The HM-Vehicles Freeway is the Lawn Mower Powered Three-Wheeler of Your Dreams

This is a 1981 HM-Vehicles Freeway. It's awful and hilarious
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[@derp1006]

Unfortunately, both links say "Page not found" :(

[@SueBobChicVid]

Thanks Kyle!

[@sinformant]

Still better looking than the city car

[@sinformant]

So when are you going to get an elio? Better question, when is anyone going to get an elio?

[@robinthomas4086]

You think this car is the most basic 3 wheel car. You should get your hands on a "Peel 50"

[@ratedasmr7811]

“Don’t store anything valuable in it” honestly, crooks may just throw free stuff in there out of pity.

[@imnottellinudontwannaknow3188]

nice

[@timothycook4782]

Experience living in cities tells me that if anything looks like junk in a public place, people will throw stuff *in* it as trash.

[@Vollification]

Have a like :D

[@macwayart]

Yeah, maybe you'll return to the parking lot and the thieves left you a better crappy car.. again out of pity.

[@ratedasmr7811]

@@macwayart like a Honda Civic?

[@ronniebruzer]

Why are all weird cars from the oil crisis era yellow, plastic and designed by Walt Disney's animation team?

[@Flyfan24]

Aerodynamics and lightness probably. Yellow is just stylish 😂

[@GigsVT]

Yellow was a really popular color in the late 70s. It was never bright yellow, more of a harvest gold.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

Maybe yellow plastic was particularly cheap.

[@jordanturner97]

My guess is they were able to reuse excess plastic (Or the coloring?) from other heavy equipment/construction equipment manufacturers at the time and cut costs

[@ronniebruzer]

@Mike L anti theft devices. 😆😂🤣

[@mrmaniac3]

When you want to inflate your resume "Yeah, I built over 700 freeways."

[@raven4k998]

I am shocked you could find 700 people to buy something like that you'd think it would be no one but eh it's a strange strange world we live in

[@bannahpinson3330]

@@raven4k998 think of smoking crack in the 70s, these are the people who purchased these machines

[@raven4k998]

@@bannahpinson3330 no no no you need to think logically everyone has an inner child and look at the freeway it's basically an amusement park ride and it was apparently cheap to buy who wouldn't want one for that reason alone Think About It!!!!!!!!

[@bannahpinson3330]

@@raven4k998 now this is a good point, notice as aging wheels pulled out of that parking lot their was a second freeway sitting in front of the owners house... my guess is two kids !

[@raven4k998]

@@bannahpinson3330 yeah well there's that and think about how Robert reacts when driving it have you ever seen anyone act like that driving a regular vehicle nope they have never had that much fun driving something that slow and loud so it makes sense people didn't buy it as serious transport but more for amusement because it is amusing to watch that thing go from a video it must be hilarious to drive the thing down the street the cars slower then a tribant but it looks like a hell of a lot more fun to drive then a tribant

[@kitd56]

"A silly little micro car with 3 wheels and no hope." I love this guy!!!!

[@raven4k998]

how can it feel like it's going to tip over it has two wheels in the front🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RomitSaha-oe2hv]

@@raven4k998 I know, right.🤣🤣🤣

[@halopro8958]

“Cars” like this are why I really don’t consider The Trabant to be that bad.

[@MrSpirit99]

The Trabant was not that bad. Oh it was at the end of production 1989/1990, but at the beginning in the early 60's it wasn't bad at all. The body was very innovative. The rest wasn't that far off from other European small cars around that time. That's even more true for the first version the Trabant 500 from the 50's. It was build at the same time as the Isetta! Only never got updated for various political reasons.

[@JohnSmith-eo5sp]

Trabant was just a plastic box on wheels, powered by a lawn-mower engine(two stroke) aka: an obsolete motorcycle engine

[@urgolf1974]

​@@MrSpirit99 Nice try to educate, but its hopeless. Its way more fun to laugh about a slow plastic car, with a two stroke engine, small brakes and no airbags. Compared to a 50s Lloyd Alexander, the engineering of the Trabant was a good job. But its more fun to compare it with late 80s cars. And you dont have to know anything about cars to do that, so its easy, too.

[@MrJohndoakes]

@@JohnSmith-eo5sp Trabants could be updated with a four-cylinder engine (Skoda or Polski Fiat) and a lot of backyard engineering, the engine compartment is large-ish enough. This vehicle is doomed to have a lawnmower motor in it.

