Comments on: Submersible car http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: erindipity http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126722 erindipity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126722 Outrageous! Too perfect, an amphibious Lotus Esprit! Let's be frank, it's more Ã¥wesome than Ã¥wesome! I mean, surely the man is a Genius. I would kneel before this Machine to bask in its scintillating display of style, versatility, and beauty. It's very mark of brilliance is matched only by my revered BoingBoing. P.S. I'd bet we'd see some weird fishes if we took a 3 hour tour in this baby, hey Pesco? ;) Outrageous!
Too perfect, an amphibious Lotus Esprit! Let’s be frank, it’s more Ã¥wesome than Ã¥wesome! I mean, surely the man is a Genius. I would kneel before this Machine to bask in its scintillating display of style, versatility, and beauty. It’s very mark of brilliance is matched only by my revered BoingBoing.

P.S.
I’d bet we’d see some weird fishes if we took a 3 hour tour in this baby, hey Pesco? ;)

]]> By: The Thompson Five http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126238 The Thompson Five Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126238 "Also excellent for tearing apart endangered coral reefs, polluting the water, and randomly killing wildlife for no reason." Well what the fucking hell is the ocean for? “Also excellent for tearing apart endangered coral reefs, polluting the water, and randomly killing wildlife for no reason.”

Well what the fucking hell is the ocean for?

]]> By: Biscuit4 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126251 Biscuit4 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126251 "All cars are submersible" That is a fantastic point. “All cars are submersible” That is a fantastic point.

]]> By: Chris Brewer http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126508 Chris Brewer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126508 Top Gear had a look at Rinspeed way back in 2002, I believe. Back then it was a Lotus Elise/Hyrdofoil hybrid that went plenty fast enough over water... Top Gear had a look at Rinspeed way back in 2002, I believe. Back then it was a Lotus Elise/Hyrdofoil hybrid that went plenty fast enough over water…

]]> By: larf http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126524 larf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126524 Patrick Duffy: The Man from Atlantis! Patrick Duffy: The Man from Atlantis!

]]> By: Yankadian http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126277 Yankadian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126277 Who would want this, apart from Ted Kennedy? Who would want this, apart from Ted Kennedy?

]]> By: Jali http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126553 Jali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126553 I would never this car... 1.5 million and 1.8 mph top speed under water. no way. nice car by the way. I would never this car…
1.5 million and 1.8 mph top speed under water.
no way.

nice car by the way.

]]> By: Biscuit4 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126360 Biscuit4 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126360 Ted Kennedy! Too funny! Ted Kennedy! Too funny!

]]> By: whyohwhy http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126889 whyohwhy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126889 Why-oh-why??? Why-oh-why???

]]> By: arbitraryaardvark http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126398 arbitraryaardvark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126398 Shark! Shark!

]]> By: bobsyeruncle http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126177 bobsyeruncle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126177 Neet! 1.8mph? I guess you're hoping the enemy subs aren't expecting your Esprit to stroll up and pay them a visit. LOL Neet! 1.8mph? I guess you’re hoping the enemy subs aren’t expecting your Esprit to stroll up and pay them a visit. LOL

]]> By: argentium http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126178 argentium Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126178 All cars are submersible. All cars are submersible.

]]> By: bricology http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126184 bricology Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126184 So they took a butt-ugly Lotus Elise and tarted it up so it will operate -- extremely slowly -- underwater, with the occupants getting soaked. Thrilling! I love the point in the video where the two scuba divers go speeding past, pulled by their cheap little scuba-tows, leaving the $400,000 car in the dust, er -- damp. And it's hilarious that, at the end, they show Captain Smarmy and Miss Bleached Bimbo standing there, perfectly coiffed and dressed. Aren't these the same people who were soaking wet just a few minutes earlier? Does the Rinspeed have built-in hair dryers and clothes dryers? In reality, they'd be a soggy mess. Note to Rinspeed: don't bother us again until you can make your car's cabin actually stay dry, and make the car go faster than 1.8mph underwater. Even as toys for the idle rich go, this thing is just laughable. So they took a butt-ugly Lotus Elise and tarted it up so it will operate — extremely slowly — underwater, with the occupants getting soaked. Thrilling!

I love the point in the video where the two scuba divers go speeding past, pulled by their cheap little scuba-tows, leaving the $400,000 car in the dust, er — damp. And it’s hilarious that, at the end, they show Captain Smarmy and Miss Bleached Bimbo standing there, perfectly coiffed and dressed. Aren’t these the same people who were soaking wet just a few minutes earlier? Does the Rinspeed have built-in hair dryers and clothes dryers? In reality, they’d be a soggy mess.

Note to Rinspeed: don’t bother us again until you can make your car’s cabin actually stay dry, and make the car go faster than 1.8mph underwater. Even as toys for the idle rich go, this thing is just laughable.

]]> By: Steve Lodefink http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126186 Steve Lodefink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126186 Sweet! However, I would have done it as a Mach5. Sweet!

However, I would have done it as a Mach5.

]]> By: Fnarf http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126194 Fnarf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126194 Also excellent for tearing apart endangered coral reefs, polluting the water, and randomly killing wildlife for no reason. I want the death penalty. Also excellent for tearing apart endangered coral reefs, polluting the water, and randomly killing wildlife for no reason.

I want the death penalty.

]]> By: fashionparamedic http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126708 fashionparamedic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126708 OMG Yankadian, you did not just go there . . . OMG Yankadian, you did not just go there . . .

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126199 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126199 "" <i>For safety reasons, we have built the vehicle as an open car so that the occupants can get out quickly in an emergency</i> "" right.. not because it's a half-assed attempted at a car/sub. FAIL !! “” For safety reasons, we have built the vehicle as an open car so that the occupants can get out quickly in an emergency “”

right.. not because it’s a half-assed attempted at a car/sub.

FAIL !!

]]> By: Bob http://boingboing.net/2008/02/15/submersible-car.html#comment-126203 Bob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-126203 I liked the apparent remote control aspect better than the open top super slow sub feature. I liked the apparent remote control aspect better than the open top super slow sub feature.

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