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24 Jun 2013, 11:03 am
^ This vehicle, Messerschmitt KR200, has identical reverse and forward gears. The engine can be started to run backwards.
24 Jun 2013, 11:23 am
I never realized three wheelers were a trend...
24 Jun 2013, 11:27 am
equestriatola
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24 Jun 2013, 11:31 am
Only one week until I get to L.A........
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24 Jun 2013, 12:18 pm
b9 wrote:
i have often speculated that one day i will have a 40,000 acre property, and the driveway would be 10 km in length and be lined with meticulously groomed hedges. if i had no turn around space, then i would have to reverse 10 km back to get to back on the road.
With 40,000 acres maybe you will be able to find a little spot in which to turn around. Unless you particularly enjoy driving in reverse.
24 Jun 2013, 1:13 pm
b9 wrote:
what exactly does "wow" mean anyway?
The same backwards and forwards, silly goose.
24 Jun 2013, 6:58 pm
24 Jun 2013, 11:34 pm
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25 Jun 2013, 12:57 am
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25 Jun 2013, 8:31 am
MjrMajorMajor wrote:
b9 wrote:
what exactly does "wow" mean anyway?
The same backwards and forwards, silly goose.
so it does not mean anything either way then ? wow!
i wish all words had no meaning. that way you could be excused for not bothering to listen.
25 Jun 2013, 8:57 am
Krabo wrote:
^ This vehicle, Messerschmitt KR200, has identical reverse and forward gears. The engine can be started to run backwards.
if i owned one of those, i would always drive it in reverse. that way, the faster you drive, the safer it is. for example, if i drove at -120 kph through a 40 kph school zone, then i would be driving at 160 kph under the speed limit, but if i was driving in a forward direction at +30 kph, i would only be 10 kph under the speed limit.
but it is all moot since i would never own a car like that because i do not like the color or understand what is written on the side of it.
25 Jun 2013, 9:16 am
I love being obsessed with things 
25 Jun 2013, 9:19 am
PrncssAlay wrote:
b9 wrote:
i have often speculated that one day i will have a 40,000 acre property, and the driveway would be 10 km in length and be lined with meticulously groomed hedges. if i had no turn around space, then i would have to reverse 10 km back to get to back on the road.
With 40,000 acres maybe you will be able to find a little spot in which to turn around. Unless you particularly enjoy driving in reverse.
what if the hedges went all the way to the garage door and one could only enter the house from a side door in the garage ?
i absolutely detest reversing. i thought i had come up with a solution to the potential problem of reversing to the main road 10 km away (in that hypothetical situation). the solution was not driving up my driveway in a forward direction, but backing up my driveway so that i would not have to reverse out the next time i went for supplies.
i then discovered that that was an inefficient solution.
so the solution i finally settled on was to have 2 cars. one always facing the house, and the other always facing the road, and a tow rope. in the morning, i would get in the car facing the road and tow the other car facing away from the road to the font gate where i would untether it and proceed to where i want to go.
when i get home, i would back my car into the driveway and tether it to the car facing my house, and i then drive the car facing my house back to my house towing the excursion car backwards up the driveway.
much easier than making a turning circle.
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25 Jun 2013, 10:38 am
b9 wrote:
i have often speculated that one day i will have a 40,000 acre property, and the driveway would be 10 km in length and be lined with meticulously groomed hedges. if i had no turn around space, then i would have to reverse 10 km back to get to back on the road.
PrncssAlay wrote:
With 40,000 acres maybe you will be able to find a little spot in which to turn around. Unless you particularly enjoy driving in reverse.
b9 wrote:
what if the hedges went all the way to the garage door and one could only enter the house from a side door in the garage ?
Here is the solution. My little car has a very short turning radius. What if there were a car that would turn on its axis, the way steam shovels do, for instance, and then would be "facing" in the opposite direction? Also some trollies I believe have a motor in each end so they can just go back and forth on the same track without turning around. But you will be too busy meticulously grooming all those hedges to worry too much about going anywhere.
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25 Jun 2013, 4:06 pm
I wish I could sleep more.
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