• ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    How is something like this road legal? Is there no regulatory body to control things like this? Can people just slap a motor on wheels and drive it on public roads in the US?

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        3 months ago

        What you’re mentioning is actually the very thing that makes this photo credible.

        Notice how in the original Prius the bottom window line is sloping downward, it’s not parallel to the ground.

        To squeeze a door between the other two and not break the design by leading the line in an odd angle, they had to introduce that ramp in the middle.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Apparently this very vehicle does in fact exist. Or if it doesn’t, the idea has been stolen by several others and reused verbatim, including the wonky middle doors.

        See also this lineup of Google results.

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        3 months ago

        The Prius limo gets around.

        Also, the Prius in your photo is the body style that came after this body style.

        And when you have a welder and metal fabrication tools, you can make any weird shit you want. Including that step-up window.