Has anyone ever figured out why Minicomtesses come with both a vertically opening, and horizontally hinged bi fold door, and a conventionally hinged and operated swing out door?
After watching the video posted by Nick, I gather that more than one door was needed to allow you to escape the vehicle after it apparently routinely trips over itself. However I don't see how the additional expence or complexity of the vertically opening door was justified, as the car could only come to rest right side up, upside down, or on its right or left side after a roll over, and I cannot see any advantage to the bi fold door's requirement of vertical clearance to allow it to open if the car ended up lying on its opposite side after a roll.
Indeed this requirement tor vertical clearance should render the bi fold door useless if the vehicle ended up lying flat on its roof like an overturned turtle. Interesting to note that this particular outcome was not realized in the hilarious video. Perhaps it is due to the effective round top shape of their external roll cages?
If the bi fold door was intended to allow its use by invalids, I find it amusing to say the least, that they would have been expected to have a very functional left lower appendage, as this would have been needed to operate the left side mounted pedal provided for the single occupant to be able to propel the vehicle by leg power.
Being about the narrowest of production vehicles in the modern era, at only about 3 feet wide, I cannot reasonably imagine a situation where a driver would find himself parked in a space that would not allow exiting via a conventionally hinged and constructed door.
Does anyone know how effective the training wheels of the earlier of the three wheeled models was at preventing roll overs?
If they were significantly effective at preventing this unwanted outcome- why was this feature not carried over in their later 3 wheeled models?
