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Making a splash: The world’s fastest amphibious vehicle can go from car to boat in just 15 SECONDS
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 11:28 EST, 18 January 2014
| Victoria Woollaston and Alexandra Klausner
Posted on 01/19/2014 1:32:12 AM PST by Olog-hai
You no longer need to be a spy like James Bond to get your hands on an amphibious car.
David March has designed the worlds fastest Jeep-style vehicle that can be driven straight from the land into the water and goes from a car to a boat in just 15 seconds.
Called the Panther, the vehicle can reach water speeds of up to 45 mphalmost as fast as an average speedboatand is fitted with a custom-made 3.7 liter V6 engine, fiberglass hull and lightweight chromoly steel chassis.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: automakers; invention
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posted on
01/19/2014 1:32:12 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
'The thrilling acceleration is provided by a Honda V6 V-Tec motor. You can leave the highway behind thanks to its long travel off road suspension and travel in the water courtesy of the panther jet.
never did like Roger Moore, this vehicle is KEWL.
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:40:55 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/19/2014 2:42:49 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: Olog-hai
Ted Kennedy changed his car to a submarine in 10 seconds flat, and that was back in the 60s!
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:03:23 AM PST
by
ArtDodger
To: ArtDodger
Not quite a submarine. The going under water part is easy. Any ship car) can do that....once. It’s the coming back up under your own power, that’s the tricky part.
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:06:51 AM PST
by
75thOVI
("The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". Sir Arthur Wilson)
To: Olog-hai
fta... the vehicle can reach water speeds of up to 45 mphalmost as fast as an average speedboat...
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I have friends that fish in professional bass tournaments. Their boats can run around 70mph on a calm lake surface, as they want to get to their favorite honey holes as quickly as possible.
Guess Brits figure 45mph is fast for a “speedboat”.
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:15:22 AM PST
by
octex
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:56:27 AM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Olog-hai
If I win the Lottery I’ll buy one for me, my brother and a friend.
We’ll ride these things all over eastern Oklahoma.,
I can think of at least 100 fishing spots and 5 or 6 lakes we could be awesome on.
I got a couple spots that aren’t 6 feet deep and a hundred yrds from shore.
No more lugging that rust bucket behind us, unload and load...
One ride in and out.
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posted on
01/19/2014 3:59:43 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:18:36 AM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:19:29 AM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ArtDodger
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:25:36 AM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
Couldn’t the East German Trablant (excuse spelling?) be used as an amphibious vehicle of sorts?
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:45:24 AM PST
by
Don@VB
(Power Corrupts)
To: Olog-hai
To: octex
I used to have a bass boat that would hit 90 mph with ease. Probably could top 100 mph, but not with me in it. I sold that hoss when gas prices hit $2.50. Now I have a much slower smaller bass boat.
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posted on
01/19/2014 5:41:02 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: left that other site
LOL. That is Ray Nagan’s amphibius school bus marina in New Orleans isn’t it?
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posted on
01/19/2014 5:43:40 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: Olog-hai
If it splashes, the crane operator messed up.
The Escape Pod's first splash, 1993. Suffolk, VA, Nansemond River. There is now a Hyatt hotel on this spot.
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posted on
01/19/2014 5:47:58 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Conspiracy Guy
To: Vendome
What a blast this would be!
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posted on
01/19/2014 5:54:47 AM PST
by
Shady
(We will not comply. We are Free, We Are AMERICANS!)
To: octex
I have friends that fish in professional bass tournaments. Their boats can run around 70mph on a calm lake surface, as they want to get to their favorite honey holes as quickly as possible.There is a guy who fishes Lake Travis on a regular basis. He has a Boston Whaler with twin 250 HP outboards. I asked him why, and he said he also fishes offshore and you do not want to be miles out and your one engine fails. Makes sense now why so many have twin engines.
He said the speedometer quits registering at 92 or 93 MPH when it is up on the pad and only the lower units are still in the water. 45 MPH - pfffft on the Brits.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:23:04 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: Olog-hai
Are they as good as the Toyboata?
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posted on
01/19/2014 7:22:02 AM PST
by
razorback-bert
(I'm in shape. Round is a shape isn't it?)
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