[@philhahn]

dream for me would still be a nice trabant shell n pop in an electric engine ^_^

[@sandyfleur4117]

When a "car" fails to be as reliable, well engineered, and as powerful as a Trabant.

[@decap112]

They are called chevy.

[@Sohave]

A Trabant is a high quality muscle-car compared to this.

[@RWBHere]

‘Kaa!?' - The sound a crow makes when one approaches.

[@JohnRunyon]

6:50 I love how the other guy is just casually walking after you at almost the same speed as the 'car'.

[@raven4k998]

happens all the time with that car🤣

[@falcon664]

First, I think it very smart that the car is Yield Sign Yellow. Second, I would think the electric version would be much quieter, which is comforting when you are about to die.

[@raven4k998]

that's gotta be a safety feature🤣

[@hereticpariah6_66]

Now, add a pair of _Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses™_ and you won't even see Death when he arrives!!

[@techno1561]

It also won't go as fast, and therefore won't inspire absolute terror trundling down the road at speed. You're not going to get anywhere fast, but you're also not going to feel like you're about to die getting there.

[@AA-xb4px]

"she'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene"

[@AiOinc1]

Put it in H Zagravev min zlotny dev

[@ProctorSilex]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3m7hWqcedCZb6s

[@wildman510]

"she'll mow 50 feet of lawn on a quarter of a tank"

[@johnbockelie3899]

I'll be a duck, smashed by a house, ....and a metal plate !!!

[@johnbockelie3899]

Daddy, can Billy borrow the car?.

[@FloridaMaquis]

Did the 16hp version come with a hitch?

[@johnbockelie3899]

Speeding fast.......Semi at your tail !!!!.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Comes with optional wagon so you can bring the family on outings.

[@johnbockelie3899]

The local bullies can pick it up and walk off with it.

[@EVATVDirect]

No, but I have seen people add their own hitch.

[@greg6239]

For what purpose, my uncles 22hp lawnmower cant pull a loaded trailer

[@Davett53]

My college buddy bought one of these, and even belonged to club of fellow owners, who helped each other keep them running. He lived in suburban Chicago, and used his for fun in the warmer months. He did tell me they were pretty terrible, and horrible in any kind of snow and ice. He said they all had fun with them, but knew they were short lived.

[@censusgary]

It must have been a pretty small club, if only 700 of these gizmos were ever built- and I assume not all of them went to Chicago.

[@Davett53]

@@censusgary I remember him telling me about a club or group,...then recently I read something, that confirmed it. It was an article about how the owners of these vehicles have annual events that the public can attend, where they can see a dozen Freeways,...& watch them drive around.

[@elliotkane4443]

@@Davett53 People have some strange hobbies for sure, but this... Why?

[@Davett53]

@@elliotkane4443Well at the time, it seemed like the pathway to a more efficient kind of car, maybe one that saved fuel. Tiny 3 wheeled cars had been around forever. People like "kit" cars built off a recycled VW Beetle chassis. OK maybe this one failed, but no harm in trying something new. Every year someone invents a new mini-three wheeler. Ever hear of The Elio? It tried to launch in 2010, it was kind of kit car based off of: "off the shelf" parts, combining motorcycle parts, meant to a one person car, and it looked really cool. It was going to sell for real cheap, not much more than medium priced motorcycle, with an enclosed driver compartment. It was supposed to be an all-season car, but proved only to be useful in warmer climates without snow or much real weather.

[@GrumpyF0X]

"Every person I see is staring at me because I'm driving bright yellow suppository with a lawn mower engine." You have got yourself a new subscriber sir!

[@autocon2002]

The more excited he gets, the more he sounds like Kermit the Frog.

[@Beemer917]

That's true!!! Lol

[@Evil_We_Are]

He sure is a whiney fellow.

[@bigsexy1423]

Way to go. Now I can't unhear it. Thanks alot

[@anthonysilburn-guy381]

I thought he sounded like Chris Griffin from Family Guy 😂

[@deejay_hazexxtatic6184]

@Voltaic Fire 🤦🏻‍♂️😂💯

[@itxofficial8281]

Doug DeMuro: "I review the weirdest cars in existence!" Aging Wheels: "Challenge accepted."

[@rarbiart]

I am honestly expect an "AW score table" to apprear any episode.

[@barrybend7189]

Regular Car Reviews: first time?

[@itwontcomeout5678]

This is more interesting than Top Gear at times lol

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

The funny thing is that Doug Demuro actually reviewed the Aging Wheels Trabant 601S

[@Bzons]

@@VeraTheTabbynx And his Zastava Yugo.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

I can imagine the designer marveling at his sleek futuristic car on the drawing board.

