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The Loremo: Never before has something German sipped so little (188mpg!)
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| June 4, 2007
Posted on 06/05/2007 4:24:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: wolf78
...too lazy to use Google?Where do you think I got the photo that I posted?
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posted on
06/05/2007 10:51:05 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: johnny7
That looks like something I’d buy in the toy department at Wal-Mart.
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posted on
06/05/2007 11:00:38 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Three million years is enough! Stop cyclical climate change now!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
well, the fuel economy sounds good, but then on second thought, the idea with lifting the “hood” to enter the car is unbelievably stupid. On top of the fact that it would be a pain if it rains, what if you get in an accident? The “hood” thing and the hinge would most likely be bent and chances are pretty good you would be trapped in there. Insane if you ask me.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
well, the fuel economy sounds good, but then on second thought, the idea with lifting the “hood” to enter the car is unbelievably stupid. On top of the fact that it would be a pain if it rains, what if you get in an accident? The “hood” thing and the hinge would most likely be bent and chances are pretty good you would be trapped in there. Insane if you ask me.
To: greenthumbedislndr
well, the fuel economy sounds good, but then on second thought, the idea with lifting the hood to enter the car is unbelievably stupid. On top of the fact that it would be a pain if it rains, what if you get in an accident? The hood thing and the hinge would most likely be bent and chances are pretty good you would be trapped in there. Insane if you ask me.
What's "new" about the Loremo is its revolutionary frame design, which in a way resembles a motorbike. The advantages are its light weight and that it is supposed to meet current crash test standards. The downside is that it doesn't work with normal doors, therefore the akward entry.
But then again: motorbikes are far more dangerous and still legal. And hey, it gets 188 mpg!
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posted on
06/05/2007 12:27:20 PM PDT
by
wolf78
(Penn & Teller Libertarian - Equal Opportunity Offender)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; sully777; Fierce Allegiance; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; ...
Thanks to 2ndDivisionVet!........
Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......
If you want on or off the DIESEL "KnOcK" LIST just FReepmail me........
This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......
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posted on
06/11/2007 11:51:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: johnny7
That would look real cute stuck up under my jeep.
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posted on
06/11/2007 11:55:57 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
(Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
To: Hydroshock
BTW, post #3 is not the Loremo, but an unidentified tiny automobile.
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posted on
06/11/2007 12:05:06 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That is a go cart with delusions of grandeur.
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posted on
06/11/2007 12:25:50 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
(Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
To: LetGoNow
Are you referring to the front entry, or the rear seat entry?
Almost any car has precip enter the cabin if there is wind.
And as for the engineering: the article describes their motivation: weight reduction.
Once again, per the comments I made on another high-MPG thread today: they need a better transmission. These five-speeds ain’t gonna get the maximum fuel mileage out of a diesel. Diesels have pretty narrow optimum RPM bands, and the job of any auto engineer using a diesel should be to put enough gears into the tranny to maximize the number of miles spent at optimum RPM, regardless of actual road speed.
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posted on
06/11/2007 4:23:51 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: PBRSTREETGANG
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posted on
06/12/2007 3:07:15 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(BS does not get bridges built)
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