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EX500rider

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4. Oh god no....those antique cars were a mess to drive.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 03:49 PM

Jul 2018

Top Gear Season 10, ep 8 "Which was the 1st car to have a modern layout of the pedals?"
They drive a bunch of very old cars from a museum and to say they were hard to drive is a understatement.
Spark advances, fuel mixtures, a multitude of levers and gears knobs and pedals etc..

View-able on YouTube or Amazon:

Starts at 17 minutes on youtube:

Starts at 5'31" on Amazon for free if u have Prime:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B017356VR0/ref=atv_dp_season_select_atf

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Early-1900s EVs were marketed to women because gas cars were too complicated [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 OP

It's true. Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #1

Cranking the engine was a bit dangerous rickford66 Jul 2018 #3

Oh god no....those antique cars were a mess to drive. EX500rider Jul 2018 #4

"EVs were invented in the early 1830s. " rickford66 Jul 2018 #2