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can't explain why, but i like this. (+) |
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I've seen soft bug screens, but not a carbon-fibre version like this. It might be a bit dark, but apart from that it's nice. |
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What about collisions? Or would these only be used when the car is not in motion?
<<obligitory>>"Don't push on the screen, you might strain yourself!"<<ob>> |
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Well, I want this for the hot days
with dogs in the car, and to keep
the sippy cups from flying out the
window at 65 mph. |
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Carbon fiber roving, or fabric, which has a density quite a bit greater than what a transparent screen would need to be, can easily be cut with scissors and is only marginally more difficult to cut when resin cured. |
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A kevlar mesh might be suitable, although I can't remember how slash resistant it is. |
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I'm good with Kevlar. I was only thinking basic theft deterence. People still drive soft top convertables, after all. |
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"What about collisions?"
Using the screen (rolling it up into position, like closing the window) would be completely optional. I suppose it would complicate things if you needed to evacuate quickly, but I see using the screens as an exception, not a rule. |
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this is a fabulous idea, I don't think collision or theft should be a consideration, for the reasons given, any soft screen which animals can't get through would serve the purpose. I had a cicada fly in, eeeeeeeek. |
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I am guessing it doesn't rain where you live (even in the summer). At first glance I thought this was just trailer trash screen door posting but it seems to be extraordinarily expensive. I would call it Upmarker Trailer Trash. Sorry bones... |
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Our last car had a screen for the sunroof. |
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good idea, but why does it need to be carbon fibre? unless it starts an insectile arms race, with flys carrying macheties and cicadas with cute little chainsaws, a much lighter fabric would suffice. i'd use mesh from suction cupped sunshades for kids' windows, or even the stuff in screen doors. |
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speaking of which, [PainOCommonSense] how exactly does screen door equate to trailer trash? a lot of houses round my way have them, not just the trailers. i'd say they have more to do with bug prevailance then type of domicile. |
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Hey [Stilgar] I didn't want to dig up your financial situtation.... |
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(kidding) ok perhaps they are a bit more classy than I thought. But hey you might try moving to a place with less bugs. |
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[PainOCommonSense] Mendo is about as un-bugish as California gets, or so i'm told (i haven't seen the rest of it). as for financial status, the houses i referred to are very big and expensive. i however, happen to live in the garage of one of them. (still bigger than any flat i could have afforded in England though). a very novel idea, garages that admit cars larger than the mini (original). |
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Half a garage in Notting Hill - London costs £150k back in 2002, but since prices have risen by 40% since then it is probably very out of date. £210k in USD that is about $380,000. |
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This would work great for those times when you have to sleep in your car,because they can get very stinky if you have the windows up. |
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Lots of cars around here have ratty looking screen rolled around the front grille. Something about keeping bugs out of the radiators, would be my guess. + |
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This is most useful in that very last stage of a car’s life, when the battery is dead and the wheels are gone. Now it sits on blocks on the side of a lonely country road. A man asleep on the back seat wakes. He rises to the sound of a rooster, and then the chirping of birds. The mosquitoes are massed just outside, and he thanks god that THIS car was abandoned here. A car with screens! |
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Great Idea, and why not just the stuff on screen doors? It's pretty tough stuff. I tried to punch one out once casue I locked myslef out and ended up buckling the steel frame that held it instead. As far as theft it's not like car windows are that tough to break with a brick or large rock. In fact there somewhat theft friendly, they break into nice little non-sharp pieces unlike regular window pane. |
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This already exists as a product in at least one form... |
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