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On rainy days you come with your umbrella up to car, press the
remote "Raise" button and the car is raised on four accordion
stilts until it is over you. A sliding trap door opens up. You walk
under the car now sheltered from the rain, close your [unbrella]
and press the button to lower the car
(of course an automatic
safety device checks that you are in the correct location so no
one gets crushed in the process) and you comfortably sit down
and drive off.
The underdoor can also be used for emergencies if the car
flipped over on an icy road.
Inspired by...
Rain Blaster
[pashute, Oct 14 2014]
The alternative use for this feature
Integral_20Side_20A..._20Window_20Breaker
[normzone, Oct 15 2014]
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It would be much easier if the car simply had an oversized umbrella that popped up from its roof. |
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Thought it said "Cat Underdoor" |
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How to let a wet cat into the dry car without getting out in the rain yourself. |
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Sigh. Time to see the eye doc. Hope I don't misread that sign. |
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Some models of long wheelbase Land Rover up to Series III have a
removable panel under the driver's seat through which ingress and
egress* is possible for an adult of average dimensions and slightly
above average potholing experience. |
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*Not recommended when the vehicle is in motion. |
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Speaking of which, I seem to recall you were in training for such an exercise a few years ago, regarding a tank inspection or some such thing. How'd that turn out? |
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Painfully. They seem to make the damn hatches smaller every year. |
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Like a Goldwing, only more expansive. |
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I once had an old chev with so much rust in the cab that one could have readily stepped through. It was about as appealing as a gullwing sandwich. |
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Sorry for your friend, norm. |
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Was your question about tanks to me? There is an
emergency exit "trapdoor" at the bottom of American made
tanks. I may have told here about getting reprimand for
saying at a military investigation that it was possible that
some tools were stolen from our tank while I was on guard. I
said that anything was possible, except that it was
implausible. Someone may have dug underground and found
a way to open the trapdoor from the outside, then climb
out through the tank reach the exterior toolbox and steal it. |
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I was found guilty, and received reprimand. Learned to
keep my mouth shut with commanders. It was a good
lesson, before leaving for commanding training. When on
cleaning duty in that room later that week, I found the
official investigation paper crumpled up in the garbage bin. |
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It depends on the terrain. Given the propensity of tankies to park over
a hollow and kip underneath in warm or rainy weather, and the fact
that on anything other than a parade ground the belly is often well
clear of the surface, access isn't that difficult. It's a bit of a squeeze,
though - anything more than crew overalls tend to catch. |
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The main motive for gaining surreptitious access to the interior of
tanks is normally not theft, but the perpetration of practical jokes ... |
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I'd always thought the solution to this problem was a more complicated umbrella. A more complicated car is admirable. [+] |
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No, you didn't. You can exist in Seattle, but if you want to truly live,
you have to move somewhere else. |
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Even Vancouver's better than Seattle ... |
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Seattle is a bad example for this. In Seattle it
drizzles continuously. There's no point in an
umbrella or this invention. Gore-Tex is your best
bet. Seattle is actually below the median for annual
rainfall in inches among major US cities, but it's right
near the top with 155 days of rain a year. This
invention would be more useful in one of the may
locations that get more rain and get it in discrete
rain showers. |
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Russel, thanks for the detailed review. Our engineers will
have to rethink this over. |
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