Your Dream Car

valtonray · 25 Feb 2010

IceFire said:

Mazda's BT-50. what the B-series should've been.
or this:
take a standard car, and take out the wheels, wells, suspension and steering systems.
Place in magnets tuned just right so that the wheels are separated from the car body by about 10cm.
the car floats on top of the wheels this way (or straddles or is slinged under) and is completely electrically driven.
OR:
put the magnets in to the corners of the car, and replace the wheels with spheres. parallel parking would be a breeze, especially with a joystick instead of a steering wheel.

i remember seeing a prototype car with sphere wheels and a joystick controller in the late 90's or possibly 2000.

FuturDreamz · 25 Feb 2010

valtonray said:

IceFire said:

Mazda's BT-50. what the B-series should've been.
or this:
take a standard car, and take out the wheels, wells, suspension and steering systems.
Place in magnets tuned just right so that the wheels are separated from the car body by about 10cm.
the car floats on top of the wheels this way (or straddles or is slinged under) and is completely electrically driven.
OR:
put the magnets in to the corners of the car, and replace the wheels with spheres. parallel parking would be a breeze, especially with a joystick instead of a steering wheel.

i remember seeing a prototype car with sphere wheels and a joystick controller in the late 90's or possibly 2000.

Was it the Audi RSQ?
it was also in i, Robot.

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valtonray · 25 Feb 2010

idk, it's possible that it was. btw the irobot car was stolen from a car show a few years ago, i dont think it was ever found afterwards.

sambalayne · 25 Feb 2010

this is my dream car (its also my first

) she's a '84 vw vanagon named Govinda

Dark Nova Gamer · 25 Feb 2010

valtonray said:

idk, it's possible that it was. btw the irobot car was stolen from a car show a few years ago, i dont think it was ever found afterwards.

Its hard not to find a car that looks like that.

ThePizzaMan · 26 Feb 2010

hmm... ok i have two... a 2000 ford mustang :) second.... whatever is absolutely the worst at pollution to slap all those people in the face who still believe global warming is real

so probably something like a ford excursion or a hummer

FuturDreamz · 26 Feb 2010

Hummer has been discontinued. the Chinese government refused to allow the deal, and there are no other takers. GM promises to still maintain older hummers, but for how long?

bdc63 · 26 Feb 2010

Phase said:

Bored. What's your dream car?

Here's mine, Benz S65, has to be all white on black leather! - Only about $250,000

Yeah, I think I'll go with that one too. sweet.

ThePizzaMan · 26 Feb 2010

IceFire said:

Hummer has been discontinued. the Chinese government refused to allow the deal, and there are no other takers. GM promises to still maintain older hummers, but for how long?

well... i'll take a used one or something haha

valtonray · 26 Feb 2010

ThePizzaMan said:

IceFire said:

Hummer has been discontinued. the Chinese government refused to allow the deal, and there are no other takers. GM promises to still maintain older hummers, but for how long?

well... i'll take a used one or something haha

even with the death of the hummer you can always get one of the many clones such as the russian made Kombat T-98 seen here