Get. Me. This. Car.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-09-03 05:30pm

Yeah, saw it on the news today, trouble is i could imagine getting it in to water, but there aren't that many places you can get them out so they're ridiculously novelty based only...

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-09-03 05:34pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:For the same price you could buy a quite good car or SUV and a small helicopter

Yeah, but novelty factor is so much higher with this thing!

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2003-09-03 05:40pm

Howedar wrote: I bet its hell to work on, what with watertight seals everywhere, no underbody access without removing part of the hull, etc etc

Not to mention retracting wheels! Wonder how much this compromises the suspension dynamics too?

Anyway for £150,000 and 175 brake I'd really want more than 100mph on the road! I've bought motors that can do that for less than £150. (With an MOT too) Which leaves me £149,850 for a boat.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-09-03 07:50pm

Rye wrote:Yeah, saw it on the news today, trouble is i could imagine getting it in to water, but there aren't that many places you can get them out so they're ridiculously novelty based only...

That's the nice part about living next to the Kanawha River... ya can't go a mile without seeing a boat dock on one bank or the other... And there's also the Elk and Coal Rivers as well!
Hell, Think of taking it thought the Locks on the River! OR the looks on people's faces as we drive by on the river, racing them as they drive Kanawha Boulevard!
I could ever have a starring role in the Charleston REGATTA!!!

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-09-03 08:49pm

ME WANT FLOATYCAR!!!! GRRRRAAAAAGH!!!!!!

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-09-04 12:46am

Nice for those people who live in flood areas...

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-09-04 04:25am

Shinova wrote:
Demiurge wrote:That can't be real. It's far too awesome to exist.
The website's BBC, so you bet it exists.

Very awesome! Now if only we had flying cars too.

You can already buy flying car. Search the net and you'll find a site where you can buy it.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-04 09:39am

Howedar wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:Is it just me, or does it look like a heavily modified newer-model Mazda MX-5??
I was thinking that too, but upon closer viewing, its definately not. Can you imagine a full-size human being fitting in the middle of a MX-5 with a full seat width on either side of them?

That's something else remarkable - I only recall three other sports cars with a single-row three-seat arrangement. (The McLaren F1 is the best known - but there's also the Matra-Simca Bagheera and its successor, the Matra-Talbot Murena)