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    Image of trevisol trevisol
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
     
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12/15/09

    @trevisol: That's imbiguous.
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    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    Where did you find my car?
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    mind in rewind promoted this comment spiegel1 was starred spiegel1 was unstarred
    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    12/15/09

    @spiegel1: The Batmanuelmobile takes up two spaces, minimum.
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    Image of Shawn Barney Shawn Barney
    12/15/09

    @mind in rewind: Found it on the Island, right beside a structure and two guys talking on the beach. One guy seemed ominous.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    Not sure if this is big enough for Christian Bale's ego.
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    BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 promoted this comment FriarNurgle was starred FriarNurgle was unstarred
    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    12/15/09

    @FriarNurgle: I'd watch out. He'll punch your mother for saying that.
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    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    love the huge front, no so much the multiple seating. that car should seat two people maximum and still be a block long.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/15/09

    @Gaucho85: Yeah but that's just the one from the animated series :P
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    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/15/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, I know, but the limo up there doesn't look TOO different. I'm thinking a devoted car enthusiast could make the animated series Batmobile a reality. Get on it Leno!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/16/09

    @Gaucho85: Someone already did.

    [www.sessionmagazine.com]
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    Now the whole Justice League can ride to the prom together!

    Robin even has room to bring his date... er, special hetero friend.
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    BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 promoted this comment comrade_leviathan was starred comrade_leviathan was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    No thanks, I'd rather stick with my time machine erg...DeLorean Limo
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    Image of Frood Frood
    12/15/09

    In reply to Batmobile Limo: For When Bruce Wayne Just Gives Up
    Wish I had this for when I went to prom. But the real question is does it drive on walls?
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    BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 promoted this comment Frood was starred Frood was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/15/09

    @Frood: I was going to say that earlier but couldn't find a picture lol
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    Image of ulardigental ulardigental
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    It's already been said here, but to confirm, it's a ham operator participating in a rover operation, either for contesting or just for the hell of it. They usually find the highest points in rare-ish grid squares and operate from there.

    Actually a pretty nice setup. He has a rotor so he can rotate the antennas. Most rovers I've seen simply point the car in the direction they want to point the antennas. Most of the antennas are directional, but the big semi-square one on the back is omni-directional.

    I've been involved in a few rover operations myself with my dad in a vehicle that looked even weirder than that. People ALWAYS asked if we were storm chasers or UFO investigators.
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    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    Clearly AT&T trying to extend their network and reduce dropped calls.

    Hello? Hello?
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    Image of psyclesam psyclesam
    12/14/09

    it is the N6MU/R team...
    [commfaculty.fullerton.edu]
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    Image of n3vzl n3vzl
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    I second, third, or whatever that this is clearly a ham radio operator setup for VHF and up rover operations. Just search Google Images for "ham radio rover" for similarly outfitted vehicles. When working "weak signal" in contest mode, you want highly directional signals to maximize your reach. From top to bottom, it looks like 902MHz, a 432MHz "halo" (for omni-directional work), maybe 222MHz, then 432MHz yagi for (for directional work), a pair of 146 and 432MHz circularly polarized yagis for satellite work, a dish on 2.4GHz, and like someone else said, the square halo is probably for 6 meters or 50MHz. Its a nicely done but not unseen setup for a well-funded radio geek.
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    Image of se_oneal se_oneal
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    It's someone setup to do "Rover" in the last VHF amateur radio contest.

    Amateurs drive around the country side and work others from each grid square, counting each contact as a point. The antennas are for 50 Mhz, 144 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 440 Mhz, 2.4 Mhz and probably a few others.
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    Image of philselmer philselmer
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    I don't know what any of that on the roof is, but a bed cap on a Baja is fail.
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    Image of Donathius Donathius
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    I asked my dad who's a ham operator and builds his own antennas and here's his response:

    "Yeah, easy answer. He's a ham and he has his car set up for an ARRL VHF/UHF competition. His vehicle would be called a "rover" for the contest. They usually drive to a series of high points and mountaintops in various different geographical divisions known as grid squares. Part of the competition is to score as many different ones as possible."
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    When nerds are given an unlimited budget and asked to make a porn ala Bangbus, this is what you would get.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/13/09

    In reply to Google StreetView's Homegrown Competition?
    You have to work long and hard to make a Baja dorkier than it is from the Subaru factory.
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