The bare-bones, front-wheel-drive base model starts with a six-speed manual transmission, which I wasn't able to sample.
As Mr. Williams eyed a global-positioning screen and turned the wheel with his bare feet, Mr. Gros explained the unforgiving economics of their business.
It was just a bare chassis, an engine and four wheels, and at its wheel was a silver-haired 49-year-old man in a dark suit, white shirt and tie.
Then, his story told, and his arm giving him some pain, he said, "I'm good," and asked the officer to wheel him, over the bare, cold floor, back to bed.
Based on a certain soil type, moisture content and dry bulk density, correction factors need to be selected and subtracted from the wheel-LVDT sensor output to compensate for the extra distance measured due to the wheel sinkage on a bare soil surface.
Afterward, we sat in a bare office, and a woman was wheeled in.
Inside are seats with a tartan pattern, a sporty steering wheel, the performance-car-mandatory bare-metal pedals and a variety of comfort and convenience features.
The bare minimum lock should go round the frame and bike rack, but ideally you should secure both wheels, too.
For four-wheel-drive models, Sportsmobile orders a bare cargo-van chassis -- the Ford E-350 Econoline Super Duty -- and adds off-road and interior components.
Photos posted on Instagram showed a line of prominent chefs — Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Michael White and Cesare Casella — wading in the water and kicking up their bare legs during a benefit for Citymeals on Wheels on Wednesday.
