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    Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    "Roads? Where we are going, we don't need roads."


    First thing i thought of.

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    Image of Rixon Rixon
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    Interesting how that car in the photo is not a Ford, but a Lincoln.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/11/09

    @Rixon: Which is owned by Ford.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    HAHAHAHA... GM needs a bailout while Ford blows 10 grand on Nerf cars...
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    Image of madog madog
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    Two words for you: nerf cars!


    We're so close!

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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    The Lincoln knew it had a problem when it stopped socializing with other cars to spend all it's time with it's inflatable friend.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    They would be so ashamed:
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    Image of PeterSimpson PeterSimpson
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    $10K for a blow-up car? I'm clearly in the wrong business. Unless these things are life-raft quality rubberised fabric, they should cost a lot less than that...$1K?
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    Image of madog madog
    02/11/09

    @PeterSimpson: 10k each for so many balloons that can be reused over and over or using a car each time? Even if they did use Junkers (which I somehow doubt, they prbably pull a car off the line to test it), the reusable balloons would save money in the long run. Also I doubt they are latex balloons and are custom made with some sort internal framework.
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    Image of Jon Cousins Jon Cousins
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    They're not using them for crash testing, they're using them for crash *avoidance* testing. That way, when something goes wrong, or they need to calibrate and adjust the crash avoidance systems, they're not plowing into actual metal objects.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/11/09

    @Jon Cousins: That's the point of testing. Their systems will probably not work perfectly initially, so there probably will be crashes.
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    Image of MikeSWelch MikeSWelch
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    That's a pretty hot idea.


    Achem, I need a $10,000 government bailout for balloon.


    Kthxbai

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    Image of Jeff_McAwes0me Jeff_McAwes0me
    02/11/09

    @MikeSWelch: While 10 grand is a lot for a balloon, Ford never took any bailout money.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/11/09

    @Jeff_McAwes0me: Even if Ford did get bailout money, why not spend it on a balloon? The whole point is that it is cheaper than smashing up cars.
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    Image of Jesustron Jesustron
    02/11/09

    In reply to Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
    $10,000? for what?
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    02/11/09

    @Jesustron: See that painted-on grill and headlights? That white paint is pigmented with the ground up ivory tusks of the rare and endangered Guatemalan Elephino.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    02/11/09

    @Closed captioning provided by Homerjay: Engineer 1: "Why doesn't this paint show up on the collision system?"


    Engineer 2: "Elephino!"

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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    02/11/09

    @m4ximusprim3: For commiting Grand Punnery, we, the judge, jester, and executioner, sentence you to forty face-pies.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/11/09

    @Jesustron: The balloon cars are inflated with unicorn farts.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/13/09

    @Jesustron: It's expensive because of inflation.
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