PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 02:32 PM |
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Locost ATOM
Just spotted one of these,road legal,65mph,400 miles on a tank of fuel,delivered to your door for just £3800,I would love to see there faces when you
turn up with one of them at the Ariel Atom owners club meet 
Also,fit a R1 engine in the back of it,could be fun 
 
Rescued attachment little atom.jpg
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nitram38
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 02:42 PM |
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Put an R1 in it and you could also be dead!
Looks a bit flimsy for that much power.
Have you got a link?
I think I have seen it before, somewhere like Poland?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 02:47 PM |
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hmmmmm looks very small and lightly built, not quite the same thing. Would be a nice dune buggy.
has a made in China feel
[Edited on 5/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 02:48 PM |
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Here you go http://www.fastbuggies.co.uk/
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woodster
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 03:11 PM |
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on the 650 buggie it says its restricted too 30hp to be road legal ...... does that mean you could unrestrict it how much more power would you get
and how does that effect it being road legal
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 03:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by woodster
on the 650 buggie it says its restricted too 30hp to be road legal ...... does that mean you could unrestrict it how much more power would you get
and how does that effect it being road legal
I don't understand this, is it an SVA exemption thing, surely this is a car and should be tested as such to go on the road?
[Edited on 5/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iank
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 03:38 PM |
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It's being registered as a quadricycle rather than a car - a much easier test to get through and the route taken by quad bikes and that plastic
car that self destructs on impact.
If you upgrade the motor above a certain limit then you need to put it in for a proper car SVA, which it will probably fail quite badly.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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t.j.
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 05:14 PM |
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If it is a quadracylce then it should be restricted on 15 kW and the empty mass on 400 kgs.
Or UK does not follow the EU-rules here.
Grtz
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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smart51
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 06:29 PM |
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it states the engine power as 18kW which is over the limit for a heavy quadricycle, which means SVA rather than MSVA. If it passes an SVA then its
road legal.
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tks
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 09:35 PM |
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also quadricycles cant touch the highway...
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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t.j.
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 09:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tks
also quadricycles cant touch the highway...
In NL you may, if you have the guts.....
As long as you can and may 60 km/h you're allowed on the highway.
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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DarrenW
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| posted on 5/3/08 at 11:29 PM |
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Looks good but for not much more you can have proper car.
Nice toy.
Id like to build cheaper off road version for kids.
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smart51
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| posted on 6/3/08 at 11:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tks
also quadricycles cant touch the highway...
Here in the UK, you have to have an engine of greater than 50cc and a top speed greater than 30 MPH (50 km/h) and you're allowed onto the
motorway.
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