Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Deploy the grappling hook

A friend of a friend knows this guy who builds weird cars. Most of them are based loosely on the ship Serenity from the movie of the same name (and the series Firefly). I got to drive this one yesterday:



I was not able to see the looks on the faces of other drivers and pedestrians, as it took all of my concentration to keep it in the intended lane. Steering this vessel did approximate drifting through the vacuum of space: any direction on my part was largely suggestive. Also, it kept wanting to stall out at traffic signals. Also, it is a manual transmission vehicle, which is not a recommended feature in a hilly place like Seattle. It was fun, though.

Oh, and if you've never seen Firefly, do yourself a favor and rent the whole series (it is only one season long, as it was tragically cancelled), and then watch the movie. I can't recommend it enough.
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6 comments:

  1. woodardjJune 10, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    When can we expect to see photos of the Prius post-fireflying?

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  2. MarcJune 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    You'll have to wait for the news story, "Woman repeatedly runs over husband with modified car".

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  3. Jim_BrodieJune 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Regarding the manual transmission - purely a matter of practice.

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  4. JillJune 13, 2009 at 1:37 AM

    If left alone, I would've written about how I loved this car, and wouldn't it be fun to make a car-ship, maybe an all-electric one. But now Marc's annoyed the crap out of me, so I might run him over in our unmodified Prius.

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  5. JillJune 13, 2009 at 1:37 AM

    Oh - sorry, to clarify, he annoyed the crap out of me by making fun of the way I was logging in to leave a supportive comment. Snark snark snark.

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  6. Jim_BrodieJune 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    :-D

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