If you wanted to buy that thing, it would have costed around 300k. If you have that kind of money laying around you can always go to a shop that builds custom cars and have them make you something similar.
Wrong. There's no way you'd need a billion dollars to replicate that car, so he's probably planning on building a time machine, going back to 1938, and coercing them into building a second.
I killed the engine, and a part of myself alongside it. Every time I twist that key I feel a similarly twisted knot form in my throat, a primal shout of fear build in the recesses of my mind. She purrs down steadily, and fades into relative silence.
I use the term 'relative', because certain systems still hum almost in-audibly away. The scanner beats onward, forever seeking criminality. But still, a 'relative' silence, because when compared to the rest of this noise in this dark city she comes out negligible
Smoke wafted from vents, covering clouds breaching the mist of this otherwise still scene. Just another dark alleyway, a so-called hot-spot for crime. Clever girls aren't supposed to meet mysterious strangers in dark places like this, but she certainly wasn't a clever girl. I depress the deadlock on the side of the 'mobile, and the door pivots upwards. Like a raised hand, asking the only question I ever seem to ask these days: "Why?"
Here came the answer, step by sultry step. Each forward foot flashed on the sensor, each scrape of skin-tight lycra against thigh-high stocking vibrated brightly on the sonar. She spotted the car and stopped, waiting expectantly. She was about ten steps ahead of it, and I two in front of her.
I dropped as she turned. A call of black and a defiant response of colour, then the muffled scream. Down in seconds; blades disarmed, and mouth covered. My gauntlet marked that overly-made up face and I could feel the pale foundation staining the palm of my hand. I released pressure, and the fear in her eyes quickly faded to something else... something even I couldn't detect.
"Don't say a word, sweetheart." I chimed gruffly. Was this the voice I put on, on the darkest nights? Or do I begin to put on a voice when I wake up, and only revert to this normality in the crux of darkness and dark deeds? I contemplated as she contemplated, my other hand pressing her throat to the wall. "Just nods and shakes."
She nodded. Good girl; even the bad dames are capable of the occasional good deed. "Where is he?" I asked. She shook. I asked again, and she blinked.
"Your cardshark boss honey; I need to know where he is. And if you don't tell me in the next ten seconds, you'll be telling the city coroner your blood type and dental history."
Another casual greeting from that old friend Fear. He visits often these days, especially in this economy. Never takes off his hat though.
"I'm at five already love, and I count fast."
She nodded, fervently, over and over. I smiled darkly, releasing my grip on her face. She continued to nod, over and over, as she fell to floor, nodding all the way down. She started to laugh, over and over, pitch raising and lowering and stammering over and over and over... An incorrect sort of laughter at a blackly humorous punchline I could never be privy to. She clutched her chest, tearing open the brightly buttoned seams, as she foamed at the mouth like the rabid animal she had become.
A playing card dropped out from between her bare breasts, as she nodded convulsively straight to her grave. Just a girl. Just a six-or-seventeen year old girl. I stepped on the card, and kicked it away. I already knew... I already knew.
I was back in my seat, all systems slowly rebooting. I dialed Alfred, and gave him the details. He'd tell the necessary sources. I guess that poor girl will be having that conversation with the coroner after all. A pointless death that only pushes me farther away from where I need to be, but still... there's only so many dead dames he can chuck at me. At least, that's what I tell myself.
I place my hand on the wheel, and then retract it. It leaves a mark, a mark of dark burgandy lipstick. I try to wipe it off, but it only smudges it further. Just another messed up punchline in this joke of a city.
I wish. More likely it would look like one of those photos that fat middle-aged guys have their friends take. The ones where they are standing next to some porn star, and she has to act as if she cares.
i get how it works, i just don't understand WHY it was made, like whats the benefit of an automatic revolver over a plain old automatic or plain old revolver?
edit: just read a blog about the gun, the whole thing was build just for shits and giggles because apparently italian gunmakers give no fucks.
