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Ananova:
World's fastest commute!
annanova.com ^
| 2-28-08
| anannova.com
Posted on 02/28/2008 3:21:55 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
A Swiss company has created the world's fastest ever road vehicle - a 340mph bullet-shaped cross between a motorbike and a car.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commute; fastest; gtbo; swiss
cool
To: WOBBLY BOB
Is the test pilot an Arab?
To: WOBBLY BOB
Looks safe to me! Wonder what it looks like after running into a bridge abutment?
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:25:18 PM PST
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Global warming is the new Marxism.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Well, since the speed limit is 70 MPH, this thing won't really do me any good.
Except maybe to outrun the cops.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:25:24 PM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
To: WOBBLY BOB
340 kmph? Cool, now all that need to be done is make a machine that can tear through space-time, to allow us to travel to places with this vehicle, without having to negotiate a turn.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:26:02 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
It’s the kiddie version with training wheels.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:26:03 PM PST
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Global warming is the new Marxism.)
To: rovenstinez
LOL.. i just noticed that too.
maybe he’s a test pilot/bomber.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:26:44 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
To: rovenstinez
Is the test pilot an Arab? Looking at the picture... LOL!
I think he's wearing a fire-retardant cloth under the safety helmet.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:27:43 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Recovering Hermit
“Well, since the speed limit is 70 MPH, this thing won’t really do me any good.
Except maybe to outrun the cops.”
Not to worry. They’ll catch up at the first pothole.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:30:27 PM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Recovering Hermit
“Except maybe to outrun the cops.”
But as they say, nobody can outrun a radio.
Or a bullet.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:32:35 PM PST
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
asking price is likely to be £1.5million.I think I will stick with my Ford Ranger. It's paid for
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:34:41 PM PST
by
Popman
(Gold Standard: Trying to squeeze a 50 lb economy back into a 5 lb bag)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Umm...are the
tires rated to 340mph?
NO?
Could be a wee bit of a problem.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:37:04 PM PST
by
JOAT
To: WOBBLY BOB
Ananova: World's fastest commute! I commute 15 feet from my bedroom door to my home-office. Have been doing that for 9 years now. :)
Of course, there's always the obligatory trip to the kitchen to get a pot of coffee brewing.
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:37:37 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:38:37 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
( John McCain a true BLUE conservative)
To: MarineBrat
I commute 15 feet from my bedroom door to my home-office. Have been doing that for 9 years now. :)
I used to have a house that small once. Now, I walk down a whole flight of stairs to my office. ;-)
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posted on
02/28/2008 3:58:04 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Waiting for tagline...)
To: Beelzebubba
I used to have a house that small once. Now, I walk down a whole flight of stairs to my office. ;-) We tried hard to stay with a one-level house when we bought. Though I'd love to have a basement. About 1 out of a hundred houses around here have them. I have a big workshop but it gets too hot/cold in the summer/winter.
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posted on
02/28/2008 4:08:55 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Been done.
Probably get the same result.
To: JOAT
If the wheel on the outrigger is 8 inches OD (a guess) it would exceed 12,000 RPM at 300 MPH !!!
Aprox 2’ cir @26,400 ft/min
Not many minibike tires will take that speed or RPM.
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posted on
02/28/2008 5:42:02 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(The best is the enemy of the good!)
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