[Carlhole]

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[align=center]1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo[/align]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TIME', 'A') 3,200-lb. motorcycle with training wheels, a V8 engine and enough copper tubing to provide every hillbilly in the Ozarks with a still, the Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo was the daft experiment of James Scripps-Booth, an heir of the Scripps publishing fortune and a self-taught — or untaught — auto engineer. The Bi-Autogo was essentially a two-wheeled vehicle, carrying its considerable heft on 37-in. wooden wheels. At slow speeds, the driver could lower small wheels on outriggers to stabilize the vehicle so it wouldn't plop over. This is not a case of the advantage of hindsight; this was obviously a crazy idea, even in 1913. The Bi-Autogo does enjoy the historical distinction of being the first V8-powered vehicle ever built in Detroit, so you could argue it is the beginning of an even greater folly.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'N')ever misunderestimate human ingenuity...

[smiley]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')mong the 50 worst cars listed are the original Model T ("conferred to Americans the notion of automobility as something akin to natural law"), the 1995 Ford Explorer ("In its very success, the Ford Explorer is responsible for setting this country on the spiral of vehicular obesity that we are still contending with today.") and the Hummer H2.