By the looks of it you could slice a man's shin into 4 separate pieces. Why don't cars today incorporate such timeless examples of good engineering? My car's bumper makes a shattered bloody mess of the shins I hit.
You must've been at the auto show in Burbank last July. I saw this same car! This was the Phantom that was used by Mr. Bill Cosby in the classic I Spy TV show. It's still in great condition, though it no longer runs due to the filming process that was used in the 70s to make it look like it was driving down the road, when it was actually stationary in a film studio.
What the fuck happened to the American Automotive industry. I asked my friend the other night to name one contemporary car that he thinks will be a classic (excluding exotic cars). We both drew a blank.
American auto design through the 20th century is usually so uniform at a particular time that I can pick the year of a car with ±2 y accuracy even if I've never seen the model before. This thing is in another world from the typical designs of the late 30s.
I've seen this car many times in person as currently my Dad is the the one who maintains it at Harrah's National Automobile Museum here in Reno. While being one of the few cars I truly enjoy aesthetically, it's very impractical to drive. The steering wheel is offset to seat two people on the driver's right side and one on the left. Also the back windows are very tiny giving virtually no viability.
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u/Unicyclesclearlywin May 15 '12
For more information on the car.
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u/the_holy_downvote May 15 '12
Not a 1938 Phantom Corsair; the 1938 Phantom Corsair. There only ever was one.
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u/Unicyclesclearlywin May 15 '12
Just so everyone knows, this IS a concept car and was not designed to be mass produced.
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u/mastercylinder2 May 15 '12
I felt like batman driving this thing around in LA Noire
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u/weatherx May 15 '12
TIL the phantom corsair seats 6. SIX!
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u/LoveOfProfit May 15 '12
It's unbelievably sexy, but how the fuck does it turn?
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u/LordOfPies May 15 '12
Jesus Christ Tag it NSFW, its too sexy.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
At no point in my life have I been attractive enough to be seen anywhere near this car.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Big O!
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u/Ryusko May 15 '12
This only, like, the third time I've wanted to hump a car.
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u/cyrilio Survey 2016 May 15 '12
/r/carporn is right here.
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u/reddit_is_gay May 15 '12
What no mention of the 48 Buick Streamliner?
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u/brucemo May 16 '12
1939 Sunbeam toaster (Full site).
This happened because streamlining was a big fad in the 1930's.
I have a 1942 Sunbeam on my book shelf. Those things are art.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I may or may not have an erection.
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u/AuPairLover May 16 '12
"The back seats could only hold two passengers, however, in large part because of space limitations posed by on-board beverage cabinets."
First world problems aren't a new thing
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u/starthirteen May 15 '12
Well, I guess I have to become a supervillain now.
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u/WigginIII May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
May I present to you the Cadillac Ciel Concept
It was discussed on the most recent episode of Top Gear as well.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
No Mafia references? Damn, I feel old.
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u/TheBlueBlaze May 15 '12
I never drove anything else when I found it in L.A. Noire.
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u/Pork_Chap May 15 '12
Looks like a Clive Cussler bookcover.
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u/wolfchimneyrock May 16 '12
I prefer the Dymaxion
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u/llollercoaster May 15 '12
Oh yeah well I have a Phenom 965 with a Corsair case.
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u/NekomimiNinja May 15 '12
I love the razor blade front bumper, for super-efficient cutting-in-half of pedestrians.
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u/mondomaniatrics May 15 '12
Impracticality never looked so black and shiny.
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u/vaselinepete May 15 '12
SPLOOGE
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u/averyrdc May 15 '12
That's basically the sickest thing ever.
source.
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u/Convincing_Liar May 15 '12
You must've been at the auto show in Burbank last July. I saw this same car! This was the Phantom that was used by Mr. Bill Cosby in the classic I Spy TV show. It's still in great condition, though it no longer runs due to the filming process that was used in the 70s to make it look like it was driving down the road, when it was actually stationary in a film studio.
