Warning .... don't watch this is you can't laugh out loud where you are!

Dave

On 7/27/2011 5:23 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> On 07/26/2011 11:30 PM, gene heskett wrote:
>
>    
>>> He was
>>> a fond collector of BMW Isetta 3 wheeled cars also.  (No kidding)
>>>        
>> Now that was a cute concept, even almost sensible, but wasn't at all safe
>> in the long run.  Too much mechanical monkey business with that front door
>> that carried the steering and such.  I might, if I had indoor storage, see
>> if I could find one that hadn't been smunched or rusted&   keep it for
>> antique shows, trailering it back&   forth     .
>>
>> Today, I think the Carrara, also a 3 wheeler that I understand you need to
>> be schooled in driving before they will sell you one, may be both better
>> built and safer.  I personally am not at all comfortable on something that
>> looks like a bike, but doesn't roll into the corners.  I tried to get used
>> to driving the nephews 4 wheelers around his dairy farm, can't do it, the
>> old biker instinct to steer into the lean can't be gotten away from when
>> you've half a million miles on 2 wheels on your personal log.  That, and
>> the thumb throttle, dumbest thing I ever saw.
>> Cheers, gene
>>      
> Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson did an epsiode on one of those three wheelers
> - wasn't the BMW but a Reliant Robin.  Funnier'n hell.  Here's the video
> clip of it:
>
>    
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
>>      
> Mark
>
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