# What kind of car did I see?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 4, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802 "2002-10-04T06:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802/1 "2002-10-04T06:01:13Z")

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I was in traffic today, and beside me was a car, the likes of which I’ve never seen before:

-It had two wheels in front, but only ONE wheel in the back (in the center)  
-It was very low to the ground (almost like go-cart level)  
-It had no windshield or windows (open air), although it did have a bar across the top (sort of what it looks like when the T-tops or whatever they’re called are taken off a car).  
-The driver was wearing a helmet.  
-It went very, very fast.

What on earth was it?

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**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802/2 "2002-10-04T06:16:37Z")

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was it any of [these?](http://www.ccpc.net/~jaho/3wheel2.html)

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802/3 "2002-10-04T06:34:17Z")

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Perhaps a Trihawk?

[http://www.3wheelers.com/trihawk.html](http://www.3wheelers.com/trihawk.html)

At any rate, there are several similar wheel designs. Have a look around that site.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802/4 "2002-10-04T06:54:08Z")

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Perhaps a [Morgan three-wheelr](http://www.morgan3w.de/models/models.htm), or a replica of one?

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**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-did-i-see/130802/5 "2002-10-04T14:52:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rexnervous \*  
> \*\*was it any of [these?](http://www.ccpc.net/~jaho/3wheel2.html) \*\*

Yes! It looked almost exactly like the T-Rex (the photo of the red one). I could have sworn the sides came up further, but maybe it was just my perspective.

I looked at the other websites too. Where have I been that I never knew all of these three-wheeled cars existed???

It was a neat thing to see, though.