[@Vollification]

Well it was the 70s. The design was like that. Basically what someone from the 40s thought the future should look like. Wonder if all the people living back then where colour blind? Everything was in "light" colours (baby blue, pink or light green) or varying shades of brown.

[@neeneko]

@@Vollification I can not recall which decade it was, but I can recall years ago going over this basic question in a design class and it mostly came down to new paints/materials that were not available (or were horribly expensive) only a few years before that. So the taste came down to 'because we can, and before we could not'

[@Vollification]

@@neeneko Wasn't that also why they hade all the non-sense food back then? "We have stuff now that we didn't before so let's make stuff up like pineapple and ham." I used to study to study graphical design and you can clearly see how the taste in marketing went from informative, serious and classy (everyone wanted to look like they where the most serious company in the world) to cheap and downright tacky.

[@neeneko]

@@Vollification that would not surprise me, though there was also a LOT of marketing involved in the post WWII food industry since there was a massive military-foodstuffs capacity that they wanted to repurposed. But yeah, trends in design over time are really fascinating, with so much 'yeah, it is a bad idea, but everyone is doing it and we don't want to risk being on the out!'

[@Vollification]

@@neeneko The history of marketing, do what everyone else does but louder :p

[@davidclark3304]

My neighbor had one of those. He said to me, "I wish I hadn't bought that darn car." The same neighbor rolled his on a cloverleaf and told me if I ever bought one to be careful with it's instability.

[@saxongreen78]

I assume his testimony wasn't in the brochure, then?

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Add the training/racing 4th and 5th wheel kit!

[@stevethepocket]

Whoa whoa whoa. A cloverleaf? As in he actually drove this on the interstate?

[@Happymali10]

@@stevethepocket No, he went into a turn and ran over a leaf.

[@SimuLord]

At least Robert drove by a church, conveniently available to pray to God that you survive a trip in that vehicle.

[@wojciechbatog576]

When a car makes you long for the sophistication and comfort of a Trabant that's saying something;)

[@DeerKoden]

Trabant: i wobble Freeway: *hold my beer*

[@allianceofsteel]

when a car makes you dream of the sophistication and reliability of a model A .... lol.

[@blackgriffinxx]

I'll take a go-cart please .

[@mateabda]

like whole families went here on holidays with a trabant or a polski fiat, soo, it is much-much worse

[@duhjooner]

"...sophistication and comfort of a Trabant..." is a phrase I never thought i'd read.

[@jonnda]

The shag carpet WAS the sound absorption material, and now that it's gone, what do you expect?

[@highlypolishedturd7947]

Maybe the shag carpet was just too 70's for a previous owner?

[@jonnda]

@@highlypolishedturd7947 Having had personal experience with a couple 70's British cars, I suspect that the carpet had just degraded and was nasty. But it should have been replaced, it really could help the noise level inside, especially with a little dynamat underneath. However, having no sound treatment would save weight... Which really matters with only 12hp or whatever it has.

[@highlypolishedturd7947]

@@jonnda Yeah, you're probably right.

[@gphilipc2031]

Dynamat it.

[@RobMacKendrick]

Shag carpet is exactly what this thing is missing.

[@jimmybarr9411]

Aging Wheels: “I don’t want one of these” Me: I want one of these

[@Endfloat]

Part of me feels this way too, but I'd have to reengineer a few things on it!

[@dass1333]

With a good motorcycle pushing and a real stering / suspension, that could be a viable ride.

[@cymond]

I would LOVE to have one! I'm extremely amused by tiny, impractical cars, but I don't have the money or space to actually collect micro cars. I just have a AH Sprite

[@jimmybarr9411]

@@cymond I have a 1976 MG Midget, what year is your Sprite?

[@cymond]

@@jimmybarr9411 1969 When I was 12, Mom came home with a Sprite, just for fun. She LOVED cars. She died last year, and left me a bit of inheritance, so I decided to buy something in her memory. She was fond of American muscle, especially Camaro SS convertibles, but I never forgot that little Sprite.

[@wimwiddershins]

"This is so unsafe, let's give it more gas." I have an off road go-kart that has better performance and safety.

[@man_on_wheelz]

"The whole Go-Pro is vibrating, sorry about that" well you did a good job advertising for Go-Pro cause it clearly does an amazing job canceling out the vibrations!

[@57thorns]

Yes, we see the car vibrating but the world is steady.

