Funnily enough, I had organised to buy a cheap Aixam Diesel to play with but that fell through. Not because of the difficulty in working out a non-motorway route from its home in North London to my place - that would have been fun and I like a challenge (the Aixam with the 479cc, Lombardini vertical twin has a top speed of 47mph) - but because not one single solitary insurer would cover me for the car and the key policy that I use for the random other old motors that tend to pass through my hands specifically excluded heavy quads.
The truly frightening thing is that right here in the UK, the restricted version of the Micro is now on sale, has a top whack of 28mph, is larger than a Fiat 500, Piaggio Ape** or mini and may be driven quite legally by 16 year olds.
Gawd help us all.**apart from the Ape in the attached photo which is bigger than the moped car:
