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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 25, 2009 23:05:44 GMT
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Post by (Ali) on Mar 25, 2009 23:36:41 GMT
If it is a make-your-own-car I'm not entirely surprised. Probably won't be street legal like a Caterham though.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 25, 2009 23:53:45 GMT
But Caterham's are legal. Part of me thinks that you shouldn't put it past them, the Swedes have a reputation for being a bit odd but a furniture company making a kit-car, I can't see it.
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 26, 2009 18:57:47 GMT
If it is really a car (I really thinking about April1 joke) I am really looking forward what is under that sheet.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 26, 2009 19:07:43 GMT
My first instinct was that the front of it looked a bit like a couch.
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 26, 2009 19:10:24 GMT
It is. Maybe it is made out of furniture like they did on TG .
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 26, 2009 19:19:16 GMT
They made a car out of furniture? Or am I picking things up wrong?
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 26, 2009 19:22:19 GMT
No sorry they made one out machine machines.
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 26, 2009 19:29:26 GMT
It was in season 5 episode 9
May and Clarkson go out to review a collection of cars from the Pacific Rim: Cars from Malaysia and Korea. Among these are the Kia Rio and the Hyundai Accent, in a 3-cylinder diesel version. They conclude that none of them are worth buying, due to being "built like white goods." This is followed by a demonstration of a custom vehicle constructed from used home appliances.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 26, 2009 19:35:13 GMT
I haven't seen that one! I am trying to collect the eps I don't have from Dave but they only show certain ones.  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 26, 2009 19:35:42 GMT
Re-thinking this, I might have seen it years ago but I don't really remember properly.
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 26, 2009 19:50:35 GMT
Maybe you can search youtube for it. I think it will be on it.
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 26, 2009 19:51:37 GMT
Maybe. I will have a go later on maybe.  |
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Post by Mayfayre on Mar 27, 2009 16:26:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2009 17:51:52 GMT
That looks very cool and it looks like it has been laid out by James ;D  |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 27, 2009 18:11:01 GMT
Is that what is under the Ikea blanket?
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Post by Wyvern on Mar 28, 2009 8:40:50 GMT
That pic reminds me of the Copen at Japan Car. I don't think anyone looks at it without wondering how long it would take to make it... and 'how hard can it be?'
I'm going with the April Fool theory, or something close to it - but I think there will be something behind it, because it seems like a complex and expensive thing to do for the sake of a joke. Still, the designer chap does say it's about introducing 'the car of tomorrow' on March 31st. And we know what 'tomorrow' is on March 31st ;D
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Post by dutchdiva on Mar 28, 2009 9:02:50 GMT
That pic reminds me of the Copen at Japan Car. I don't think anyone looks at it without wondering how long it would take to make it... and 'how hard can it be?' I'm going with the April Fool theory, or something close to it - but I think there will be something behind it, because it seems like a complex and expensive thing to do for the sake of a joke. Still, the designer chap does say it's about introducing 'the car of tomorrow' on March 31st. And we know what 'tomorrow' is on March 31st ;D I first thought that is was that picture of the Copen but then I realise that that car was I think white. Looks like a lot of fun putting that together. Can you believe how big that 'putting together' paper is you always get with the thing you buy :-) |
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Post by Wyvern on Mar 28, 2009 9:25:16 GMT
Now here's a thing. I've never been to Ikea! However, the instruction sheet things on the last flatpack I bought from Argos was not only huge, but totally incomprehensible!
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Post by Mayfayre on Mar 28, 2009 10:37:39 GMT
*adds visit to Ikea to itinerary for when Wy is in London*
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 28, 2009 11:20:16 GMT
I have not been to an Ikea either, there is one in Belfast now but in a very out-of-the-way part of Belfast, not easily accessable by public transport. I have heard that you feel like a rat in a maze when you go in there it is difficult to navigate your way around and to get in or out of the carpark is a nightmare too, but that could just be the Belfast one.
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Post by (Ali) on Mar 28, 2009 16:27:56 GMT
I have not been to an Ikea either, there is one in Belfast now but in a very out-of-the-way part of Belfast, not easily accessable by public transport. I have heard that you feel like a rat in a maze when you go in there it is difficult to navigate your way around and to get in or out of the carpark is a nightmare too, but that could just be the Belfast one. Nope, that's most IKEAs  The one closest to my house is a disaster zone. It's at the intersection of two huge highways and full of yuppies who can't drive their SUVs. But again, that's probably most of them heh. |
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Post by Mayfayre on Mar 28, 2009 20:15:57 GMT
When our local one opened, I think someone was actually killed in the stampede to get in, and that was at midnight!
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 28, 2009 20:28:55 GMT
A trip to Ikea is not worth trading your life for. That is quite sad if it did happen.
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Post by Mayfayre on Mar 28, 2009 22:00:56 GMT
Just checked out the old news reports, no-one was killed after all, though someone was stabbed... BBC NewsVideo |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Mar 28, 2009 22:19:10 GMT
Oh, that's awful!
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Post by (Ali) on Mar 28, 2009 23:01:03 GMT
Someone was killed in a shopping stampede at a Wal-Mart in the states a few months ago.
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