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The Star Wars Car
An anonymous reader writes "You think you're a Star Wars fan because you own a lightsaber? Behold, the Star Wars car. Some of the comments on the forum suggests that it's modelled after a A-Wing. One of the coolest "mods" I've seen in a long time, very original and time demanding it seems."
because you own a lightsaver?
Yes, that swim-suited beauty lives in my top draw and leaps into action whenever she hears the cries of a light bulb in difficulty.
"Sighting: X-Wing... no wait, Civic Del Sol (56k don't bother)"
pictures are already frozen in carbonite
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I see it has no back seat. Obviously the guy was smart enough to realise that he wouldn't be needing one.
Beep beep.
My favorite quote from the thread: "This guy has yet to see what a vagina looks like."
He needs to slap a big Type-R sticker on it. Then it would really be a chick magnet.
Cool paint adds 10 horsepower.
Rear spoilers add 30 hp.
Type R sticker == stick-on NOS
Hope this helps...
Ladies, move along, these are not the geeks you are looking for...
But, can it make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs?
Who mediates your information?
Umm, yeah. ;)
I recall seeing a landspeeder on Ebay once... And a Moose once bit my sister...
What I don't understand about the rear spoiler is that the damn car is front wheel drive. Spoilers on the rear are there to produce more down-force to increase traction on rear wheel drive cars, they do absolutly nothing for front wheel drives. Well.... other then making the owner look like a totall moron (assuming he even needs any help with that).
A rear spoiler does nothing for a regular car. At high speeds, a car, which is shaped like a plane wing (more or less) develops an upward force which can cause instability, particularly on wide banking turns. The spoiler will have the same effect whether the car is front or rear wheel drive, which in most cases is no effect, and in some cases where the car is going real fast in a straight line, a negative effect (particularly on front wheel drive cars) due to increased drag.
The rear spoiler is, in effect, a third nipple. Kind of neat to have, ugly to look at, functionally useless, and if it sticks out more than a little, should be removed by a qualified person as soon as possible.
10. Millenium Ford Falcon
9. Chewberetta
8. Car Car Binks
7. Chrysler Coruscant
6. An SUV called the "Natalie Sportman"
5. Tucker Photon Torpedo (oops, forgot, this is not Star Trek. Sorry)
4. Obi-Wan Cherokee
3. Darth Dodge Maulrauder
2. Tattoiyota
1. Cadillac EwoQ
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
You keep using that word "cool". I do not think it means what you think it means.
Apologies to Rob Reiner for the paraphrasing.
Here are a few other things they don't understand:
The Honda Civic is not a fast car, even with ground effects
Girls think that the big wing on your trunk is compensation for a small penis (please see your email for assistance)
Whereas flashy colors assists the mating ritual for peacocks, it detracts from the efforts of humans
No, Mugen is not interested in sponsoring your tricked out Neon
We all know that the NOS meter on your dash is fake
You are no longer part of an underground movement (please see your local Blockbuster or EB for evidence)
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10)'
George Lucas, "All right, were the hell is R2D2s head!?"
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
I see it has no back seat. Obviously the guy was smart enough to realise that he wouldn't be needing one.
Apparently he's married (see other posts), but I'd also like to point out that there's more than one answer to "why no back seat?" besides "no woman will have me".
For example, "I don't live with my parents, so we can use an actual BED" comes to mind.
There are only 10 types of people: those who understand decimal, those who don't, and, uh, 8 other types I forget.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see a problem with putting potentially hard objects over the airbags (check the passenger side out, maybe the driver side too, forget) which will be flung towards your face at high speed in the event of a crash.
Kinda reminds me of my old car which had a big sticker on the visor which warned that you "should not place any objects between yourself and the airbag". Duh. I wonder how many people had their plans for putting a big sharp spike on their steering wheel airbag covered foiled due to that sticker.