The Lo Res Car Is a Truly Insane Vehicle -- and I Drove It!

this is the low res car it's crazy i mean in the best possible way i love crazy and this certainly qualifies because well check it out today im going to review the low res car definitely one of the most Strange and Interesting Vehicles I've Seen Before I get started, be sure to check out cars and deals which is my car auction website for cool car enthusiasts of the modern era. We have had some amazing car sales and deals recently including this 2007 Shelby GT500 which sold for over 81k and had only 100 miles on it, a record price for one of these, also this Mazda Miata with a Chevy V8 swap was sold for 27,000 and this toyota land cruiser heritage edition sold for 93,000. if you are looking to sell your cool enthusiast cars and deals is the place to do it you will get the most interest, views and deals on your car and if you are looking buy a cool car from the modern era from the 1980s onwards.

Check out the cars and deals with a great selection of daily auctions at cars and bids.com. I borrowed this car here in Los Angeles from the Petersen museum and I drive H2, which is a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on zero emissions and specifically hydrogen fuel. cellular

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soon. The profits will benefit both groups. Peterson and Drive H2. You can learn more about Drive H2 and the fantastic Peterson. museum by clicking the link in the description below, but let's talk about a low resolution car, as you can imagine, it means low resolution and the design of this car basically came from taking a lamborghini countach and then reducing the resolution to reduce it to its basic level.

The shape that became a car. This car, the low resolution car, was designed by United Nude, the shoe company, and it's absolutely bizarre, as you can see now, it has a transmission and I'll drive it, but it's limited to lower speeds because it's mainly for show. Still, it was the sheer strangeness of the low-res car that drew me in and I had to learn the quirks and features of this crazy vehicle, so today that's exactly what I'm going to do first. I'll take you on a full walk-through of the low-res car and show you those quirks and features, then I'll take it out on the road and drive it and then I'll give it a Doug rating.

Okay, I'll start with the quirks and features of the low-res car by answering some basic questions you probably have about it, starting with the design. Now, as I said, the goal was to create a Lamborghini Countach, except in its most basic design version, a lower resolution version of the Countach, as you can see, is what they've done, this is the same basic general shape as the countach just with no texture or resolution basically now, like I said, it was designed by United nude, the shoe company, and it was meant to be some kind of promotional item for I guess they would take it to any event and people would look at it and talk of it and well, that clearly worked because here we are looking at it and talking about it now, despite the appearance in terms of performance, this is not what it has.

It has a small electric motor at the moment and the performance is quite limited. I'm told it can top out at around 30 miles per hour if you can get up to that speed. Now drive h2. The nonprofit will auction it off. They want to convert it. to a hydrogen powertrain, but it's still not like a big V12 like the Countach, it makes it go very fast. It's more of a masterpiece than an actual driveable and usable car, but it's still more about the low-res car and specifically its build. made of several flat panels, as you can see, I counted 12 flat panels in total.

I was told that it is polycarbonate and all the panels that you see on the outside are transparent, so the whole vehicle is basically windows and when you are in the inside you can easily see out, although being on the outside it is difficult to see in, Now you can see that the overall design has the entire body kind of coming to a point in the center, like at the top, like Tesla's Cyber ​​Truck. See, it's kind of a similar design ethos, although it's worth noting that the low-res car actually came out before the cyber truck debuted, so it's kind of a predecessor to that crazy triangular design shape that's now It reaches a point in the center.

The chassis that this crazy body sits on, I'm not exactly sure what it is, it may be custom made, it seems a little beefier and a little bigger than the chassis you'd find on a golf cart, but that's it. basically the idea of ​​what it is. it's about that size tire, that size engine, that size performance, so basically you have this 12-panel polycarbonate triangle design sitting on what appears to be some sort of modified or upgraded golf cart chassis and as I mentioned before this is mainly intended as a show car it's not really a usable vehicle to drive it's mainly to draw attention and make a statement so it doesn't have any lighting as you can see look around the back, there's no real lighting there, the same goes for the front.

