hmmm

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exothermic@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 314d (6 replies)

This is a real car Here’s an article about it

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 314d (4 replies)

a modest top speed of 15 km/h, similar to the speed of walking or a moderate biking pace

who tf is out here walking at 15km/h

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 313d (2 replies)

yeah that's damn near my sprint when i was running marathons

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 313d (1 reply)

I like that they wrote that the walking speed was comparable to a moderate bike pace lmao, like even if you don't know the numbers that's just obviously wrong

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 313d

my bicycle has a "walking speed" button on the motor's controls. it goes 2mph (a little above 3 kph) and sometimes that's too fast. they have no clue.

Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 313d

Pretty sure the writer meant “running” but since they were trying to convey slowness WRT top speed, their brain instinctively swapped in the more appropriate-sounding word for their intent.

It’s a common human language error, examples of which I find increasingly charming.

lettruthout@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 314d

Thanks for this. I was wondering if Yugo started production again - this time with a sub-subcompact. ‘Not sure what name would have been appropriate though.

Darkard@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 314d (1 reply)

Mike Wacarski!

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 313d

Bike Wazowski!

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 314d (6 replies)

A track race with these being the only type of vehicle would be very entertaining.

fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 314d (4 replies)

The first turn comes and all of them fall over on their sides. Then the bright idea comes along to treat the cars as curling stones on a long slippery road.

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 314d (3 replies)

I'm picturing people who have worked exclusively on their upper body strength to the point they can just reach out and push to keep themselves upright. With some sport specific protective gear to help protect their hands and arms. The added bonus of people bulked up on top but with a noticeably less developed lower area would also be entertaining. Just think about someone with huge forearms sticking out the sides of the vehicle but then they get out of the vehicle they have have bony and undeveloped legs and waist. Sorta like the car they are driving.

In short It would be a sport I could enjoy watching.

ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 314d

Hell yeah, they don’t even need an engine, just use those massive forearms to move these bad boys around

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 314d

Roller blades on the hands

ButteryMonkey@piefed.social · 2 pts · 314d

Definitely a non-motorized-wheelchair-user sort of hobby/sport. They are often already built like that.

TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 3 pts · 314d
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 314d

cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 314d

Clarkson?

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 10 pts · 314d

Is this that micromobility I keep hearing about?

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 314d

Ideal for those narrow streets in Italy.

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 313d

When you want a motorbike but that got vetoed

synapse1278@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 314d

You cannot drive with windows up, you wouldn't have enough elbow-space to steer!

TheBat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 314d
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entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 314d

Allan the Alien vibes

JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 5 pts · 314d

It's so silly I love it and want one

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 313d

How fast is this bike?

rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 313d

Unicar

urheber@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 314d

where do i buy one?