09-14-2015, 10:44 PM
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S.O.D. you're right. That segmented one is photoshop.
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09-15-2015, 12:54 AM
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Go go gadget boat tail!
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09-15-2015, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Call me "old-fashioned" but 'Merc' means FoMoCo Mercury, not Mercedes, to me (wink,wink).
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But Mercedes is older than Mercury... |
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09-15-2015, 08:40 AM
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Quote:
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A tail could be fashioned in such a way that it slides back into itself, or outward on rails.
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Would be easy enough to do on a pickup with aero shell. |
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09-15-2015, 01:44 PM
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Maybe this is their "Tesla competitor"?
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Originally Posted by spacemanspif
How in the hell do you make the wheels flatten out?? I can guess on everything else but a dished wheel that flattens out blows me away...
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This seems to be silly - just make the wheels flat all the time. |
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09-16-2015, 05:21 PM
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Merc is Mercury and Mercedes-Benz is M-B at the parts store.
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09-17-2015, 03:46 AM
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Merc is Mercury
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Only in the US, where its curb (sic) weight will be measured in pounds and it takes so many quarts of oil! |
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09-17-2015, 05:03 AM
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the wheels could have weighted sliders that come out as the speed goes up.
it definitely looks like a Gru-mobile! Probably extremely expensive, but very cool!2c
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09-19-2015, 05:05 PM
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IAA wind tunnel pic
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09-21-2015, 02:14 PM
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