Ok..time to start on my new project. Kudos to anybody who can tell me what it is
(without googling!)
(without googling!)
......unloved, unwanted and ugly ?what it is
uallyMaybe a Smart or Atoms' new ecological version ? But this looks better and no doubt cheaper:
http://kidselectriccars.co.uk/12v-r...-spyder-12v-ride-on-car-with-doors-p-107.html
Actually...that looks quite good. Maybe I should chop the roof off mine. Cheaper... yes by about €29000 It’s a K200 built by an Italian company called SLC (Superlightcars). It was intended to be used as a “tender” on super-yachts. Arrived in Monte Carlo, crane it off and voila!! Off you go. Originally it had a 350cc engine in it with auto trans and flappy paddle gearchange. Why so expensive you may ask? I think the words “carbon fibre monocoque” may go some way to explaining it...Maybe a Smart or Atoms' new ecological version ? But this looks better and no doubt cheaper:
http://kidselectriccars.co.uk/12v-r...-spyder-12v-ride-on-car-with-doors-p-107.html
A friend of my became the UK importer for Aixam, the French micro-car company. They are owned by the same people who own Mega (and Polaris who do dune buggies). Aixam used to have their own U.K. import department where they kept all their spare parts. When my friend went to pick them up, this car was in the warehouse. He asked them what to do with it and they told him to get rid of it.So, how did you source it - looking for it or it fell in your lap ?
Almost entirely old folk who “progress” - if that’s the correct word! - from a Reliant 3-wheeler because they can drive them on a motorcycle licence. It’s a dying market - literally!Aixams and the like - one of the banes of my life on the roads here : 'voitures sans-permis'....driven by people the least competent on the road !
What is the market for them in the UK - camping-car extras ?