Crazy aeromodded Metro - chopped & teardropped

[Fox]

why wouldn't that metro be street legal anymore?

[Chris D.]

Originally Posted by Fox

why wouldn't that metro be street legal anymore?

read the reply above yours..

[Fox]

ah, well lets say safety glass, seatbelts, and a rear suspension are added. Would it be street legal then?
Oh, maybe there's a hight/weight limit for a vehicle to be legal?

[Hasbro]

This thread encouraged me to show my Civic chop idea so, thanks MetroMPG.

[MetroMPG]

Cd just sent me a link to a YouTube vid showing the chopped Metro doing a dragstrip run.

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDtmjnT3K8

[Chris D.]

14.9 :/ I was expecing at least a 12..

seems like dam near a minute of that video was unnecessary lol

anyone else think it looks camaro like with the front end like that?

cool nonetheless

[Cd]

Thanks for posting that Metro !
I found out some more about the guy that races the car.
His name is Dave Cloud, and he converts cars in the Seattle area.
Here is a site with a car that he converted.
What surprised me was this paragraph :

Quote " On Saturday, May 10, 2008, the volt runner ran away with the honors at the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association's Marathon Rally in Everett. On a single battery charge, she covered 101.4 miles at 55 mph using lead acid golf cart batteries. "

Very, very impressive !

The link : Home

[Cd]

That's one hundred one miles at 55 MPH - on a single charge !!

( Well I thought that was impressive .)

[bennelson]

That IS impressive!

I think they had some extra-special batteries in it for that trip. But I believe the usuall range is still around 60-some! That's still a great range!

[Cd]

" Using lead acid golf cart batteries "

I did read that more than the norm were needed, but still, very impressive !