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Old 02-17-2008, 02:28 PM
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That is pretty sweet. It can go down to 33 feet underwater. The car company Rinspeed is might actually market these!!!
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Old 02-17-2008, 06:37 PM
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I saw that... Interesting idea, can't decide if I like the idea or not.
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Old 02-17-2008, 06:46 PM
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That would be a sweet get away vehicle.
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Old 02-17-2008, 08:13 PM
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I dont know how the public market would react to a car like this, what kind of laws/rules they would have to put in place,etc.
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Old 02-18-2008, 05:04 AM
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EHHHH.... why bother?
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Old 02-18-2008, 09:19 AM
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That would be a sweet get away vehicle.
An decent swimmer could catch it no problem. Still, driving from land into water would have shock value.
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Old 02-19-2008, 11:52 AM
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If I'm going under water in anything, I want a think hull between me and that water pressure.
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Old 02-19-2008, 03:27 PM
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Water scares me!

That's why I like cars
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Old 02-19-2008, 06:04 PM
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And where would people drive these cars under water?

Maybe tropical resorts, but thats it! (and I doubt reefs)
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why botheer having wheels if its going underwater anyways??
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