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Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship aka PractiComfort Minibil
« on: July 27, 2012, 07:58:38 AM »
Identify this little beauty correctly for 1 point:

ANYONE FOUND GIVING ANSWERS GLEANED BY USING GOOGLE SEARCH BY IMAGE MAY BE BANNED FOR AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD!
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 04:22:53 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 04:51:55 AM »
Shoprider Rainrider mobility scooter.

Wouldn't have normally found out but a couple of weeks ago I saw a seemingly able-bodied bloke, in a suit, driving along the King's Road in a red one, taking photos of people with an SLR. Very strange.
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 05:12:29 AM »
Quote from: Trommel on August 03, 2012, 04:51:55 AM
Shoprider Rainrider mobility scooter.

Wouldn't have normally found out but a couple of weeks ago I saw a seemingly able-bodied bloke, in a suit, driving along the King's Road in a red one, taking photos of people with an SLR. Very strange.

Shoprider is right, but I have a different model name for this.
Locked for you to have another look and come back with the model name I'm looking for.
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 05:22:51 AM »
Flagship (regional differences it seems).
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2012, 05:49:42 AM »
Quote from: Trommel on August 03, 2012, 05:22:51 AM
Flagship (regional differences it seems).

That's the one I have!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2012, 06:11:27 PM »
so mobility scooters and hover-rounds are now fair game?
is this what it has come to?  :-\

here is an "action shot" of the "vehicle" in a crosswalk
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2012, 06:20:09 PM »
Why not? We had invacars before. There is a flowing border between invalid carriages and microcars. Some French "voitures sans permis", although regarded as microcars in France, were sold in Germany mainly as invalid carriages without there being an external difference. I think some strange vehicles as the Shoprider posted as a puzzle from time to time won't spoil AutoPuzzles.  ;)
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2012, 06:44:02 PM »
Quote from: microcars on August 03, 2012, 06:11:27 PM
so mobility scooters and hover-rounds are now fair game?
is this what it has come to?  :-\

here is an "action shot" of the "vehicle" in a crosswalk


Anything mobile is fair game.
We have lorries, buses, even tanks as well as mobility scooters and motorcycles.
You don't have to take part in any puzzle you don't want to.
You may also post as many of your own puzzles as you wish, but believe me, researching original and new puzzles on any kind of scale takes quite some research...
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2012, 07:15:04 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on August 03, 2012, 06:44:02 PM
researching original and new puzzles on any kind of scale takes quite some research...

been there, done that.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=17074
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16160

I've posted a pic of this thing "in the wild". 
Let's see something other than a catalog pic of it. (that is widely available on the interweb too...)
Perhaps that is what got my knickers in a knot.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2012, 07:32:07 PM »
Where I live we can get freak wind storms with wind speeds as high as 50 mph gusting to 70.  Winds of 20-30 mph are normal for the high desert.  I can NOT imagine driving something like that in conditions like those.  Well, I guess I can.  It'd be on its side in a New York Second.  For those who don't know that phrase, it describes the infinitesimally short time between the stop light going green and the horn in the car behind you sounding off.

'Course I've been driving my Suburban (6000 pounds) with my race car on a trailer behind it (another 5000 pounds) for a good part of the day (I got the new exhaust installed and a coupla other things taken care of.)  When I got home, put the race car in the garage, the trailer parked beside said garage, then drove my Camaro into the driveway, it felt like riding a skateboard.  That's about as small as I wanna go.  Btw, the Camaro's a baby one: 2.8l V6 w 5-speed manual...my idea of a great economy car.

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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2012, 08:22:26 AM »
Yes, I did mean to add a reply after this was solved something to the effect of cornering at any speed must be interesting...!

Also I note it's called a Shoprider but it looks to me like they forgot to include somewhere to actually put the shopping...  Maybe they offer a roof-box as an extra, to make its stability even more interesting!!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2012, 09:26:03 AM »
I've found a picture of what is obviously the same car but badged as a PractiComfort Minibil!
That answer would also have been correct!:

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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2012, 09:29:03 AM »
If this is the "Flagship" what will the others look like....
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Re: Solved - NEH 1972: Shoprider Flagship aka PractiComfort Minibil
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2012, 09:35:19 AM »
A Danish site claims that it is developped and designed in Scandinavia.

In Germany PractiComfort sell it as the PractiComfort Smart. I doubt Mercedes-Benz likes that.  :D

It is sold as Minibil in Denmark (and in Germany by another dealer).
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Re: NEH 1972
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2012, 07:56:13 PM »
Quote from: Trommel on August 03, 2012, 04:51:55 AM
Shoprider Rainrider mobility scooter.

Wouldn't have normally found out but a couple of weeks ago I saw a seemingly able-bodied bloke, in a suit, driving along the King's Road in a red one, taking photos of people with an SLR. Very strange.

Here's a red Rainrider!:

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