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my little red escort has a fair-sized old spoiler at the rear but it doesnt actually do very much, in fact it does nothing whatsoever except provide me with a ledge for my coffee while I look for my keys.
what I dream about is a ruddy great spoiler of gigantic proportions probably made of black rubber
that can whoosh up and down as I sail along the road.
operated by a motor I can make it thresh about at will or switch to automatic when it will gently flounce or move with a speedier swish. I envision that it would make the most wonderful whoomp, whoomp, whoomp noise.
tailgaters will be dissuaded and when parked during hot weather I can lay my whales tail right over my windscreen to keep the car cool.
(?) Shamoo
http://whatsthatabo...ages/shamoo-car.jpg [Shz, Jun 09 2005]
http://images.googl...en%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jun 10 2005]
(?) Third Picture down, at the back..
http://www.morrismi...yors_Show_1998.html .. Best I could do! [gnomethang, Jun 11 2005]
(?) Ugly Japanese vans
http://www.topgear....age/carbages/31/03/ Vans with wierd body kits [discontinuuity, Jun 16 2005]
don't vote for the poor imitation.
Peacock_20Tails_20for_20Cars [po, Sep 02 2006]
Aerial
http://imgs.idnes.c...CONVERTIBLE02_N.JPG Turn your whale into a shark? [Fishrat, Sep 03 2006]
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Spray tailgaters with water through a blowhole on the roof. Hehe. |
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<ahem>
I thought this was going to be a device that blabbed the ending to people who hadn't seen Free Willy.
</ahem> |
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"little red escort" doesn't really have the same oomph to it that "little red corvette" has, I see why Prince changed the lyrics. out-of-context eighties-music-commentary not-withstanding, great idea! + |
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hey ato, I just tell it as it is... (F1 stuff that I read always reminds me of you) |
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Gotta love the world's greatest (and most expensive) soap opera. |
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"Hey I can really thrash it about pretty good huh? doesn't seem to do much but I wil find out what it is for later on. There's so much to find out about, so much to learn. Like, what's this great big round thing coming towards me very fast. It is so big and round it needs a big and round sounding name: aound, wround, mound, ground! that's it! Ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me!" WHOOMP! |
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Great idea [po]. A couple of things to consider. I don't think rubber will be sufficiently rigid to fulfil the traditional duties of a spoiler, also to be long enough to stretch over the windscreen it would have to extend a considerable distance behind the car.
Minor niggles aside, I love this idea. Think you should tinker with your windscreen sprayers, or install an additional one on the roof for a blowhole, and use an indignant dolphin chittering as your horn sound.
You have now been officially Flimped! (Flipper + Pimped = Flimped...sorry) |
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Won't this mean you get chased all over the road by Japanese cars [po]? "Thar she po's" |
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Yet it smells like bread. |
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Poby Dick. Call me Ishmael. |
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(looks around for witty response, fails utterly) |
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Love the idea though. [+] |
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The bumper sticker "I brake for whales" would make more sense this way. |
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Oh Flap! Gorgeous. How Camp is this? |
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Make it a white whale tail, so you can chase cars with vanity plates that read AHAB. |
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hey gnome, a rare glimpse of Noddy in front of that one. who is the bird? don't remember Noddy having a love interest. |
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I wouldn't want this unless my entire vehicle looked like a whale... |
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Well I would. I have a black Subaru Impreza with a spoiler that I think looks like a portable picnic table, so a giant moving fin would be very cool indeed. + |
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gnomethang, that's a lobster in your link. |
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As I said - best I could do! |
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when did lobsters go whoop, whoomp, whoomp! |
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I'd like a fin on top too. I know that's a completely different kettle of fish but I'd like it anyway. |
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you'd look like a punk rocker... |
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I've never known why, but the aerial on my saab 93 looks very dorsal finnish... linky |
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//my saab 93 looks very dorsal finnish// sp. "Swedish" |
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