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I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular
by harwoodr 4mo ago
I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular basis - no tickets issued but lots of questions asked.
One time while I was waiting for a light, an officer knocked on my window (which is somewhat startling)... I rolled it down and he excitedly asked "What kind of car is this?!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cappuccino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cappuccino
- forinti 4mo agoThat's just not enough motive to waste someone's time. And, no offense intended, that car is not that interesting. I guess policing must be boring.
- titanomachy 4mo agoIt’s notable mostly for being tiny. With a human for scale: (sorry, it’s an instagram link) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNI1TfAxyIZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNI1TfAxyIZ/?utm_source=ig_we...
- qingcharles 4mo agoI was stopped eight times in one day driving my DeLorean "time machine" replica. My friend has videos of the (literally) hundreds of times he has been stopped. It's always for some made up traffic offense ("your lights weren't working, try them now; oh they are fixed; can me and my partner get a photo with your car?").
- pengaru 3mo agoIn the context of US roads, it's an extremely rare specimen which by itself makes it interesting. But even beyond that, lightweight, mid front engine, rwd, turbo variants, this is the stuff of proper race cars. Anything Colin Chapman would approve of is automatically interesting.
- n4r9 4mo agoIt's pleasantly surprising how much positive vibes you can get driving an unusual car. On a business trip last year, I arrived late at night to the hotel and there was a rank of the smallest cars I'd ever seen: https://www.drive.com.au/news/microlino-battery-electric-bubble-car-to-go-into-production/ https://www.drive.com.au/news/microlino-battery-electric-bub... The next morning I was able to hire one out to travel to the venue. At a pitstop on the way, another driver followed me into the carpark and excitedly asked me where I found the car so that he could go get one too. To be honest, it wasn't a comfortable or easy drive. The speed topped out at 90kph and the steering felt gravelly. But it was fun getting in and out of the front of the car.
- eru 4mo agoI guess you wouldn't really want to go any faster in this kind of car?
- bel8 3mo agoI guess it's slightly safer than a motorbike.
- n4r9 3mo agoAt 90kph if you go on the motorway/highway then you're often a sitting duck in the slow lane being continuously overtaken by massive lorries. That didn't feel very safe. Arguably you should avoid motorways in these cars, but it was the only sensible route for me.