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Geek Culture / The new sQuba car

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The Nerd
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 15:32 Edited at: 19th Feb 2008 15:32
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hehe, anyone seen or heard about the new sQuba car? I read about it in the news a while ago but today I bumped into this video on YouTube showing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJC7E06IBXI&feature=dir

Don't really know what pratical use it would have for a civilian, other than being an awesome toy

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 15:55
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Nice, but it would have been more useful if the car was air tight instead so you don't get wet. At the press of a button the roof comes out. The car looks pretty cool though, even as a land vehicle. I loved the auto drive although I bet it's illegal in most countries.

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Van B
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 16:00
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It looks amazing, but yeah, who in their right mind wants to drive through the sea with no protection, end up soaking wet, smelling of fish (or worse). If they made a hard-top version, more like a submarine then it would be incredible, right now it looks just a bit OTT. Just because a convertable can drive under water, doesn't mean that it should - those nice chewy heads sticking out would just be shark bait, and in the UK at least, god only knows what you'd be dragging your face through :-x.


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Dazzag
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 16:02
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Quote: "The car looks pretty cool though, even as a land vehicle"
Yeah, I saw this a couple of days ago on the gadget blogs. Amusingly it is a converted Lotus Elise so it keeps that Bond theme going (Lotus Esprit in films). My bird has a red upgraded version (4.8 0-60). Totally awesome car but is like getting in and out of a bathtub (with limited head room) and you look like you are being born getting out of it until you have mastered the technique of sliding on (big sill to slide your bum on) and looking like something out of Duke of Hazzard But yeah, it looks the mutts nuts, and sticks to the road like mustard with pretty awesome accelaration (not to 100mph; my Scooby could beat it then).

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Dazzag
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 16:05
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Actually when you think about it they should have used the Exige, which is pretty much the same as the Elise but with a hard top instead of soft top. Then again they leak like buggery even when just raining (and if you watch Top Gear you need to have a *lot* of sealant to even have a slight hope of keeping the water out)... I remember bad storms a while back and my bird's car really became like a bathtub. Was like 3 inches of water on the floor after some major puddles Luckily the inside is practically the same as those things you made in metalwork at school...

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 16:09
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I think this car is more interesting.

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 16:09
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seems slow as poop when its submerged

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Tom J
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 17:51
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That car looks like a prop from a science fiction movie the fuel it runs on is pretty amazing.
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Benjamin
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Posted: 19th Feb 2008 18:14
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Shame it's crap underwater.

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Did anyone else notice that when it drove out of the water at the end, the passenger seat was empty? I wonder what he did with the girl...

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 00:05
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she probably drowned and was slumped over, or maybe she was just slumped over... hmmm.

or maybe....

nvm

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 02:20
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Quote: "I think this car is more interesting."

And who says GM can't build a car anymore?


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