 17, Chapter 4, Subchapter B, section 312:
A rattlesnake milking exhibition for which an admission fee is charged is subject to the gross receipts tax imposed under G.S. 105-37.1.

Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2000.
I wonder what happened between 1976 and 2000 which caused this regulation to need to be revised.


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