on sale on e-bay now ends sundsay 5-10

[wolf_tracker]

HiYa,

Found this ... thought someone might like it


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220408237744#ht_500wt_951

http://tinyurl.com/qxvqfu

hope it is ok to post

pop:c:r:n12

wolf

[Derwin]

An opening bid of over $15,000? LOL! No way!

This vehicle is simply not worth that much money...no way in the world.

It only has a 250cc engine, and it really isn't anything you would be riding around town.

I think if the owner had the price closer to around $6,000 or $7,000, then that would be a bit closer to reality.

But that's just my opinion, of course.

Derwin

[AZEqualizer]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/05/rocketwheels-007-580w.jpg

Yea they had this posted over on Autobloggreen: (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/08/ford-worker-builds-diy-125-mpg-aero-trike/)


The green-conscious tinkerers over at Ecomodder have a new hero today: user HyperRocket, who is apparently a Ford Motor Company fuel economy technical expert who wanted to really maximize fuel economy with a small vehicle. He started with a 250cc Kawasaki Ninja drivetrain and added a bullet-shaped enclosure, two seats and as much safety equipment as he could. The result is a road-legal, two-passenger, three-wheeled vehicle than can get up to 125 mpg when driving at 65 mph. The entire package weighs just 505 pounds and has a drag coefficient of just .16. Wow.

After putting 3,200 miles on the trike, HyperRocket wants to sell it. Why? So he can get to work on a plug-in hybrid version, of course. The trike is currently listed on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220408237744) for $15,600.

Of course without air conditioning this wouldn't have a chance at all in AZ unless you were using it as a cook pot. ;0

[Miracleman89]

I would consider it if it had a 1200cc motor in it or bigger, preferably a 1600cc!

As for no air conditioning, it does say that it also came with a windshield that could be installed when the cockpit was removed.

[Hoosier]

I wouldn't drive that if they paid me $15 grand to mount up. :LOL:

[Derwin]

I wouldn't drive that if they paid me $15 grand to mount up. :LOL:

Well, if they PAID ME to ride it.....! Otherwise....nope.

[willk]

id rather have this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-Ariel-Atom-300-HP-3k-miles-0-60-in-2-8-seconds_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a570Q7c66Q 3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c29 3Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZi tem3a4e228f3eQQitemZ250418990910QQptZRaceQ5fCarsQ5 fNotQ5fStreetQ5fLegalQ5f)

[Derwin]

id rather have this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-Ariel-Atom-300-HP-3k-miles-0-60-in-2-8-seconds_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a570Q7c66Q 3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c29 3Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZi tem3a4e228f3eQQitemZ250418990910QQptZRaceQ5fCarsQ5 fNotQ5fStreetQ5fLegalQ5f)


Oh, absolutely. But that's one expensive go-cart!

[Miracleman89]

Oh heck yeah!!!! An Ariel Atom!!!! I want one!!!!! have you guys seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA


Can't embed due to embedding disabled on this video by request on youtube!
Sorry

[MikeB]

It only has a 250cc engine, and it really isn't anything you would be riding around town.

I should point out that the 250cc engine is from a Kawasaki Ninja, which means it'll rev up to 12,000 rpm or so. It's a tiny little beast, with much more output than you'd think a 250 could possibly generate.

Of course, the rest of the vehicle design isn't that impressive, so I'm not gonna be bidding....

[AZEqualizer]

Bidding has ended for this item: 0 bids

[Derwin]

That's not surprising to me.

He was just asking way to much for that thing. No matter how "goosed up" the engine is, it is still a 250cc, and not worth that much money. Besides....it was one ugly looking son of a gun! (in my opinion)