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Old 07-24-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Is this the future?

Is this where we are going? What do you think?

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Old 07-24-2008 | 01:11 PM
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I'm not impressed with the first piston one. It's worth watching to see the second one which is rotary and weighs almost nothing.
Old 07-24-2008 | 03:22 PM
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I just don't know y all these "future" cars look like clown cars....I just never understood that.....I'll keep my 8 with the 15mpg i dont care I buy milk at over 4 bucks a gallon y not buy gas for a little under that .....hell gas is cheaper than milk
Old 07-24-2008 | 03:23 PM
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jesus not again
Old 07-24-2008 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 04RX8man
I just don't know y all these "future" cars look like clown cars....I just never understood that.....I'll keep my 8 with the 15mpg i dont care I buy milk at over 4 bucks a gallon y not buy gas for a little under that .....hell gas is cheaper than milk
Yeah, but I don't consume 16+ gallons of milk a week...
Old 07-24-2008 | 07:46 PM
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Exclamation

The Rotary one looked promising.....it's one more company working on the a rotary engine. Who knows were the next design will go. They can put any sport car body on this toy car look.

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Old 07-24-2008 | 11:26 PM
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did anyone notice that the rotary one was less efficient? it gets 2 hours of driving at 25mph vs the 110 mile range of the air piston.

haha. somethings never change.
Old 07-25-2008 | 06:31 AM
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^^^LOL, and never will.
Old 07-25-2008 | 10:48 AM
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Shrub cuddlers and their crazy ideas...
Old 07-26-2008 | 02:22 AM
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the rotary powered one looked kinda trippy in that cut away model
Old 07-26-2008 | 02:54 AM
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No... this is the future:
Old 07-26-2008 | 02:55 AM
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I really dig that idea of compressed cylinders and all,but what if: what if say Im tooling around a slightly hazardous part of town and suddenly encounter a maeley of unanownsed gun fire, like ,hmm, a drive by shootout, not uncommon in my neck of the woods, and one, or two of my air tank takes a hit by a stray round? I may suddenly find myself and my car totally airborne. would be nice to have some sort of reentry protection to limit my touchdown to earth.....but if that never happens, well, count me in on the idea....oh well, I guess, perhaps my riding habits and destinations could be tweeked alittle, I suppose.....
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