I'm not knocking Ringo at all, I love the beatles! my KR200 was new when "she loves you" was at number one! I was just using it as a turn of phrase to highlight the drumming noise inside a trienkel when at 40mph!
Indeed it is my hope one day to own a trienkel or isetta , to compliment my schmitt. I agree about the shortcomings you mention... there is another one.. the fact you have to have the top open to lift the tail up! not good when its raining and you breakdown!! totally agree with the steering comment, they do tend to run on the edge of the ruts made in the road by normal cars, so tramlining can be quite bad! Not had to adjust my brakes though. As for attracting girls, I would disagree, there are quite a number of young ladies I know wishing to try the schmitt experience, and they seem to love them more than men do, something about them looking like a frog and being cute... or something! Not very conducive to relations though, a tandem seating arrangement.. indeed anyone with the messerschmitt gold portfolio book, I would recommend turning to one of the first roadtest articles of the KR175.. it has an entertaining contemporary cartoon on this front!!!!! Have to agree with you stuart... microcars are certainly cheaper than girls... and less upkeep lol!