[@Happymali10]

That looked more like warb-stabilization done in post

[@theowinters6314]

Wow, it's like someone saw a Robin Reliant and said "I wonder if I could do worse" and then somehow succeeded beyond all their hopes and dreams.

[@boataxe4605]

At least it has two wheels in the front instead of the back so it won’t flip as easily.

[@dglcomputers1498]

At least the Reliant 3 wheelers had a point as it allowed people with only a motorbike licence in the UK to be able to drive a "car", this doesn't have that advantage.

[@roadent217]

@@dglcomputers1498 Isn't this also technically a motorcycle?

[@bryanjk]

@@roadent217 he stated it was.

[@malthuswasright]

Reliant Robin, NOT Robin Reliant. You wouldn't say Escort Ford or Golf VW...

[@Happymali10]

I love that the owner started walking after you as soon as you started because he knew you'd kill the engine. Also you reused the "leaving" shot for "returning", so I assume it died again

[@domtron8873]

You know it's sketchy if he's laughing and coughing at the same time from pure, primal terror.

[@thinman4648]

That emergency brake is from a forklift 😂 lol

[@SquishyZoran]

My dad’s 03 GMC C4500 uses the exact same one too.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

maybe they just found a surplus stock of forklift emergency brakes and just decided they would make a fine addition to their “car” haha

[@AiOinc1]

I think I'd feel safer driving the forklift

[@zachaliles]

It also looks like the same ones in HMMWV's. Except those work in the normal fashion, up = engaged.

[@zachaliles]

@rob witt the fact that it stops a forklift has more to do with the brakes it's engaging and less about the handle. I'm sure this vehicle doesn't have a forklift parking brake on the wheel.

[@large_crab]

My lawn mower has that exact same engine, I recognize the starter sound lol.

[@mazzalnx]

Driving the cutting blades probably uses up to 30% of the engine's power. And I'm willing to bet it's built out of something more substantial than scrap steel tubing, so a bit of weight keeps it at safe speeds. This thing is glorious in its success... at removing anything to which you could associate the word 'safe'.

[@greasysteve5671]

Thats a lot of lifter tick

[@helidude3502]

Arstotzkan But you don’t need registration for your lawnmower, can earn gas money cutting grass during your trip , and depending on your location no dui.

[@SquishyZoran]

Did he pronounce it right? I always say Tesh-Mu and not the way he called it.

[@SquishyZoran]

Mega flame404 I’ve been saying it wrong all these years then! Not like it matters since they went belly up and liquid Combustion Technology is much easier to pronounce!

[@locutus155]

"I'm just about to lose my voice!" Says a man that's already lost control of his bowels driving this thing.

[@ericssmith2014]

6:44 -- you know that it's a ridiculous vehicle when even its owner stares at it with bemused concern as it trundles down the street.

[@MichaelSteeves]

It isn't a Peel P50, but it is just about as hilarious!

[@DeerKoden]

@Deon Denis or made you sweat like a pig during summertime?

[@jonnda]

Somehow, a Peel Trident is still a better car than the HM FreeWay.

[@trainzguy2472]

The Peel actually had decent bodywork and design.

[@twistedyogert]

@@DeerKoden Just stick your head out the window.

[@jonnda]

Trainzguy2472 I just found out someone resumed production of the Peel P50 in 2011, and they are selling maybe 10-15 a year. That is far more then can be said about the FreeWay. Original Peels have been auctioned for insane prices, over £100k. FreeWays... $5k to $6k at best.

[@anthonywebb4866]

"Don't pull out in front of me" is something I say out of irritation, you said it out of pure terror 😂

[@miffedmax]

I've done it a few times in my Beetle, which is a paragon of automotive excellence compared to that thing.

[@osl5686]

Its a Death trap!!

[@roadent217]

6:38 Heyyy, there's the CitiCar!

[@ezzie3927]

You can also see the Th!nk City in another scene

[@TheKitMurkit]

Just usual cars parked by the side of the road

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

"Driving down the road in a bright yellow suppository with a lawnmower engine." Brilliant!

[@JTA1961]

People might think you're a hoe~mow...

[@hellkek2768]

10:28 "I'm doing thirty now and it feels very unstable." - same quote as a guy who drove a car in 1911

[@censusgary]

However unsafe and underpowered the “Freeway” may seem, any car you could get in 1911 would have been much worse.

