Amphibious Car Beats Urban Congestion

woodhouse writes "According to BBC News, a company in the UK have just tested a fully amphibious car on the Thames river. It can travel at up to 100 miles an hour on land, and its wheels fold up to allow it to speed across water at 30mph, propelled by a jet. The company responsible, Aquada, suggest it's a good way to avoid congestion."

Comments

It's a convertible?

[mmoncur]

Why a convertible? Riding it is going to be like one of those amusement park rides that gets everyone wet.

> "The Thames is a perfect location to make use
> of this vehicle as it has no speed limit and
> is greatly under-utilised."

Those silly Brits. We have speed limits posted for all bodies of water here in the US.

Cool Car

[Bruha]

Can someone Loan me the $295,000 dollars to buy it?

Also I cant wait for one to be stolen in Los Angeles and the resulting police chase. I'd love to see the looks on the cops faces when it drives into one of the aquaducts and gets away from the cars at least. I'm sure the helicopter pioliot will be laughing at least.

Re:Cool Car

[AKnightCowboy]

Not to rain on your parade, but I've never seen the LA "aquaducts" even look moist. Much less with standing water.

Of course not. They're for Hollywood car chase scenes, not for carrying water. Every chase through LA must include one or more dips into the aquaducts... it's part of their contract.

This is all well and good...

[mrgoatCEO]

But when will the missle and torpedo options be available?

Re:Where will I enter/exit the water?

[Talthane]

According to The Spy Who Loved Me you can use a beach to get out, as long as you're accompanied by Barbara Bach.

Re:Where will I enter/exit the water?

[meta-monkey]

You make some interesting points, but I think the "Dukes of Hazard Jump" option would only be available if the horn plays "Dixie." As it's a British vehicle, I doubt that's an option. Also, since it's an open-top car, how do you plan to jump through the window? Sorry, I'm afraid this vehicle simply isn't up to the standards of the Duke boys of Hazard County.

P.S.

I can see ol' Roscoe throwing his hat out the window right now when this thing goes into the water and motors off, while he crashes into the surf! Lordy, the messes he gets into!

Re:pollution ?

[azaroth42]

More importantly, do you avoid the 5 pound congestion road tax in London when you're driving on the Thames?

--Azaroth