Volkswagen's $600 car gets 258 mpg

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09-29-2010, 01:47 PM

Barovelli

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Hey, you found something smaller than the chevy cruze.

Who remembers the Corbin Nose. Uhhh I mean Sparrow? The factory was local here and seen a few of the similar 3 wheelers.

#12

09-29-2010, 02:22 PM

Space

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Hi Barovelli,
No, I can't remeber ever seeing a `Sparrow, but I keep
seeing & learning something every time I visit the MCF
Thanks for sharing

HighTechScience.org's
"Sparrow" Electric Cars

"Coolest Car In Town"
say's the Palm Beach Post
The Sparrow Personal Transit Module

is a single passenger all electric vehicle.

Powered by thirteen 12 volt batteries, the Sparrow provides an effective range of 35 to 45 miles and a top speed of 75-80 mph.
There were only 355 made. Ours is #6

The Sparrow was made at the Corbin Motors plant in Hollister, CA. from 2000 till late 2002. On March 31st, 2003 Corbin Motors filed for bankruptcy, effectively killing the future of the car, until

Myers Motors resurrected the company in 2004 with the NmG-1.

The Sparrow is a single seat, electric commuter vehicle with an original MSRP of $13,900. Its highly efficient design enables it to provide extremely cost effective transportation for as little as a penny per mile.

This gold Sparrow is owned by HighTechScience.org

The car plugs into an ordinary 110-volt electrical outlet
and fully recharges in 6 hours (3 hours with a 220-volt charger).

As you can see, the Sparrow came in many colors.

Only 355

were originally manufactured.

Approx. 250
made it onto
the roads.
40-50 are

still around today.

This gold Sparrow mad

an appearance in the

Mike Myers movie:

Austin Powers, "Goldmember"
The pictures below were taken at the Sparrow factory in California.

Standard Features:

Electric power windows.
AM/FM stereo & CD player.
Two power ports for laptop & cell phone.
Heater/defroster, fan operated / Vents (3).
6 cf Trunk storage.
Adjustable seat back.
Tilt steering wheel.
Rack & pinion steering

Additional Features:

156 Volt DC Motor Standard or 100 volt 3 phase AC asynchronous motor.
25 hp (20 kW) continuous, 40 hp peak.
Onboard high frequency battery charger (110-volt or 220-volt charger system).

Batteries:

13 sealed "Optima" batteries weighing 46 lbs each / Total pack weight: 598 Lbs. Six are located under the front hood and the remaining 7 are under the drivers seat.

Recharging:

110-volt system charges in 6 hours.
220-volt system charges in 2.5 hours.

Last edited by Space; 09-29-2010 at 02:26 PM.

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09-29-2010, 04:08 PM

Barovelli

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If you have seen the Top Gear video of a road test of another trike called a Reliant Robin you'd never set foot in a 3 wheeled car.

#14

09-29-2010, 04:15 PM

Space

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barovelli

If you have seen the Top Gear video of a road test of another trike called a Reliant Robin you'd never set foot in a 3 wheeled car.

Thanks Barovelli,
I keep learning more each day 4-Sure...
Hope my head doesn't explode

...Oh `No

And many Member's Applaud : )
Thanks for sharing...Below is the link to Reliant Robin
http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-...in_2032682.htm

It's informative & funny
LOL

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#15

09-30-2010, 03:29 AM

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Funny how the price changes everything. Great for 600 nobody wants to even look at it for 26000.

#16

09-30-2010, 11:52 AM

Space

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lougreen03

Funny how the price changes everything. Great for 600 nobody wants to even look at it for 26000.

I know `if you do a Google search on the car it has a multitude
of links on this car stating it is only $600 : (
They all are lying, and I found a `Kid that is showing his age

and what he thinks of liar's...He gets his fingers confused
Zometimes : )

Who can we believe in 2day's World...

#17

09-30-2010, 12:35 PM

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Ok, this is way off topic, but the picture of the little kid Flippin' the Bird reminded me of a similar episode years ago when my daughter was about 4 years old.

A small drainage ditch ran behind our neighbors yard on Ft. Meade. The neighbors had a teenage kid who had the chore of cleaning the ditch of trash. Like most teenagers, he didn't always use clean language when Mom & Dad were not around. He sometimes had choice words to say about litter-bugs.

My daughter was a tiny little thing at this time with a very articulate but high-pitched little pixie voice. One day as my wife, kids and I were walking through the parking lot outside the Post Exchange, a man in front of us flipped his cigarette butt on the ground right in front of us. Without skipping a beat, my daughter says in her loud, clear, little pixie voice, 'God d--n litter bug!' The guy visibly cringed and stumbled. He never looked back at the name-caller though. I was such a proud Dad that day...

Ok back to work...

#18

09-30-2010, 12:49 PM

Space

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...LoL `Dave, great story about your daughter...We enjoyed..
Does she still say it to all the litter bugs she see's...Unfortunately, there are to many in our world that still thrash it...No Respect 4-Sure...I have a few words for them, but I'd get banned `if I posted them

Thanks for taking this thread `Off Topic : )
Wish you & readers of this a `Happy : )
Peace/Out