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Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

dvheil — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:39:18 EST

parallel parking hell awaits us all!!

dvheil

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

borjo — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:51:44 EST

this sucks...
looks futuristic and all but does not look practical at all. looks like the bastard son of a vw golf and a segway

borjo

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

cybergrunt — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:17:16 EST

um.. if he's designed it already why can't we have it now? Or do we have to wait for another Nazi government to take power first? Oops I mentioned the war!

cybergrunt

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Automorrow — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:07:36 EST

Fools Gold...

At least the Peugeout will not roll a s s over tin can when the brake are slammed ..

Another giant waist of money at VW ..

Automorrow

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

hushgush — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:57:10 EST

That's not a car, it's a death machine the robots are going to use to exterminate us when "the singularity" finally becomes reality.

hushgush

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

smokyburnout — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:22:30 EST

bah... in 2054 i will still be driving a 1986 pontiac running on fossil fuels... or maybe alocohol... take that crackpot futurists... speaking of futurists, maybe i should make it an 82 DMC-12...

smokyburnout

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

djdare — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:58:23 EST

not to mention that tires as far as aerodynamics are concerned leave much to be desired... not exactly a smooth surface, and all that curving downward = teh sux0z for t3h fuel efficiency. how futurey is that... even with liquid VW ads for doors.

djdare

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Longshot — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:05:31 EST

How do you see out of the front?

Longshot

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

tobject — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:45:46 EST

I'd rather get Peugeot Moovie
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2005/2005-Moovie-Concept...

tobject

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

ninjagin — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:08:13 EST

It's a hamster-wheel ... FOR HUMANS!

Ugh.

Okay, so it looks cool, but there's only room for one and how do you so something simple like, oh, I dunno, see where you're going?

Oh, wait, in the future the cars will drive themselves. I forgot.

ninjagin

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Roxstar — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:53:02 EST

I've had Journey in my head all day cuz of this post.

Roxstar

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

DeadWriter — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:52:50 EST

This is the real story:
Company advertisement on vehicles:
1954- 1 small 3 inch x3 inch badge =9 sq. inches (23 sq. cm)

2054- Both sides of vehicle = 18 square feet(5.5 sq. m) total.

2154- Logo is larger than vehicle, which won't matter because we will all be driving giant mecha and carrying the logos as shields.

DeadWriter

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

dave the wet sprocket — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:37:37 EST

the black sheep of cybertron, born from the forbidden love between bumblebee and the t-1000. oh, if only spike had said yes!

dave the wet sprocket

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

DeadWriter — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:36:51 EST

There have been a number of working vehicles similar this. There is an old news reel from WW2 with some inventor riding a vehicle like this around on a beach.

There was a cartoon from the 80's called the Spiral Zone, where the characters rode on single wheeled motorcycles that balanced like Segways. Colonel Dirk Courage, the main good guy, drove vehicle like this with a giant cannon on the top called RimFire.

The Manga book and accompanying toys in Japan were much better.
Cool one wheeled cannon.

DeadWriter

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Carjack — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:30:15 EST

2054? RIOT Wheel ( http://theriotwheel.com/ ) did it years ago. Check it out.

Carjack

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Geisrud — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:21:02 EST

BTW, does it come with anti-lock...uhh...brake standard?

Geisrud

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Geisrud — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:19:46 EST

SWEET! Can't wait to see the 2055 model!

Geisrud

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Jack Loftus — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:19:46 EST

This is old, old news. Sony told me the PS3 does all of this and more already.

Jack Loftus

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

-=[ArcSine]=- — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:52:07 EST

http://www.peugeot-concours-design.com/en/01_vainqueur/

Time-traveling ripoff alert!

-=[ArcSine]=-

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Sean Harrington — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:50:20 EST

Perfect.

So when I'm 87 years old, I can tool around town in the uber-sized General Grievous-mobile.

Awesome.

Sean Harrington

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

pratt-stick — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:44:17 EST

Thats a wheely nice design. Exactly how I'd roll...

pratt-stick

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

UpIrons — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:25:07 EST

"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!" - Apparently we will however!

UpIrons

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Fuzz — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:17:49 EST

Wait. . .

So are you telling me I STILL won't have my flying car by 2054?

Lame.

Fuzz

Volkswagen Circa 2054: Big Wheel Keep On Turnin'

Neil.Will — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:09:57 EST

Neat! And the throttle for this one doesn't have to go up your ass.

Neil.Will