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Old 03-10-2015, 02:01 AM   #299 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ksa8907
Wow, this thread has touched on a lot of topics.
...and some of them pretty tender, too.

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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The easiest way to circumvent safety regulations in the U.S. seems to be those sandrail buggies. But the emissions issue seems to be enforced kinda strictly.
Sandrails are street-legal in, at least, Florida. An EV sandrails with composite body armor plating and nerf bars would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
You want a company to design, build, market and distribute a vehicle then provide you with a parts supply chain and warranty support. You want to ride the economy of scale that the entire motoring public provides while demanding a product that the rest of the market doesn't want. Then you make it even more laughable by demanding your custom spec at a price that the mass market doesn't meet on it's own.
America is full of street rod shops—many of them want to maintain a high build quality, but rats and bobbers are popular right now.

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