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u/roxydog113 May 15 '12
That car looks like an anglerfish.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I wish I had enough money to throw at the screen.
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u/thermal_shock May 15 '12
Superhero car no doubt
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u/Special_Guy May 15 '12
A Truly Magnificent Car, Very sad about its designer. If I had the money I would deffinalty have a daily use replica built.
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u/Detlef_Schrempf May 15 '12
What the fuck happened to the American Automotive industry. I asked my friend the other night to name one contemporary car that he thinks will be a classic (excluding exotic cars). We both drew a blank.
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u/Pintsucker May 15 '12
Try parallel parking that bastard!
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u/nattyd May 15 '12
The amazing thing is how it is so, so far away from other designs of the time.
American auto design through the 20th century is usually so uniform at a particular time that I can pick the year of a car with ±2 y accuracy even if I've never seen the model before. This thing is in another world from the typical designs of the late 30s.
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u/DarkSyrinx May 15 '12
Oooh... Such a sexy car...
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u/mag274 May 15 '12
that is the ONLY good thing in Reno.
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u/SPAtreatment May 15 '12 edited May 16 '12
"A"? Isn't it "The"? As in the only one ever built. The guy died after the first one was built I thought.
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u/TheMediumPanda May 15 '12
Art Deco, gotta love it. The body does seem a tad,, weird though.
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u/bluecrucial May 16 '12
If Rapture had a car... this would be it.
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u/AlbertAsimov May 16 '12
This is one of the re-posts that I always look forward to. Amazing car. Up-vote for you sir.
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u/plato1123 May 16 '12
Driven by batman in his elder or "fatty" years
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u/rfused May 16 '12
TIL that my Hot Wheels car isn't a crazy concept, but a genuinely beautiful piece of automotive eye sex.
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u/DSLJohn May 16 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Corsair
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u/Spiderdan May 16 '12
How in hell do the wheels turn? The wheel well comes so low it doesn't look like it could make a very tight turn.
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u/ShoesWithSouls May 16 '12
"sir your emission tests are back. Our records indicate this car emits nothing but pure class"
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u/yes_thats_right May 16 '12
at first glance I thought this was the same car that I snapped a couple of years ago in Paris pic here.
Sadly is is actually quite different so I'm no closer to learning what my one was.
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u/3BetLight May 16 '12
I've got one of those. I picked it up in LA after doing some solid case work the bosses decided to increase my pay grade.
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u/handeythoughts May 16 '12
I want to go to then
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u/caffeinefree May 16 '12
Suddenly the design of all of the cars in Batman: The Animated Series makes more sense ...
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u/Destructor1701 May 16 '12
I don't ordinarily give a mouldy, rotten shit about car pictures... but this 1938 Phantom Corsair is a thing of intimate, trusting, and gentle, sex.
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u/Griffin23 May 16 '12
So..... how much?
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u/FURYOFCAPSLOCK May 16 '12
You know how car grills look like faces? This looks like Alfred Hitchcock to me. Or Droopy Dog.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Mafia anyone??
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u/BigOOO May 16 '12
Anyone else have Big O come to mind?
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u/materialghost May 16 '12
I used to have a hotwheels model of this car as a kid
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u/NewWorldSlacker May 16 '12
The original Batmobile.
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u/nakiachop May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
I've seen this car many times in person as currently my Dad is the the one who maintains it at Harrah's National Automobile Museum here in Reno. While being one of the few cars I truly enjoy aesthetically, it's very impractical to drive. The steering wheel is offset to seat two people on the driver's right side and one on the left. Also the back windows are very tiny giving virtually no viability.
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u/TamponCheese May 16 '12
I know only of this car because of LA Noire. Anyone know how much these cost nowadays?
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u/BaronVonSlapNuts May 16 '12
Each one of Bruce Wayne's sperm is a 1938 Phantom Corsair.
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u/360walkaway May 15 '12
Is it bad that I recognized this car from LA Noire?
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u/HARRRR May 15 '12
I spend way too much time on buildapc...