I don't really have any lights on this vehicle that are immediately obvious, although there is actually some lighting, but it's hidden and I'll get to that a little more in a second, but before we get to that, let's talk about how to get into the car now when you do. If you're trying to get in from the outside, there's only one way: you have this little portable key fob that's been programmed to control various parts of the car, and to get in you first extend the antenna on the key fob, it's probably not that necessary. and then button four will open the car, press it and this is what happens, the entire body of the car lifts up and opens electronically while you hold the button on the key fob and thus revealing the interior, there are no doors to In this vehicle there are no windows that roll down, you go up, the only way to get in is with the key fob, you press the button and everything goes up, giving you access to the interior.

It's an absolutely strange situation, but that's how it's done in this car. I wonder why there is button four on the key fob. You would think that would be the most important feature. It should be button number one. Well, it's not. This car is very strange and that is a strange part and even stranger. In this car we have the interior now. The first thing you notice when the body is lifted so you can climb inside is that there are two seats in this car, making the low-res car relatively practical. The front and rear are tandem seats so that's all you get and they're fixed in that position so you can't move them in whatever position they're in, that's where you're sitting in this car and as you can imagine, getting in is a challenge as you are fighting with the body just above, let me try to climb inside first, you have to clean the body like I did, then you have to slide under the steering wheel and then you can be inside the low resolution car, now the seats themselves.

They are quite comfortable, they are nice leather seats and the backrests preserve the design theme of this car in that you can see their angled chrome which keeps that angled look from the outside and brings it inside with the seats. That angled design is also maintained, although frankly probably a little more strange is the steering wheel, which you can see is a hexagon and is completely angled chrome, again, not really a wheel, but rather a very strange looking chrome hexagon piece that is simply bolted to a plate that attaches to the steering column and this is your steering wheel again it keeps that angular theme of the exterior of the car so it fits speaking of steering although the steering column This vehicle itself is pretty terrifying, it looks like if you get into an accident you will be completely pushed and impaled and killed instantly, although it's worth noting that the low resolution car can't go fast enough for that.

It's a big risk, so it's a little safer, but it still doesn't feel like the safest I've ever seen. At the base of the steering column you have two pedals on the right, of course, the accelerator and on the left, the brake, although they are not close enough. each other to be operated with one foot, so when you drive the low resolution car, you will have to drive with both feet, with the right foot on the accelerator and the left foot on the brake pedal, which is a bit strange for most people when they drive, but that's how you have to drive this thing.

If you want to experience the low-res car, now one of the most interesting things in this interior is the control panel that the driver can operate. You can see a series of controls on the steering wheel to the right of the driver's seat and they control some elements of the car. Now the outermost switch on this control panel turns on the lights if you activate a headlight bar that lights up in the front and illuminates the front of the car. and at the same time, a rear light bar lights up at the back and illuminates the back of the car, so you have front and rear lights, although it's worth noting that they're really just for show, they're not very bright , they are not intended to Actually, I like to drive you at night, but now they are there.

The next little switch here says logo and if you turn it on, the United Nude logo lights up on the outside of the car, near the front and back, you can see a front. The United Nude logo continues and the same on the back. This was very important. This car was used as a promotional vehicle for United Nude, so that logo needs to be lit in order to promote, so you can turn it on or off using that. switch now, the next interesting control on this little panel is a switch with the label inside, if you press it, well nothing happens, you can't actually see anything turned on, so what's going on?

There are interior lights, but they are hidden, you open these. little steel doors on each side of the seating compartment and that's where the interior lights are, then you flip that switch and you can see them come on and they're actually quite bright and they illuminate this vehicle, the entire interior is visible now. The good thing about these interior lights is that they provide a great atmosphere when the car is in the dark, if you have the interior lights on but in the dark you only see the shape and this strange glow and it looks pretty cool but that's how you do it , that's how you activate the interior lights on the low resolution car, but anyway, below, a very important switch in this little control area is marked open and closed and you can use that switch to open or close the body around you, I told you.

The only way to open it from the outside is with that remote control, you press it and it opens, but on the inside you can use the remote control or you can use this switch and if you press the switch down to close, then the body starts to close . that essentially works like a door of course when the body is fully closed then you can drive the car but as you can see the body closes automatically just like it did with the remote control when I opened it and of course if you move the switch in the In another direction, obviously, open the body, that's how you get out of the low resolution car.

