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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2014 => Topic started by: Wendax on July 30, 2014, 02:29:09 AM
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More than a bike, less than a car.
For one point, please respond and identify this vehicle.
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Austrian?
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No
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German?
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No
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Italian?
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No
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Czech
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No
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Poland?
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No
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Spanish?
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No
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European?
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Yes
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British?
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No
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Scandinavian?
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No
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Greek?
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No
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From the Netherlands?
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French marque?
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It is French.
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Electric powered?
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It was available with an electric or a gasoline engine. This one seems to be the electric one.
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Gateau?
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No
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Lacoste?
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No
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Bernardet?
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No
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Was the French manufacturer of this vehicle only active after 1945?
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Yes, AFAIK.
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Was this vehicle manufactured prior to 1980?
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Yes
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Was this vehicle intended primarily as an invalid carriage, or merely a three wheel vehicle that might be used as a mobility vehicle?
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The use as an invalid carriage isn't explicitly mentioned in my source.
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Was the manufacturer of this vehicle known as a manufacturer of scooters and/or motorcycles?
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AFAIK they only built this vehicle.
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I can't seem to link this somewhat unique vehicle with any other category (cars, scooters, motorcycles, etc.), and I'm running out of search ideas. I guess I'll try geography. Was this vehicle manufactured in one of the Paris suburbs?
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No, far off.
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Somewhere in the far south of France?
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Yes
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Manufactured in a facility on, or within 50 km of, the Mediterranean coast?
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No
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Manufactured in a facility on, or within 50 km of, the Spanish border?
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Almost
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Manufactured in a facility in, or within a 50 km radius of, Toulouse?
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No
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I must have misinterpreted your previous answer of: "Almost" I have established an area 50 km wide completely across southern France. First along the sea coast, to which the answer was "No", and then along the Spanish border (approximately south of A641 and A61, except in the area of Toulouse) to which the answer was "Almost". I interpreted this to mean that the manufacturer was in an area slightly beyond the 50 km specified, say within another 25 km. The only significant population fitting this definition would be the area south of Toulouse which was covered by the third question, to which the answer was "No". So either I misinterpreted the answer "Almost", or the manufacturer is located in a small town in a narrow (25 km) strip of France located 50/75 km north of the Spanish border, and running from the Bay of Biscay to 50 km west of the Mediterranean seacoast. Is this conclusion correct, or have I misinterpreted your answer?
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Your conclusion is correct, and the town we are looking for is quite known.
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Manufactured in a facility in, or within a 25 km radius of, Carcassonne?
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No
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Manufactured in a facility in, or within a 60 km radius of, Mont-de-Marsan?
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Not quite
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The only town that appears to fit "Not quite" seems to be Auch. I had thought that Auch was covered by the Toulouse exclusion radius, but perhaps "Not quite".
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Bigger than Auch, but about as far away from Mont-de-Marsan.
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was this company located in Pau?
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I'm completely at a loss. We have now eliminated every town larger than Auch in a strip more than 50 km, but less than 75 km, north of the Spanish border. I see two towns bigger than Auch, but at about the same distance from Mont-de-Marsan. These are: Bayonne, over near the Bay of Biscay, and Tarbes southeast of Mont-de-Marsan. However, both of these are well within 50 km of the Spanish border (as is Pal's query of Pau) located along E80/A64. What have I misunderstood?
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The company was located in Pau.
According to Google Maps, Pau is about 68 km away from the Spanish border, if you take the road straight south.
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I think I found it....It's The Bugarette, built in Rue Rausky 8 at Pau.
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Yes, well done!