1985 Pulse AutoCycle

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192606994077

https://www.bike-urious.com/rare-running-project-1985-pulse-autocycle/

1000 Negative Bonus Points for the Grant steering wheel...

I remember those!

HUGE pucker factor if I can't lean over!

Sort of like a bigger version of frank winchells lean machine

So, what is the latest news on Elio?

I wonder how such a 4-wheeled car with a "diamond" wheel layout would handle. Only 1 wheel producing turning forces instead of 2 seems like an inherent disadvantage to the traditional 4-wheeled layout, maybe front & rear wheel steering could correct that?

In the Cyber Formula anime one team ran cars with this layout, another had one with a leaning body and outriggers.

GameboyRMH said:

I wonder how such a 4-wheeled car with a "diamond" wheel layout would handle.

Lol.  The 'pissing dog' that typical FWD econoboxes do when autocrossing would probably just become a rollover.  Like a reliant robin with another wheel hanging out the back.

T.J. said:

So, what is the latest news on Elio?

They say production will start next year. Funded by a cryptocurrency sale...

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1116698_elio-motors-says-it-will-build-production-cars-next-year

Hey, if gas prices suddenly jump up again, it could make them very relevant just as suddenly and surprisingly as the fall in gas prices made them very irrelevant.

I met a guy near Carlisle PA that had one of those.

He also had a huge collection of mannequin heads........... and a sex dungeon, seriously.      We were lucky to get out of there alive! 

ProDarwin said:

GameboyRMH said:

I wonder how such a 4-wheeled car with a "diamond" wheel layout would handle.

Lol.  The 'pissing dog' that typical FWD econoboxes do when autocrossing would probably just become a rollover.  Like a reliant robin with another wheel hanging out the back.

That assumes an even worse weight distribution than a stock Reliant Robin. It shouldn't be unstable as long as weight is mostly kept inside the perimeter defined by a line between all the wheel hubs.

Turns out it's been tried before and there are some potential advantages, the proper name for this is the Rhomboid layout:

https://www.si.com/vault/1961/03/27/580234/a-dream-that-may-come-true

https://www.retromobile.com/content/location/93797

It's obvious why they haven't caught on for street cars though, the packaging disadvantages are huge compared to a traditional wheel layout for fitting into a pre-existing lane size.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Also, it would have almost the same garage footprint as a small hatchback. 

In reply to Joe Gearin :

Now I kind of wish I had a sex dungeon. Not because that's my sort of thing, but because it might make me appear more interesting than I actually am.

In reply to Armitage :

It was......interesting, and also really creepy and more than a little frightening.  I'm actually surprised we got out of there before we got hit with the chloroform rag!   

Armitage said:

In reply to Joe Gearin :

Now I kind of wish I had a sex dungeon. Not because that's my sort of thing, but because it might make me appear more interesting than I actually am.

A friend of a friend had the problem that most of the equipment is a lost investment.  There's just not that big a resell market for swings and toys, if you get out of the market, apparently.   Maybe a new BaT spinoff is in order?

Who knew combining cars and motorcycles could bring such dark twists lol

What is this, Pulp Fiction? Did Joe Gearin go medieval on him?