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Old 12-02-2009, 06:07 PM   #181 (permalink)
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Not all dragons had wings, ya know?!

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Old 12-02-2009, 06:12 PM   #182 (permalink)
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It looks like it has improved. However, it also kind of looks like you could have almost achieved the same thing by smoothing out the transition from rear bumper to the boat tail.
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Old 12-03-2009, 05:56 AM   #183 (permalink)
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A giggling gaggle, huh? Well, that would be a pretty sweet photoshop. Anyone that is good with PS should take the challenge of re-skinning your car to look like a dragon, just for our giggles.

Seriously, though, I think that the rear wheel skirts could be incorporated into the detachable boat tail with limited additional work, and they do seem to perform the function they are supposed to. Keep driving past the construction site, and get an Ecomodder sticker on the side of the tail, the advertisement will do us some good!
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:06 AM   #184 (permalink)
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:15 AM   #185 (permalink)
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Ok seriously now. The "bee" theme ROCKS !! I say do it!
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Old 12-03-2009, 01:23 PM   #186 (permalink)
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That's funny!

But appropriate? Isn't the myth that bees are so poorly designed they can't actually fly?
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Old 12-03-2009, 01:35 PM   #187 (permalink)
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That's funny!

But appropriate? Isn't the myth that bees are so poorly designed they can't actually fly?
My mistake. I thought you wanted to stay earthbound!
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If anything it should look like a firefly, not a bee. I couldn't find anything on google of some who has actually done it, but painting the tail neon glow-in-the-dark green would probably do it. I did find this however:

Based on that awesome canceled Joss Whedon show, Firefly. Anything that starts to get awesome is denied its chance and canceled, like Dollhouse. That had the potential to be a pretty mind boggling show, but I digress.
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If he had some "Moon" hubcaps, he might be a little more aero...
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Could call it the Stinger. Of course Pontiac had that name for a concept vehicle back in 90 or so. Cool car too.

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