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Old 10-13-2021, 08:25 PM   #293 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I'm sure the shape is optimized for forward travel, but how is it in crosswinds?
In one of their videos they said that it was less affected by crosswinds than a regular car.
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
Go around a turn and tap the brakes and the rear end is going to try and pass the front end.
Maybe Ralph Nader will publish a book about it.
And how do you know this?
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Ran myself over with this 3-wheeler in the first couple hours of riding it. It started to dip, so I posted a foot out to steady her, but it got sucked under the rear tire. I ended up face down on the ground with the throttle pinned; tire trying to transition from burning out on my leg to crawling up my back. Was fun the whole time she tried to kill me.



... and that's one of the 5th wheel "campers" in the background on the trip that I slept in a hammock.
Do I have to point out that two wheels in the rear and one in the front is different than two in the front and one in the rear especially when the distance between them goes from several inches to several feet?
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