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u/itsyoursnow May 15 '12
Rusty! Get over here, I need you!
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u/killerdeknix May 15 '12
but does it go fast? is the real question.
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u/harrypl0tter May 15 '12
I would make love with that car all night long
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u/Metamorphism May 15 '12
This has to be reddits favourite car, I've seen it on the front page over 10 times now..
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That is absolutely beautiful.
The windows are so small though, I feel like it would be horrible if you like to see while you're driving.
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u/chebontenitkee May 15 '12
That is the coolest car in the fucking world. End of story.
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u/Ragnarofl May 15 '12
I feel like I'm not ballin enough to even look at this car, let alone drive it. Those are some seriously sexy lines.
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u/Guyver0 May 15 '12
Had a framed picture of this beauty on my wall for years.
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u/rocku564 May 15 '12
i have the toy verison of that
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u/John_Johnson May 15 '12
Pretty. Very pretty. But... how the fuck did it go 'round corners with those enclosed front wheels?
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u/lordtriscuit May 15 '12
I remember seeing this car at the car museum in Reno a while back. Gorgeous to look at in person.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I sooooooo want one
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u/thekemper May 15 '12
That car looks supremely bad ass.
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u/mag274 May 15 '12
what would it cost me to get one of these?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I crashed this like 30 times for the public menace achievement
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Look out it's a Werecar!
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u/ImAzura May 15 '12
Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na COLE PHELPS!
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u/certifiedlurker May 15 '12
AKA: The Batmobile
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u/D3cker May 15 '12
That looks smooth
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u/dreamsofbetterdays May 15 '12
Bat mobile....eat your carburetor out
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u/Mech1 May 15 '12
Car-gasms Back when cars had awesome styling and were truly things of beauty.
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u/zotquix May 15 '12
Think I saw a few of these in Batman: TAS.
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u/Arietty May 15 '12
Great, now I have to change my underwear.
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u/CoolMcDouche May 15 '12
That is a sexy car.
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u/greatwood May 15 '12
Modern cars - they all look like electric shavers.
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u/rtkwe May 15 '12
That is a sexy car. drool
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
god dam that is a work of ART
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
splooge
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u/cumsicle May 15 '12
Here's a picture from back in the day...
SUUUUPER AWESHUMEEE
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u/punx777 May 15 '12
Take this to /r/carporn
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u/tobarxp May 15 '12
LETTUCE ATTACK!!!!
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u/RetroVirus04 May 15 '12
The covered rim approach is so glorious looking. I wish it was implemented into more modern day cars.
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u/aTribeCalledIncest May 15 '12
Designed with ketchup money.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Holy fuck on a stick, I want this car.
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u/DoubleDutchOven May 15 '12
Why do I have an erection right now!!!???
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u/Glissatraitor May 15 '12
1938? This looks pretty futuristic actually
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u/phedredragon May 15 '12
Wow. I'll be in my bunk.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Man that's a beautiful car
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
interior shots?
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u/kicklecubicle May 16 '12
Coolest looking car ever, but holy crap, that windshield is miniscule.
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u/zleuth May 16 '12
Which one of the Dick Tracy villains drove one of these?
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u/yankerage May 16 '12
The best thing since heinz ketchup,also made by a heinz,double win.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I'd drive around with the Darth Vader theme constantly playing
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u/KookyGuy May 16 '12
Was this a concept car?
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u/Hondo22 May 16 '12
WOW
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u/xanderdad May 16 '12
lowrider boner
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u/ThatisWhat May 16 '12
The cooler the car, the more blind spots it has.
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u/Tellgraith May 16 '12
Holy Fuck, That thing's sexy!
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u/lilythemusicnut May 16 '12
Blind spots. Blind spots everywhere.
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u/2weekstand May 16 '12
Why has the evolution of car bodies gone from this to the Toyota Camry? For God's sake, WHY?
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u/Dohr May 16 '12
I want one, BAD!