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The car that thinks it's a powerboat (and is a babe magnet)
The Daily Mail ^ | 07th October 2009 | Alan Hall

Posted on 10/07/2009 6:28:36 AM PDT by protest1

It is called the Python, and its makers claim it is the fastest amphibious vehicle ever sold.

It can hit 60mph on the waves - quicker than many speedboats - but is said to be equally at home on the road. All the driver has to do before leaving dry land is put the gears into neutral, engage the jet drive, then push a button to raise the wheels.

The Python is powered on land by a V8 engine from a Chevrolet Corvette, which produces 640 horsepower and enables the 3,800lb machine to reach 100mph. On water, thrust is provided by its Dominator Jet, which gives around 500 horsepower.

There is also a great video of the car in action, on road and water, in the article.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: amphibious; cars; motoring; powerboat
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1 posted on 10/07/2009 6:28:36 AM PDT by protest1
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To: Travis McGee

Think you could fit this with a mast?


2 posted on 10/07/2009 6:29:42 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: protest1

How does it handle trees in the river, or large boulders just below the surface?


3 posted on 10/07/2009 6:30:28 AM PDT by bvw
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To: protest1

1964 AmphiCar;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w8FJpf-sJ8


4 posted on 10/07/2009 6:30:54 AM PDT by jessduntno (Tell Obama to STFU - Stop The Federal Usurpation.)
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To: protest1

Awesome! Great to get around traffic eh? The only problem is probably the cost.


5 posted on 10/07/2009 6:31:01 AM PDT by I Hate Obama ("Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther Party." -Forest Gump)
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To: All

The U.S.S LiberalAssKicker


6 posted on 10/07/2009 6:32:08 AM PDT by I Hate Obama ("Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther Party." -Forest Gump)
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To: bvw
How does it handle trees in the river, or large boulders just below the surface?

Or icebergs.

7 posted on 10/07/2009 6:32:37 AM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs)
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To: protest1; Tijeras_Slim

Oh, that is totally bitchin’...too bad it’s not a Camaro.


8 posted on 10/07/2009 6:34:10 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: paulycy

I always think of my commute first. Haven’t seen icebergs for ten years. River ice bergs.


9 posted on 10/07/2009 6:34:17 AM PDT by bvw
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To: protest1
Outwardly it's pretty strange looking, but the interior is groovy:

10 posted on 10/07/2009 6:36:47 AM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: bvw
I always think of my commute first.

You commute on the river, really? That's very cool. I was just being dumb (as usual.)

11 posted on 10/07/2009 6:37:26 AM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs)
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To: protest1

With a front end and bottom like that, I would think carefully before I went 100mph in that.


12 posted on 10/07/2009 6:41:38 AM PDT by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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To: paulycy

I live a block from a river, I could commute to Philly or Camden quicker, maybe. Kind of silly. Like the old flying car dreams of Popular Mechanics for the past 50 years.


13 posted on 10/07/2009 6:42:19 AM PDT by bvw
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To: RetroSexual

No seat belts? Uncle Sam will not be pleased....


14 posted on 10/07/2009 6:43:31 AM PDT by par4 (Proud new member of the racist corps)
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To: Constitution Day

I don’t see this being a big seller in NM.


15 posted on 10/07/2009 6:44:07 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: paulycy
I actually could. I live upstream on the Mississippi from my workplace. It'd be great for when the ice is off the River. Public landings near both my home and work, so road access would be a cinch.

It'd certainly cut down on getting caught in traffic.

16 posted on 10/07/2009 6:44:32 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: par4
No seat belts? Uncle Sam will not be pleased....

Poor Uncle Sam would really have his panties in a wad after he looked under the hood!

17 posted on 10/07/2009 6:47:21 AM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: protest1

Worthless. Where is the bait well, the fish well, and rod holders? I give it one year in FL and the salt water and sun will corrode most of it. It won’t take on the 5’ waves off shore either. I’ll stick with the other option, car, boat trailer.


18 posted on 10/07/2009 6:50:22 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (DON'T BLAME ME I VOTED FOR "PALIN"!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I don’t see this being a big seller in NM.

Good for monsoon season on Academy, though.

19 posted on 10/07/2009 6:55:56 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: Constitution Day

I love the part in the video where they have stopped the car and his wife or girlfriend is climbing back on board after a swim. That and the part where all the women climb aboard :)
Looks like the most seaworthy (and fun) amphibious car I have seen so far :)


20 posted on 10/07/2009 6:56:16 AM PDT by protest1
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