I don't want to think about what would happen if this car's battery died because I suspect this wouldn't work and I don't. Sure you could get out and get stuck in this thing until it can charge, but let's not think about that, that's how the bodywork works well and finally our last little control here is actually the low resolution car shifter. It's the exact same toggle switch as all the lights, but it's the shifter, you move it forward to drive and then it stays in gear and then you press the accelerator and you can go, you move it back to reverse and then you're in reverse. . and the same thing press the accelerator to go back and then if it's in the middle you're in neutral and you're not really going anywhere and those are your toggle switches on the low resolution car now a couple of other items worth worth mentioning This small area of ​​the driver's control panel has a keyhole, basically an ignition hole where you can start the car.

Interestingly, there are two keys so you have one key and also a spare key in case you lose the key from your low resolution. auto, here you also have a small screen that shows the current battery charge level and tells you exactly how much battery you have left. It's basically a percentage of charge you have left, it's not incredibly precise but it gives you a basic idea. This screen will also show you the battery voltagejust to make sure everything is working well and all the systems are working properly, so that's the control area in the low resolution car.

Now it's worth noting that that little battery display isn't the only display you have on low. Res auto there is also another one at the front of this interior, like in front of the steering column, and it has two display screens on the left. It gives a number that always seems to be in the 200s, I'm not exactly sure what it is. The number is on the right, you have what looks like a speedometer, it looks like it's in kilometers per hour and that tells you how fast you're going while you're driving your low resolution car, but that's it, that's all the controls you get. in this interior you only have three controls for different lights in this car but there is no radio or climate controls or electric windows none of that you can clearly say that this is a masterpiece more than anything very dissatisfied there are not many things in fact in terms In terms of equipment, it now has a fairly low resolution.

One interesting thing about the interior of this car is that if you're sitting in the driver's seat, you actually have pretty good headroom because the driver's seat is positioned so that the driver is sitting at exactly the top of the pyramid. these body panels, so you're basically sitting in the spot with the best headroom possible where everyone is at the top in the middle, kind of like the top center of a tent, but you might be wondering what about the back seat, so let's find out. I'm going to start by getting into the back seat of the low resolution car.

I always get into these back seats and it's always difficult to do and I imagine that will be true in this case. case too, oh, like I said, these seats are fixed in place, oh, okay, there's basically no room in the back seat of this one. I'll put my feet on the front seat because that's the only way I can make this work now since we were. talking about headroom with my feet around the driver like I'm riding a motorcycle since we're talking about headroom let's close this and see what happens then it goes down and I'm getting nervous and the answer is that the Headroom is actually fine back here.

Also, as you can see, I have headroom in the back of the low-res car. I thought it would only be the driver who would have enough headroom, but the rear seat passenger does too. I'm sitting here relatively comfortable at least from a headroom perspective, legroom is an absolute disaster and could certainly be improved in the next gen low resolution car, but let's finish with the interior anyway of this car because there is more to discuss, let me open the body so I can talk to Anyway, again, yes, mechanical, like I said, small electric motor, top speed around 30 miles per hour, not exactly a speed demon, this car and drive h2 want to convert it into a hydrogen propulsion system to meet their non-profit goals of Hydrogen vehicle propulsion is now an interesting thing with the mechanics of this car at the front , there are a lot of things that are exposed, as you can see, the suspension is very exposed, in fact, when you drive this car, you can see how the suspension works. up and down and doing everything traveling right in front of you, the same goes for the steering as you move the wheel you can see all the steering happening, all the mechanical components happening directly in front of you, albeit quite strangely , even though I left all those things visible, the wheels are covered, both front and rear, completely covered, so you can't see them from the outside, so the suspension and steering are visible, but the wheels They decided to hide them, that is especially strange in a car that has front wheels. wheels that spin like pretty much all cars do because then they have to spin in this casing created for them instead of being able to move freely, but I guess the wheels have enough room to spin even inside this, they thought that would give them a look fancier I guess with the covered wheels and by the way another item worth mentioning up front, around all the mechanical stuff, you've got a little vinyl plate there, it's kind of a mockup of a real vinyl player , was made by United. naked, whatever it also says, this is the third of these number three chassis, which suggests that there are other low resolution cars, which is quite strange or maybe prototypes were made.

