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Amphibious RVing for the Masses

Posted by michael on from the amtrac dept.

Diesel Dave writes "from the this ain't your grandma's amphi-mobile dept: Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International, LLC, is now marketing their TerraWind line of combination Motor Coach / Yachts. Thats right, a 42 foot Luxury RV you can take to, or in, the lake! With a not exactly cheap pricetag of $850K+, included is the full rigging of luxury home features: Granite countertops, marble floors, teak cabinetry, tracking satellite dish, and 42" plasma TV. Oh and don't forget the swim deck. If I can get one with an ocean rated hull, machine gun turrets, and SVO conversion, I'll have my own portable Sealand. : ) A (temporary) mirror of the site is here to lessen the / . effect."

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  1. Hoax or crap by Omega1045 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Despite the fact I think the photos look like a hoax, I can't believe that this thing is too stable in water. It would appear to be very long and narrow. Sea sickness is probably a big problem with this one.

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  2. On the other end of the scale ... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the Shuttle Bike kit.

    I have one : it's great fun for much less than $850K, and you can go on the "bridge" without opening a door and sinking the vehicle in the process.

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    1. Re:On the other end of the scale ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Lessee now, raises the CG (making an accident more likely)

      On the water, you gotta shake it real hard before you flip it. The SB is very stable. I've taken it on formed sea waters without problems (apart from me puking overboard).

      will pull you under faster than you can say "OH SH..." when you fall off

      Supposing you could fall off easily, how does it take you under ?

      and looks dorky!

      Dorky you look on a Shuttlebike indeed. I can live with that, I already read Slashdot.

    2. Re:On the other end of the scale ... by dJCL · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Ya know, if I mixed that with a cheap folding bike, and a larget backpack, I could literally go anywhere up here in the dotCA. I could disappear for weeks at a time in the northern wilderness and not have transportation issues at all... I want.

      Folding bike to cary on your back while rock climbing or rapelling, amphibious addition to the bike for river crossing and a larger backpack to carry the stuff in that I need to gather food and sleep.(I don't use a tent when camping, a blanket and an emergency tarp for rainy nights... even winter camping. I do have camping photos, just none of my sleeping arangement)

      Folding bike $200USD(look em up) + pontoons (unknown price?) + random camping junk ~$200 = around $500 for a good get away from it all. Alot less then $850000 and more fun.

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  3. Around the World in "Half-Safe" by Mad+Man · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Some guy travelled around the world in a GPA, which is basically an amphibious World War II jeep. He named his vehicle "Half-Safe."

    He wrote a book about it called "The Other Half of Half-Safe."

  4. Re:2x the slashdotting by s-orbital · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think thier bandwidth bill will be $850K

    BTW, anyone know the average load (in MB) of a typical slashdotting? (Assuming an average website like this one) That would be interesting to find out, perhaps we could make a unit out of it.

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  5. Cost and some other things by afidel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder how the price of these things compares to a comperably equiped Featherlite coach?? The amenities sound almost exactly like what the Featherlite guy was rattling off on one of those Discovery channel bike week shows. Also anyone interested in extreme vehicles should check out Mercedes Unimogs, those things can do almost everything, from fire engines to light cranes, to railroad repair vehicles (those are equiped with a boom for unloading ties and steel wheels to travel down the tracks!). Also I have to throw in my favorite story that combines geekdom, survivalism, anti-government mentality, and extreme vehicles, The Consultant

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  6. Nah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The real problem is the sweat.

    Try that with a bike. Youll arrive safe and dry at your destination, except in the rectangle where the backpack touched your skin.

    The solution is to carry the pack in a basket while you pedal.