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Old 01-25-2012, 08:57 PM   #12 (permalink)
Ryland
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I have test drove one one of these china smart knock-offs, here is my inital impressions:

- The construction is shotty at best, very cheap fiberglass. Interior is the cheeziest plastic I have ever seen.
- Seats are tiny and uncomfortable, if your larger than 5'5 and 125 lbs, your going to have a hard time fitting in this.
- The ride is super rough, like a go cart with no suspension just the axels welded to the frame, truely a filling-rattling-loose experance.
- The motor and transmission is super I mean SUPER loud, sounds like riding a large cordless electric drill with a bad gear in it. At 30 MPH (they don't come speed limited, I got this one up to about 40 on a down hill) the motor and transmission was so loud you couldn't carry on a conversation.
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