Pointless & impractical vehicles

[wiggydiggy]

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Thats a Kei Car, a specific class of Japanese cars to receive special concessions on tax, insurance and other charges.

 

[lazybloke]

People think of Benidorm as a tacky Blackpool

Surely the wrong way round?

 

[Drago]

Thats a Kei Car, a specific class of Japanese cars to receive special concessions on tax, insurance and other charges.

Indeed. If you live in the Tokyo prefecture and can't prove thet you have off road parking at home then the authorities won't issue the necessary certificate required before you can even buy a car, and a Kei car is all they can have without it. I personally think we should have a similar scheme covering the entire UK.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Indeed. If you live in the Tokyo prefecture and can't prove thet you have off road parking at home then the authorities won't issue the necessary certificate required before you can even buy a car, and a Kei car is all they can have without it. I personally think we should have a similar scheme covering the entire UK.

WOuldn;t work here - there are loads of people in this estate that have parking for 2 cars but one is still always on the road
The people next door have parking for 2 cars and 2 large caravans - and have 2 cars and 1 caravan
but one car is always across the road - which is not in anyone's way but I do wonder why!!

 

[Mike_P]

It's not helped by the crazy situation all too often found on new estates of a drive and garage at the bottom of the garden to a house on the corner. Car gets parked on the road outside the front door.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Indeed. If you live in the Tokyo prefecture and can't prove thet you have off road parking at home then the authorities won't issue the necessary certificate required before you can even buy a car, and a Kei car is all they can have without it. I personally think we should have a similar scheme covering the entire UK.

It's completely off topic but a couple of years ago Mrs Trousers was talking to a guy from one of the homelessness charities in London. They were planning a new hostel but had run into problems with the authorities. The building they were hoping to open as a hostel did not have sufficient parking facilities. For a hostel for the homeless.

 

[classic33]

1948 Delahaye 135M

 

[HMS_Dave]

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1948 Delahaye 135M

Ever so slightly AI generated that one methinks.

 

[Dogtrousers]

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1948 Delahaye 135M

Ant Hill Mob vibe

 

[FishFright]

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1948 Delahaye 135M

https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1948-delahaye-135m-coupe/

 

[Andy in Germany]

Indeed. If you live in the Tokyo prefecture and can't prove thet you have off road parking at home then the authorities won't issue the necessary certificate required before you can even buy a car, and a Kei car is all they can have without it. I personally think we should have a similar scheme covering the entire UK.

A number of Japanese car companies sell the same vehicles in Europe so it wouldn't be impossible. I think the problem may be that smaller K-cars have less protection for occupants in a crash, in particular I noticed the doors are very thin. Japanese traffic speeds are comparatively low; even Autobahns are limited to 80km/h or 50mph, so this may be less of an issue there.

Of course, you could argue that reducing traffic speeds generally is a good idea...

 

[Profpointy]

Indeed. If you live in the Tokyo prefecture and can't prove thet you have off road parking at home then the authorities won't issue the necessary certificate required before you can even buy a car, and a Kei car is all they can have without it. I personally think we should have a similar scheme covering the entire UK.

Not sure it is equitable that 3/4 of the population should be banned from having cars and that only people with drives should be allowed to park in streets which they don't live in. Urban sprawl isn't really a good thing

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

A number of Japanese car companies sell the same vehicles in Europe so it wouldn't be impossible. I think the problem may be that smaller K-cars have less protection for occupants in a crash, in particular I noticed the doors are very thin. Japanese traffic speeds are comparatively low; even Autobahns are limited to 80km/h or 50mph, so this may be less of an issue there.

Of course, you could argue that reducing traffic speeds generally is a good idea...

SO in UK terms this is a Quadricycle - or something like that - and not a car???

like some of the "city car" type concepts from some of the manufacturers that crop up every now and again

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not sure it is equitable that 3/4 of the population should be banned from having cars and that only people with drives should be allowed to park in streets which they don't live in. Urban sprawl isn't really a good thing

That's not quite what happens: people often rent a parking space, for example. And you can still own a Kei car, which is more than adequate for most people. It also makes much more sense when you see Japanese streets, like this one near my inlaws house:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dKrd5ERv8PqfB3639

The cars with yellow licence plates are Kei Cars.

 

[Andy in Germany]

SO in UK terms this is a Quadricycle - or something like that - and not a car???

like some of the "city car" type concepts from some of the manufacturers that crop up every now and again

No, they're normal cars, just small. I've seen some in Germany and the UK so certain models at least meet crash standards.