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[REAL, 2022] The Microlino (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Hubi@lemmy.world to c/weirdwheels@lemmy.world

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Probably one of the rarest vehicles I have ever spotted outside of events. The design in based on the Isetta bubble car.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlino

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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is the weirdest coincidence. I was sitting in the park earlier and a guy pulled up in one of these: The closest thing I have ever seen in rural Midwest US was a Smart car, or a Reliant Robin on Top Gear. I thought about talking to the guy but he was playing basketball with his kid.

I tried to think of how to look up the car when I knew nothing about it, but Google Lens was my only idea and I didn't want to take pictures of the guy's car like a creep.

So I decided to scroll Lemmy for a couple minutes and landed on here. I clicked your link for the Isseta and that was it. Any other app and I would have assumed my phone was spying on me. Wild.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was it the Aging Wheels YouTube guy?

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

I just looked him up. The face is almost exactly the same, but the guy at the park was much skinnier.

[–] Hubi@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Wow that's actually kinda wild lol. I've never seen an original Isetta irl.