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Foam-bodied Spira set to make a soft impact on deadly Asian roads (A "Nerf" Car)
Gizmag.com ^ | 05/28/09 | Loz Blain

Posted on 05/30/2009 6:30:49 AM PDT by Reaganesque

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Shhhh! Don't tell Obama! We may be required by law to drive one of these in the near future! On the plus side, Ted Kennedy will never have to worry about drowning a friend ever again.
1 posted on 05/30/2009 6:30:49 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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Ya, I want to do 70 MPH in that thing...

I’d much rather be on a motorcycle...

At least I’d have a chance...


2 posted on 05/30/2009 6:34:21 AM PDT by DB
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Drunk driving may be decriminalized.
3 posted on 05/30/2009 6:39:25 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (RESIGN NOW, Napolitano! You are a national disgrace!.)
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To: Reaganesque

I love how they sell both the Spira car, and Spira footwear, made from the same material.


4 posted on 05/30/2009 6:40:44 AM PDT by ikka (Brother, you asked for it!)
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5 posted on 05/30/2009 6:42:50 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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I guess you have to buy a little trailer to tow along to put your groceries in.


6 posted on 05/30/2009 6:42:51 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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because it uses a super-lightweight reinforced foam for 90 percent of the bodywork

How much ozone depletion would these foams do if this were massive scale production?

Lightweight foam car made for little skinny people with no luggage of passengers gets 100 mpg on flat terrain with no headwind. Yes, that will do it here.....

.....Don't drive this over the Mackinac Bridge!

7 posted on 05/30/2009 6:43:38 AM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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8 posted on 05/30/2009 6:46:25 AM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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I think a foam car for teenagers would be great! Or a big rubber
car loaded with airbags!


9 posted on 05/30/2009 6:47:11 AM PDT by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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I luckily escaped many bad (and potentially deadly) road incidents in South and SE Asia.

One main problem is that there’s very little insurance and few drivers are licensed. Another is that commercial drivers are very proud of their “skills”, even if those “skills” terrify their passengers or other drivers.

And as an American in Asia you’re (a) automatically considered at fault because (b) you are a walking ATM.


10 posted on 05/30/2009 6:47:41 AM PDT by angkor
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That reminds me of the minicar Messerschmitt built back in the mid-Fifties. Except the ME had two wheels in the front and one in the back, and this one has that design reversed.


11 posted on 05/30/2009 7:01:25 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by governments. You've been warned.)
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To: gussiefinknottle

A good strong wind or a passing 18 wheeler would blow this thing right off the road.


12 posted on 05/30/2009 7:02:27 AM PDT by gitmo (History books will read that Lincoln freed the slaves and Obama enslaved the free.)
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To: mylife

That car will NEVER make the auto show. The girl is simply not pretty enough.


13 posted on 05/30/2009 7:02:31 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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Maybe it could be an around town (no highway) teen car. I realize
that would not work for everyone. Do they float if you accidentally
drive off a bridge?


14 posted on 05/30/2009 7:18:00 AM PDT by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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That will make the perfect Presidential Limo. And it will redefine NASCAR. The government will mandate that it be given a 200 lap handicap to make it competitive.


15 posted on 05/30/2009 7:21:09 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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One actual use for it would be to restrict the license of anyone who has has two or more DUI convictions so that they could only drive these things. That way, they could keep driving and not hurt anyone or do any real damage. They wouldn’t survive the first crash!


16 posted on 05/30/2009 7:29:11 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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Interesting. In the YouTube video, it looks like there’s barely room for ONE adult...the sneaker made or of the same stuff isn’t much smaller. And they think it’s SEXY??


17 posted on 05/30/2009 7:29:22 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Current Misery Index Approximately 32%)
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To: mylife

It’s a wheeled twinkie.


18 posted on 05/30/2009 7:30:20 AM PDT by behzinlea
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To: mylife

Nice ride.


19 posted on 05/30/2009 7:38:34 AM PDT by poindexter
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Can this be the "new smallest car" that Government Motors-UAW is going to produce and try to sell to people in the US?

A mini Yugo made of foam

In a Capitalist country it will never sell!

20 posted on 05/30/2009 7:44:54 AM PDT by TYVets
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