[@corspeman]

>Made in Minnesota > Has almost non-existent heater wat

[@somedudeonline1936]

Connor Niess as a Minnesotan I am seriously disappointed

[@ScottaHemi440]

@@somedudeonline1936 we made up for it with the slingshot though

[@antblaster9k]

thought itd be wisconsin considering how cheese-esque it is

[@md_vandenberg]

@Carl Brutananadilewski "wat" is a form of slang. It's being used in a casual form, so it's not breaking any rules. Go be a pendant somewhere else, like reddit or 4chan.

[@EVATVDirect]

Yeah, you don't drive them in the winter here anyway. At first frost I went over a bridge and it was slick. Did a 360 at about 45 mph. Scared the bageezes out of me, so decided to turn around and go home.... Over the same bridge not thinking.... Did the same thing at 50 mph this time. When cold, I didn't use the heater anyway. As you can see from this video, comfort is the last thing you are thinking about.

[@hoodagooboy5981]

This makes me feel soooo much better about my Geo Metro..... that also gets 50 MPG.

[@SimuLord]

Back in 2002 my then-girlfriend and I moved from Boston to Reno with all our stuff in a '99 Metro. The trip got...interesting...when we headed up the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains on I-80 in Wyoming. The car kept up a brisk walking pace.

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Keep an eye on those front control arms. They are a weak link and will fail due to rust. I have owned two and yes they get great fuel economy.

[@krimmer66]

That drive looked incredibly fun!! From the back it looks pretty sweet, but I can't believe that thing was allowed on the road even for the late 70's early 80's.

[@Colaholiker]

"Mommy, this car-weirdo neughbor is driving around in a fancy lawn mower again!"

[@philipaldrick5363]

I want one, where can I get it?

[@vermontjeff2535]

That guy shouldn't drove that car . He's not man enough. He acted like a fairly

[@zaadbaad541]

The first guy with a “car” in school

[@stuffhappens5681]

Elementary school

[@1949kf]

Had a 16 hp version back in the early to mid 1980s. They advertised it as highway capable so I bought one for commuting to work . Actually drove it on expressways. I was young and stupid believing all the brochure bullshit. The vehicle was dangerous at speeds above 40mph. I actually got it up to 60 -65 on a smooth straight stretch of Express way and lived. Sold it after putting 7000 miles on it mostly in congested rush hour traffic. The vehicle not practical and was poorly engineered. Trailer brakes in front with stamped out wavy surface drums and non centering shoes for erratic pulsating stops. Rear end assembly with wheel engine & CVT isolated from rear of vehicle with RUBBER. The vehicle would wander and follow irregularities in the road surface

[@tigerseye73]

The starter motor sounds more reassuring than the engine. You sir, are a brave man.

[@simon4187]

"I'm diving down the road in a bright yellow suppository with a lawnmower engine"

[@KanawhaCountyWX]

I'm driving down the road in a bright yellow lawnmower engine with a suppository

[@raven4k998]

@@KanawhaCountyWX I think that's how they were able to make and sell 700 of these 700 people bought it solely for the comedy factor only cause that's the only thing that thing has going for it

[@tome8373]

Doug Demuro showed us this guy last year with the trabant. This has been my favorite channel ever since.

[@Studio23Media]

Thomas Medlin I'm pretty sure that's where I found Robert too. He's grown so much since then.

[@user-74652]

I feel like he has now basically become what Doug Demuro used to be before he changed direction to his current format.

[@jackielinde7568]

Funny, but my first introduction to this guy was on VINWiki.

[@highlypolishedturd7947]

Me too, I found this on the Demuro/Trabant video, and I've been hooked ever since. I love his witty comments.

[@tome8373]

He’s extremely real about how terrible they are and makes fun of them. It’s a terrible car and we all know it but his witty comments drive it home

[@youtuuba]

