microcar

[farm123]

can these be driven on a provisional motorbike licence

how much do they cost

are they any good

why do you not see any around

any answers welcome please

[ianess]

Not sure about the provisional licence bit.
They cost upwards of �8K, they're absolutely tiny and noisy. Vibration tends to break the flexible exhaust pipe very easily.
My brother-in -law has one because he can't be bothered sitting a full driving test but he could have got so much more for a lot less money.
Click here for a dealership in Yorkshire.
Wouldn't recommend them....sorry.

[Toureman]

The micro car that IANSS has pointed you too will require a full car licence to drive as it has four wheels so it is realy just a small normal car.

The so called micro cars of the sixtys were only three wheelers and also had no reverse gear so could be driven on a motorcycle provisional licence.

There was a small problem with one micro car with a front opening door, if you drove forwards too far into your garage with it you could not get out and you could not reverse, I wonder how many skeletons were found in this situation?

[ianess]

Toureman.....sorry to disagree but it's all to do with weight and nothing to do with the number of wheels. My brother-in-law has driven a Microcar Virgo 4-wheeler since new on nothing more than a motorcycle licence. He bought it from the dealership in my previous post.

Also have to disagree about the reverse gear issue, which was done away with long, long ago. My BMW Isetta bubble-car [3-wheeler] came complete with forward-opening door AND reverse gear. It was destroyed by a flying wooden garage in a near-hurricane around 1967 and I recently saw one on eBay for over �4500! Sod's Law?

[Toureman]

Sorry Ian, I am getting on a bit now and only remember the rules from around 40 odd years ago.

I agree on the prices, they are not realy worth buying now, it's a lot better to get a normal car and take some driving lessons.