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Old Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 17, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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That would be a sweet get away vehicle.
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Old Feb 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 Feb 18, 2008 | 05:04 AM
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EHHHH.... why bother?
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by derangedazn
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 Feb 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 Feb 19, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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Water scares me!

That's why I like cars
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Old Feb 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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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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why botheer having wheels if its going underwater anyways??
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