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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 12:41 PM
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What was the best Minuscule Car ever built?
Some really cool ones show here, but now I can't decide which ones I like the best! I always liked the BMW Isetta and that one Jeremy on Top Gear drove through the offices of the BBC ;)

World's Smallest Cars

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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 03:09 PM
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1. King Midget
Very collectable and moderately practical today.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 04:47 PM
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2. Although not the smallest...
I've always dug the style of the Morgan Super Sport.

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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 03:04 AM
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9. Sure, relax, rest your arm on the muffler.
No problem there. :)
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 04:54 PM
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3. I always liked the Heinkel Bubble car.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 05:17 PM
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4. I'd love a 64 Trident or Trojan 200A -- perfect for darting twixt 18-wheelers on the interstate!
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 06:55 PM
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5. BTW congrats on being able to spell minuscule. Not so many
people can. Probably a minuscule portion of the population.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 06:59 PM
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6. It does sometimes throw me off.
I spelled it right in the titleblock, but I still checked it anyway ;)

Here's the one I misspell pretty much every time: modis operandi :P
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 08:32 PM
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7. My brother had a Honda 600 coupe.
Not quite as small as some of the cars at your link, but just as terrifying to drive.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:08 AM
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13. Once I looked it up, I now remember those
I had a friend in high school that had one. He wanted to paint a big target on the back of it after getting rear-ended three times because "people couldn't see him", and that was long before cell phones!

Sure, any of these would be a "coffin on wheels" in most traffic conditions. Still, they'd be fun to drive around the neighborhood or enter into the Art Car Parade :)
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-11 11:49 PM
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8. OMG, Urkle had an BMW Isetta in the TV show. "Family Matters", I think.



:rofl:




How about the Mazda suitcase car?






http://www.microcar.org/2004/suitcasecar/
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:04 AM
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12. Now that's cool!
Much better than the motorized barstools drunks are always "inventing" :D
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 06:13 AM
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10. Thank you for spelling minuscule properly
I wish I could give you flowers for the correct spelling but I can't so I'll give you coffee and doughnuts. :donut: :donut:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:02 AM
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11. Well, I knew it wasn't "mini-school"
and "mine-school" is just wrong :P

Thanks for the virtual coffee and donuts, too. The best kind! :9
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