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Old 01-18-2006, 08:23 PM
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Default Re: Diesel, Biodiesel, used vegetable oils, hydrogen, anything goes

Two words. Pipe dream.

I can't imagine them getting all the saftey features and other amenities in it and not at least adding 1/4 to the weight of it. Also, I'm not sure how stable a trike would be at 60mph. I'm thinking just adding a front license plate is going to hurt its CD because its so low any additions to it would have more of an effect than on a more conventional vehicle.

I'm thinking this would be great if there were no regulations about building cars and you could do what you want, but to be able to legaly drive it on America's roads I think they will have to make many compromises. One example would be the rear license plate. Do you see a spot for it? How about rear brake lights and the third brake light? Also, no side mirrors or rear window. MEGA blindspots. now you could say "replace some of it with glass" But I think you would find glass woud add a lot of weight to the vehicle.

Maybe by having it classified as a motor cycle they can get around most of the problems getting it registered, but to me it seams like a death trap.

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