I purchased, well ordered, one of these during the gas crisis. A fellow college teacher had one, and since it was parked in the college lot all day, he put a small Tupperware sandwich box on the roof full of his 'business cards' that listed him as a dealer of sorts for Freeway; the cards invited interested people to call him, and he would either meet them at the college or drive to their homes, and let them take a spin. I don't recall which engine he had in his, but the one I ordered had the largest gas engine size. When I test drove his, it handled fairly well, and I had no trouble getting it up to 55 mph on the local county highway. I don't recall having trouble keeping it going straight, or having trouble getting it up to speed. Perhaps the car in this video is worm out, or improperly maintained/adjusted or something. But I never did take possession of my Freeway. I had ordered it with the optional electric reverse, which I recall was just a small electric motor, connected to the same battery as the engine's starter motor, with some kind of mechanism to roll the car backwards....it was only supposed to be used for a few feet, to back out of parking spaces. But they told me that I might have to wait for a month or two while they worked out the bugs in the reverse mechanism. That time came and went, and when I tried to finally cancel my order due to the delays, I learned that they had filed for bankruptcy or something, and all down payments for undelivered cars were now voided, so I lost my money....I recall it was perhaps $500 or something like that. I had contacted the Illinois drivers license office, and they told me that these were considered to be cars, and that I would not need to get a motorcycle license to drive it. I vaguely recall that the one I test drove had a seat belt; maybe they were only installed in cars sold in states that required them, or in states that classified them as cars. I recalled asking the manufacturer if they had tested these in (simulated) accidents at highway speeds. They said no, but an early customer had run his into a bridge abutment while going faster than 50 mph, and "survived", whatever that means....he might have been near death or been dismembered or turned into a vegetable, but he "survived". I only went ahead and ordered mine for the short commute of fairly empty country highways I had to make every day. I had no plans to use it for anything longer, faster, or in any kind of inclement weather. Even if I had received the one I ordered, the gas crisis was over soon, and I probably would not have continued to drive it for very long. I went back to driving my Jeep CJ and my Gremlin.

[@djbazinet8758]

I absolutely love when he calls small cars “suppositories”

[@maxon1672]

A tiny electric cheese wedge and a bright yellow suppository with a lawn mower engine - all in one week! What did we do to deserve these gifts?

[@PapiDoesIt]

If you look closely when he leaves the parking lot you can see the cheese wedge.

[@LEXXIUS]

@@PapiDoesIt Same with the previous cheese wedge video, this "car" was parked in its spot.

[@mockier]

And yet the Cheese wedge wins, at least it has breaks that work and the slower top speed imho is an advantage

[@gimble8638]

the original car known as the cheese wedge was the bond bug from the UK which was far superior to this and 10 years earlier :)

[@davidhealdjr.513]

I kept thinking “I wonder who uploaded this for him after he died in that thing.”

[@MelancoliaI]

Watching him attempt to negotiate actual roads in that thing was enough stress for today.

[@matthewmccarter3284]

Considering its 40 yrs old, the fact that it runs at all is kinda impressive.

[@henryrodgers7386]

"A silly little microcar with three wheels, and no hope." Why must you always say these things right as I'm taking a drink of coffee?

[@Wanking_wanker]

“Ok now this is getting silly” You know it’s bad when he says it

[@highlypolishedturd7947]

And near the end of the video, he says he doesn't want one. You REALLY know it's bad when he says THAT!

[@vermontjeff2535]

I don't know, 50 miles per gallon? To drove around the neighborhood. I think the guy that drove it way a scared wimp that when he's at a golf course he complains about.. you know there's no seat belts in the golf cart

[@LongPeter]

“I didn’t have the fuel pump on.” A trouble known to vintage Land Rover owners. Although in that case, it is that the switch was in the position for fuel pump 1 which burned out in 1986. Fortunately, British Leyland new this would happen, so installed 2.

[@ByronWatts]

I seriously considered building one of the three wheel vehicles that was (I think) featured in a popular mechanics like publication at the time. It was called the Tri-muter if I recall correctly. I might still have the plans out in storage. With more recent improvements in electric technology, it might be fun to consider ... at least in concept :-)

[@1968CudaGuy]

In 1982 or 83 Popular Mechanics did an exclusive on the Tri-Magnum which was a motorcycle backend and drive system subframed to a Volkswagen Beetle/Type 1 front end. Very stylish and ahead of its time.

[@Saberjet1950]

i love how far back the pickup is, like hes expecting you to disintegrate in front of him

[@alphonsotate2982]

NICE SAFE PICKUP DRIVER

[@manbunnmcfanypakjustacoolg4965]

I bet the space was much apriciate.

[@JTA1961]

I noticed that also 😂

[@gavinendsley]

13:00 I see the cheese wedge in the distance there.

[@dogfightdixon4415]

Simone?

[@LeeDee5]

...which is the last thing everyone sees before they die.

[@uselessDM]

You also see it when he first starts driving and leaves the parking space.

[@romeoerzhaler7614]

And 6:36

[@SitriUvali]

Bright yellow suppository with a lawn mower engine...what a description! I love it!

[@mysock351C]

That's an interesting hobby that guy has: Owning the worst cars ever made.

[@johnbasterson7938]

He doesn't own them.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@johnbasterson7938 The original commenter might not have been referring to who you think they were.

