06-27-2017, 04:00 PM
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my car has enough clearance to drive over bumps without slowing 
russian roads have a crapton of bumps, and my car has very robust design.
new shocks are cheap for russian cars, a pair for the front is like 80USD (for a reason lel)
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07-15-2017, 09:21 PM
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I was a motorcyclist for many a year but at less than a week away from my seventieth year I am closer to a mobility scooter than a Lambretta!
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Since you mentioned Lambretta, there's an old man in my hometown who still rides a Lambrecar from the '60s that he saved from the crusher in '79.
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07-15-2017, 09:30 PM
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worth a bit in Europe now...
I'd be putting dibs on that.
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07-15-2017, 09:46 PM
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worth a bit in Europe now...
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I'm well aware that European collectors are taking shiploads (literally) of old aircooled Volkswagens from Brazil. OTOH those trikes are quite hard to find, since most were already scrapped. |
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07-20-2017, 04:09 PM
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I think I have found the best way of dealing with the 20 mph zones, and speed bumps. Where the road is flat or a slight down slope I just stick car in 4th and let the tick over carry me along. I have to drop into 3rd, when I want to speed up after leaving the 20 zone, or if the zone is a slight incline.
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07-20-2017, 05:11 PM
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I think I have found the best way of dealing with the 20 mph zones, and speed bumps. Where the road is flat or a slight down slope I just stick car in 4th and let the tick over carry me along. I have to drop into 3rd, when I want to speed up after leaving the 20 zone, or if the zone is a slight incline.
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That's exactly what I did in my Nissan.
Did not have a gauge back then, but when idling my Insight with cold engine (about 1200 RPM @ 19 mph, CVT smoothing out the revs) I typically see 6 l/100 km (40 mpgUS).
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