Modern Vespa

Always 6 second before jumping lane?

I don't exactly remember, but probably was around 6 seconds before switching.

Google actually fixed two bugs I reported in their Android Photos app. Knock me down with a feather

First I reported 18 months ago. (hiding photo variations when using long exposure and then moving the photo out of the camera folder, but works if you move the photo back)

Second I reported 6 months ago. (showing only the first 4 letters of the filename - seriously dumb)

But fuck, they actually did!!!

So yes this belongs in the Weird thread.

Now if only they'd fix the one where the timestamp gets fucked when if using the camera from the lock state and then editing rather than doing it from unlocked state.

Microlino

How convenient - after you get smashed up in it, they can bury you in it.

sad

Food delivery scooter doing 70 kph on a 100 kph freeway - the cars were doing 100.

No escape.

So did their GPS not know the limit of their scoot and send them there? Did they not read the sign as they entered the freeway?

The fluro jacket is a requirement for a learners permit. (Of course they could have one anyway).

Accident waiting to happen.

BTW, I wear a high-vis jacket. I actually get more courtesy than when I'm in my car. Maybe it's just the scooter image(?).

Is that a de-restricted 50cc?

Looks like an Isseta...

Much like the VWs in the early 60 where your knees were sort of the auxiliary front bumper.

EDIT: think it's a Honda Dio

Think it was a 125 or 100 but not sure.

Very skinny tires.

Most of these delivery bikes are leased so probably not derestricted

Announced 10 years ago
Began production 4 years ago
Seeing one in public a few hours ago

You'd think the country that builds watches would work in a more timely manner yeah?

I had a '65 and my wife had a '63.

They weren't that bad.

The busses (wagons) were. Knees literally about a foot behind the front bumper. Scary!

Italy is hardly famous for watchmaking, cars scooters and bikes on the other hand they excel in.

Saw a second eclipse this morning.

That was weird.

I had two of these as well.

Only scary if you thought about front-end collisions.

I had two of these as well.

Only scary if you thought about front-end collisions.

Says someone who rides a motor scooter.

Manufactured in Italy but the Micro company's Swiss.

I had a split window, a bay window and a few T3 Transporters. The Vanagons (T3) were tanks. They had all the extra frontal structure for a radiator and an air tunnel that really reduced their willingness to crumple.

Fair point.

However, my Vespa's front bumper seems to be missing. Left off at the factory?

Their successors, the T3's, aka Vanagons in the Americas, came out better than their contemporary Volvos in front-to-front collision tests!

And my knees are still less than about 20" from the front bumper.

'60s Econoline has entered the chat.

My uncle had one for his business. Engine sat between the two front seats. No crumple zone to speak of. How did we ever survive these things?

I had a early 2000s Kia rear-end my '82 GL Diesel at a traffic light. The van rocked slightly and a shower of car parts flew by the driver's window. The Kia was absolutely splattered all over, while I had a flattened bumper corner and a dime-sized dent below the taillight. The Kia driver didn't have insurance, but I wasn't that bothered.

A few weeks later, I was walking back to the van and watched a Lincoln Mark VII swing into it while coming into the adjacent parking spot a bit too fast. I saw the van rock and I knew they'd hit me, so I started walking faster. The Lincoln backed out quickly; with a smashed headlamp, hood, fender and grill. The driver saw me coming and drove off. They managed to put a 6" scuff on the rear lower rocker and damage the other corner of the rear bumper.

I went to a VW breakers two weeks later and bought a replacement bumper for about $40.

Find the YouTube video for the Volvo vs Vanagon offset crash, and you'll know why you shouldn't throw down with a Vanagon unless you have a tractor trailer, a tank or large construction equipment.

I had a '61 Econoline 'long van' for a couple years in the early 1970's.

Scary or not, I'd absolutely love to have it now.

Like this one...

I had a couple of these, including one with a stakebed lift gate Fitted with a 1000 gallon tank. I added a baffle, otherwise a nearly full tank would make the truck waggle...
The visibility & maneuverability was great, it would go through a drive thru
But wow it felt like my feet were over the bumper

A friend of mine had the passenger/camper version of one lilke that. Pop-up top & several different ways to create "beds." I think the manual said something about being able to sleep 5? Yeah, maybe if all 5 were under 5'4" & weighed less than 150 lbs each.

He drove it from SF to LA several times. I was a little bit curious about it until he drove me up to Marin from SF on it once. That short amount of time on 101 cured me of any desire to get on a proper interstate highway in that thing.

The tires seemed way too small for the van. But that's the way they came!

My first VW bus was a '63 Westphalia camper. I sure wish I still had it. $$$$$$

The next one was a '68 panel truck that I converted to a camper myself - bed, table, icebox, wood paneling, the whole bit. Did the whole thing with an electric drill, a sabre saw, and a screwdriver.

There was a girl who, when she saw it, decided that I was the guy who was going to build her the log cabin she had always dreamed of.

55 years later, we're still together.

Probably need an axe on your tool belt too for that one?

I drove my Econoline van from St. Paul, Minnesota to Nueva Laredo, Mexico once, pulling dual axle U-Haul trailer. Ran it straight down I-35 all the way to the Mexican border, imported a load of Mexican pottery and miscellaneous tourist junk all the way back. The van ran fine the entire way, albeit a bit slower than most traffic. 3-speed column shift manual, inline six-cylinder (300ci ? don't recall the engine displacement).

Not really weird:

#Bruno3121 watching the neighbour's McLaren zip past

I never did build the log cabin, but I did remodel three houses and designed the one we are living in now.

The log cabin would have required a very big sabre saw - perhaps one with a chain and a gasoline engine.

My '63 VW camper had a 1200 cc engine with 30 horsepower.

The '68 had a 1600 cc engine with 65 horsepower ( though I don't remember it having that much!) I added a two-barrel Holly carburetor and a larger intake manifold to give it a little more oomph.

We drove it all over the Western states and Canada and I proposed to my wife in it in a campground in the Canadian Rockies in 1973.

Saw this Yamaha 1300 in the grocery store parking lot yesterday...

Someone has lost their mind.

Rather bizarre, but interesting. I wonder if the owner is a hotshot or smoke jumper. That tool is essentially a Halligan (I spent years as a volunteer FF) but with one prong replaced by an ax blade.

It must handle like a truck.