[@RockyFoxxowo]

So they own this, the cheese wedge and the th!nk

[@rslover65]

I mean, there's mopar fan groups.....

[@tangydiesel1886]

Wants to be efficient, uses terribly inefficient lawn mower engine.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Typical of a "high mileage" cheapskate machine. It's either a lawnmower engine or a super common motorcycle engine.

[@timweber4318]

The P50 was made out of metal and somewhat """" well"""" built. Like not good but the body works as a body

[@funposting8912]

I’m surprised the yanks didn’t just try importing shitloads of Japanese kei-cars. They basically had this shit sorted in the 50’s

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

+Velleity Even "full size" european cars from the 60's and 70's got about 50 MPG with tiny but not terrible 1.0 or 1.1 engines, and could still reach highway speeds.

[@marsrover001]

@@funposting8912 much like modern times, you have to wait 25 years before importing jdm cars.

[@HSMiyamoto]

I grew up in Minneapolis -- I remember when this car came out. I think I saw someone promoting it in the old Brookdale Mall. I have not seen one in 40 years.

[@AmazingJeeves]

When you hit 30 miles an hour in this thing, I expected the nose to start glowing red like a space shuttle on reentry. 🤣

[@arschkopp]

wow... the Trabant seems like a good car, suddenly :D

[@tibbydudeza]

It is a Toyota compared to these things.

[@Gimpythekid]

gotta give some credit to the owners for keeping these deathtraps running against all odds

[@martinjohnson9316]

Thanks for the hilarious video. In the 60'-70's in the UK we had the fibreglass Reliant Robin if you could'nt afford a car...but it was very capable especially on fuel and you could jump straight into it on a motorcycle licence. Being one wheel forward/two wheels back it could be very hairy on quick bends!

[@josefmechanic]

This reminds me of driving my first go kart no brakes, lawnmower tires up front, chain keeps hopping , randomly dies, absolutely terrifying, fun af

[@explosive_shart9405]

Now imagine if that was rebuilt in 2019 and just had a motorcycle engine instead of a lawn mower engine

[@AgentTasmania]

*press throttle* *Drive wheel launches out roof*

[@52ownsyou]

I know of one that had been converted but the guy pulled it all to put it back in the motorcycle frame.

[@karvast5726]

Perhaps the fact it only goes to 30mph is a safety feature

[@netts2315]

@@karvast5726 Its max speed is supposedly 50mph, which I find hard to believe lol.

[@karvast5726]

@@netts2315 maybe with a sail with the wind behîd you,going downhill,sending the piston to mars with nitro…perhaps

[@JimFortune]

Why does it look like you're doing 180 mph?

[@Banom7a]

probably in heaven already at that point

[@MinuteBracelet]

6:36 THE CHEESE WEDGE!

[@rolls_8798]

tbh that was a pretty looking thing, and that shot of it pulling away was pretty dope

[@ThePavotrouge]

Thank you for risking your life for our amusement. Really good!!

[@anew742]

I saw this in the background of the CitiCar video and am so glad you're covering this majestic beast of a vehicle

[@DahVoozel]

A car... and I use that term loosely... that could be flattened by the "shockwave" from a truck passing it....

[@saxongreen78]

There was a bloke my Nan knew who was riding a Lambretta when he attempted to pass a semi on the highway...the slipstream sucked him under the wheels of the trailer to his doom. 😨

[@possibly8180]

@@saxongreen78 damn fr tho

[@benjaminbutcher]

Okay. I’ve been working my way through the catalog, and this video really stands out. Not only is this the first time I was genuinely concerned for his safety? This is also the first time I’ve EVER seen him survive a clown car/medieval torture device and NOT immediately express a deep desire to own it.

[@djambrosia]

My neighbor always say's 'hope you make it back' when I go out in the bug. I would love to see his face rolling this out the driveway!

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

Having 2 wheels on the front is more stable than having one wheel at the front and 2 at the back, see the Reliant Robin!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Jamal Tyrone oh yesss... I remember those TOP GEAR episodes. Didn’t they make a “space shuttle” out of a Robin?

[@johnbasterson7938]

Yeah I'm sure. That's why all the best and fastest race cars are 3 wheel.......oh wait.......

[@shredder_mang3211]

Jamal Tyrone yeah kinda common sense

[@cleatrampler]

Ask Mr bean.