I can only imagine more of these, it's a very strange vehicle. I only need one, but maybe for promotional purposes they wanted a couple more, so those are the many quirks and features of the quirky low-res car. Now it's time to take it out on the road and see how well it drives. -resolution auto this is terrifying, okay, the first thing I noticed is ridiculous reflections of the silver panel on the, you know, it's a little hot in here, it's all windows, this is an interesting experience, now the seat doesn't move, so my legs are just up, like my knees are compressed, like I'm crouching, almost trying to drive this thing, and I realized that the steering column would probably impale me if I had some kind of accident, so, That said, it's kind of scary. this is not not cool like driving the strangest thing on the planet basically very very interesting okay, now the break is with my left foot oh, a lot of rest okay, now I'll try to turn around there are no mirrors, I just have I just realized that there are also no seat belts, which is not an ideal situation, but in fact that is the case, I must hit it here.

Oh, it doesn't happen much, it doesn't happen much when you're on the ground, although the body shakes. My God, this is so. weird this is the strangest vehicle I've ever driven there are other cars on the road I can only imagine what they're thinking they're probably thinking I'm crazy which of course is true now I'm really going to fall Yeah, it's the oh boy, oh boy, I've gone like 12, but it feels faster because it's so low and the body shakes and things rattle, this is crazy, what is this vehicle? This is absolutely the strangest experience I can see.

I walk under me because the platform of the thing doesn't completely cover everything surprisingly maneuverable actually a reasonably acceptable vehicle now I use reverse I only use a toggle switch to shift into reverse which is very strange the steering wheel is also angled It matches the car, which is fine, but it's not a wheel, it's like a hexagon and it's chrome. This thing is so strange and when you look at it, you can see the suspension work, which is kind of interesting if you've never seen it before. The movement must be absolutely crazy. I'll take some photos of him moving in a second.

I am so curious. Don't go too fast. This is the strangest experience of my life. I've driven some weird cars, but. This could just be a strange car number. Here it shows me 15 14 on the speedometer, but there is no way I am going 50 miles per hour. I feel like I'm going about four, maybe it's kilometers. The other thing shows me 202 i. I have no idea what that means, hopefully not miles of range. Can you imagine driving these 202 miles? Okay, I'm going to try to do a U-turn here. Oh wow, this is testing the limits of driving.

It's working fine, though it's working fine. This is so. Ridiculous, this is seriously the craziest thing I've ever driven, but when you go over the bumps, the body just shakes a little bit and you're like, "Okay, I'm going to step on it again." Not much happens and many things drag on. and now it shows that I'm going 28 29 but that's not miles per hour, it's surely too fast, this is like a kid's project in the backyard, I don't want to go that fast on this, I have to tell you Although driving this is cool, the thing is, we're stopping traffic when I make these U-turns, but everyone wants to stop because they're like, What is this?

I don't mind seeing it, let's take a look. what, oh my god, this is so strange, this is definitely the strangest car experience of my entire life, what is this thing that I have gotten myself into here? That's the low-res car, which might be the strangest car I've ever reviewed. The Peterson museum is quite famous for these things. Remember they also provided me with the Honda s2000 from Fast and Furious which I also reviewed and their collection also has many more amazing vehicles but this might be the strangest one and now it's time to give. the low res car a score from doug starting with the weekend categories and styling, admit it the low res car is cool and i think it looks amazing and gets an eight out of ten acceleration.

This is usually measured from zero to sixty. The low-res car doesn't do sixty or even thirty, so it gets a one out of ten handling, not great and it gets a one out of ten fun factor, while it's cool, it's not especially fun to drive, but it is. fun when you drive. knowing that you're basically cruising down the street in a UFO when it gets a finally cool factor of six out of ten and this would pretty much turn off all the cars and coffee, it's cool and gets an 8 out of 10 for a total weekend score of 24 out of 50.

The following are the daily categories and features. It has practically none and gets a 1 out of 10. Comfort, it is not very comfortable, the seats do not provide special support and it is very hot inside the triangle. It gets a quality of one out of ten ok, I guess there's not much going on but it looks like a reasonably acceptable build for what it is and it gets a three out of ten The practicality is very poor as it can't even keep up. traffic and it finally gets a value of one out of ten and I don't really know how much it's worth but it will be more than you think largely because it's such an interesting piece of art that I don't really know what to put here so I'll just give it a 5 out of 10 and I'll move on to the total daily score of 11 out of 50.

Adding it all up, Doug's score is 35 out of 100, which puts it here against other strange cars I've reviewed at the lowest level. The car looks amazing and is cool, but functionally it's a little limited, as you might expect from a vehicle whose main purpose is to be art.