#a-traktor

Melodifestivalen, Fröken Snusk, And A Guide To The Genre Of EPA-Dunk. In the Swedish Smörgåsbord of music that is Melodifestivalen's second heat, there is Fröken Snusk... one of the nation's biggest artists in one of the nation's biggest new musical genres of EPA-Dunk. This might need some explaining, so we sent Ben Robertson into the Swedish.

Melodifestivalen’s first heat gave you an output that provided the return of Melfest that was expected. You had the accessible pop number that opened the show, a cocktail of ABBA-sprinkled schlager and Samir and Viktor performing with charm that hasn’t grown up a day since their debut in the show nine years ago. We often talk about how Melfest sits in its own bubble, with artists returning many…

This has spawned a bunch of memes speculating on what other vehicles the A-traktor label possibly can include. I wanted to share a few of my favorites:

"Picture of an A-traktor I saw earlier today"

Nu har vi äntligen nått den punkt, då A-traktorerna skall kontrollbesiktigas med jämna mellanrum, det har jag förespråkat i tiotalsår. Det finns det flera anledningar till. Först och främst var det nog nödvändigt, för trafiksäkerheten, för i ärlighetens namn rullar det många lik där ute. Dels var det en direkt nödvändighet för att blidka beslutsfattarna, A-traktorns existens var minst sagt hotad.

Då blir jag minst sagt förvånad över den attityd som Polisen visar upp, dels på våra gator, dels i det offentliga rummet. Det tycks pågå något som kan liknas vid häxjakt på A-traktorer där ute. Något som Polisen mer eller mindre bekräftar i media. Talespersoner för ordningsmakten beskriver hur de jobbar "för att få bort Epor och A-traktorer från trafikbilden".

Vi som trodde att den nyinförda kontrollbesiktningen skulle få helt motsatt effekt. Jag såg på sikt hur man skulle anpassa reglerna efter Mopedbilarna, då en A-traktor är att föredra ur trafiksäkerhetssynpunkt. Nu talas det istället om ett totalstopp att nyregistrera A-traktorer?

Om myndigheterna har åsikter angående ungdomars framförande av långsamtgående fordon, kan jag tycka att det i allra högsta grad skulle innefatta de långt mycket mera undermåliga fordonen "Mopedbil".

En Mopedbil får framföras i 45 km/h och har en fullt laglig topphastighet som överstiger den tillåtna hastighetsgränsen. En laglig A-traktor enligt dagens reglemente är svårt att framföra fortare än promenadfart. När det kommer till de äldre Volvobyggena med M40+M40 talar vi om en hastighet på 14 km/h. På de nyare Volvobyggena med M47/M90+M40, då talar vi om 9-10 km/h på rimliga varvtal!!!

Då talar vi om en bil, i de flesta fall en fullt modern Volvo med bälteskrav. Ändå tycks lagens väktare föredra att ungdomarna åker runt i betydligt högre hastigheter i en undermålig Moped på fyra hjul.

Detta tar sig rent bisarra utryck. Polisen beordrar ombesiktning på en A-traktor, då de inte lyckas få upp den i de 29 km/h som står angivet i registreringspappren. I det här fallet gick traktorn fyra kilometer *för sakta*.

De tvingar upp en annan traktor i närmare 50 km/h på 7000 varv! 7000 varv!

One’s upon a time there was a teenager who sat at his computer and his dad knocked on the door, he opened the door and said to the teenager that he was going to get his first car in about two weeks. He didn’t have his driver’s license yet so he couldn’t drive it when he got it but he could still work on it. He was thrilled and couldn’t wait until he got his hands on his car. The car was a 1987 Mercedes 300 diesel. To many it doesn’t sound like an exciting car but he knows what it is capable of, the only thing stopping him from making it turbocharged and tuned to 400 hp+ is that it’s not really a car, it’s a A-tractor. In Sweden where he lives there is a rule that when you’re 15 you can get a driver’s license that allows you to drive a A-tractor or ride a moped. But the A-tractor is a car that is modified so it has 2 gearboxes, need to be chopped so it looks like a pickup truck and it has a top speed of 30km/h or 19 mph. but that didn’t stop him from trying to make it in better shape and run smoother. So after two weeks he and his dad went into town to go and get it. When he saw it he immediately fell in love with it. It was wine red and it wasn’t chopped like a pickup because it was built before the rule that they needed to be. He and his dad loaded up the summer tires in the trunk and went home in 30km/h. when he got home the first thing the teenager did was to brag to his friends about it and the first thing he did to it was test drive it on an old gravel road and he loved it, after that it just stood on the driveway collecting dust until it was summer and then the mending begun. He found rust all over it and started to repair the rust which was located under the seats in the floor because he felt the seat wobble more than usual. He let his friend who had his driver’s license drive it so he could cruise around town but his friend couldn’t drive so when they were driving down the drive way his friend put in first gear and the second gearbox exploded. He and his dad replaced the gearbox.  After that he finally got his driver’s license and after about two weeks he felt that the engine lost all power when he was driving home, he got towed back home and realized the injection was failing because of dirt in the fuel system, he and his dad changed the fuel tank, the hoses from the tank and all the hoses and pipes from the diesel pump to the spreaders, after that it ran and is still running until today  now the only thing that he think is missing is some rims and lowering coils.

Finally the truck is here! I'll start workin soon. :)