[@CommanderMouse72]

The Robin only tips cause the driver is out of the base of support (2 seater) it would be far more stable with 2 people of equal weight in the front, this 1 seater would be way more stable

[@jonathonfreeman9233]

This thing looks like a "car of the future" you'd see at a family owned amusement park's kiddie ride section.

[@redpheonix1000]

6:22 "The whole GoPro is vibrating. The whole car is vibrating" _The whole room is vibrating!_

[@KlueBat]

Oh man! I laughed so hard at your potentially mortal peril. Great vid Robert. Keep them coming.

[@lorenzbeumers1601]

Why didnt they call it a threeway Oh i see

[@evibes512]

Or perhaps Driveway, where it lives when it isn't running and full of rain water. :)

[@writerconsidered]

@@evibes512 Jeff you didn't see it yet.

[@tiki_trash]

You have to go strictly solo in that thing.

[@A57-0mona]

"This whole thing was build from the ground up by HM vehicles who have never made a car before" Now it all makes sense.

[@Travatain]

It reminds me of the Bond 3 wheeler that we had in the UK. I used to think that was the worst car I had ever seen - until I watched you drive the Freeway! Thanks for an amusing video.

[@randomnonsense_1]

I really enjoyed watching you work on your Trabant, but holy crap, these "car" reviews are the best thing ever. I'm glad you are back to putting out videos.

[@2stroketurbo]

This video made me laugh, more than once. I can so relate as I happen to own a bright orange HMV ,

[@Novalightningwolf]

Haha, when he started that car it sounded exactly like my old sears ST12 lawn tractor, probably the same Tecumseh engine.

[@HSMiyamoto]

If only Jeremy Clarkson would review it. He slagged the Reliant Robin, but that is a Mercedes compared to a "Freeway."

[@oxulucozcan4923]

that guy has a hell of a collection by having just citicar and freeway. thanks to him for letting you test these

[@stevethepocket]

The HM-Vehicles Freeway. For when you're in the middle of a fuel crisis but would literally rather die than buy an import.

[@lightdark00]

Bless those true patriots!

[@NavigatedChaos]

It's beautiful. This would 100% become my daily driver.

[@wrofiir9697]

I hope you keep finding bizarre shit like this, because I love these videos. I go on rewatch sprees every couple months cause they are just so unique and awful

[@samrosenthal2111]

"Hand-built quality"

[@TheOzthewiz]

AND........Made in the USA!!!

[@panzerkamphwaggenlll5247]

@@TheOzthewiz I mean yes but it would be a great economy car in Africa

[@DeLiriuMfk]

Initially I though you re-posted the same video :D

[@XxarnyxXx]

You don't know how much joy you bring me with these silly little cars!

[@EVATVDirect]

I've had two over the years. Loved it. Met the guy who created a couple time, been to his house. It was called Freeway because it was the best way to get parts, the "Free way".

[@JTA1961]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@stewartellinson8846]

That really did make me laugh . The owner is clearly one of the world's great eccentrics and i think you're denying your desire for a plastic lawnmower powered monstrosity. Brilliant!

[@Fishsticks187]

"The steering is quite ponderous, OH MY GOD!"

[@lomaxcm]

I used to have a Freeway and LOVED the little car. It had a clutch problem we could never get fixed so sold it. SO SAD I did. It could be fixed up with todays parts and would be back on the road. Wonderful little car.

[@delhoghe]

I actually considered buying one of those in 1982. I sent a letter ( no internet back then ) to HM asking for information. They sent me a brochure with some specs and pricing information. If I remember correctly it was capable of getting 70 MPG and had a top speed of 55 MPH. The price was around $ 6000. I saw one in Henry County Ohio around 1983. It looked pretty cool to me.

[@1bc003]

Back in the 70's security wasn't such a big issue as it is today.

[@JTA1961]

As long as you didn't have a radio

[@kek4567]

Your like the Doug Demuro of death traps nobody has ever heard of, and for good reason

[@buddy8225]

That car is the coolest looking thing and you were having so much fun driving it. Thanks for sharing. 😀

[@PACOSBBQ]

Hello. I owned a freeway flyer in 2000, I paid 1500 bucks for the thing. Got it running and discovered that I needed to rebuild the torque converter drive system and also the rear swing arm. I bought it for my girlfriend to drive to work at Kennedy space center as cheap way to work. It was a hit as far as appearance. She was getting 90mpg on the drives but was very slow, and scary at high speeds. I had it up to 63 mph but was very lose in 😢he steering at that speed. The girlfriend ended up rolling it in front of the vehicle assembly building at the cape. I sold it after that. But still doubled my money on the sale.