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| Look Out, Here Comes a Segway PUMA! | |
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| QuirtEvans | Apr 7 2009, 03:58 AM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibilty vehicle. They're going to build it with GM.![]() http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123906731177395605.html#mod=testMod |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 7 2009, 04:04 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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I'll wait for the Segway Cougar. |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 7 2009, 04:21 AM Post #3 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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No walking anymore. Ever. People aren't going to be able to fit their fat asses into that thing. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 7 2009, 04:46 AM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Red Rice | Apr 7 2009, 06:51 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Price point will be critical. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Horace | Apr 7 2009, 08:09 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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How'd the segway do anyway? There was that interesting media blitz about how the inentor was the sort of guy who revolutionizes entire industries and that the world would never be the same. i guess that was a bit exagerrated. But was it a flop? |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| Mark | Apr 7 2009, 08:13 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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How stupid. And ridiculous looking. |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 7 2009, 08:18 AM Post #8 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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A stroller for adults.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Mark | Apr 7 2009, 08:24 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 7 2009, 08:25 AM Post #10 |
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Emperor Pengin
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JFC!!! This is what they're spending the bailout money on? To develop this! **** them. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 7 2009, 08:32 AM Post #11 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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C'mon, LD. You're among friends. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Mark | Apr 7 2009, 08:33 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 7 2009, 08:34 AM Post #13 |
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MAMIL
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The assumption with this new design is presumably that the reason people didn't buy the original is because they had to stand up in order to look like a stupid twat with more money than sense. Sitting down will sort out this problem, because everybody likes to sit down. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 7 2009, 08:46 AM Post #14 |
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Emperor Pengin
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So around what? 6-7k? When you can get a scooter for $1000? Idiots... |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 7 2009, 08:54 AM Post #15 |
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MAMIL
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Anybody remember the Sinclair C5?![]() He who ignores history... |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Mark | Apr 7 2009, 09:33 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It's almost like they are destroying this company on purpose. |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 7 2009, 09:42 AM Post #17 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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That would have been a wickedly better name for it.
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| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| George K | Apr 7 2009, 12:03 PM Post #18 |
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Finally
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First Ride: http://jalopnik.com/5202303/gm+segway-puma-first-ride?skyline=true&s=i Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcS8stGOGCo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY4msj5Q05Q |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| blondie | Apr 7 2009, 02:04 PM Post #19 |
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Bull-Carp
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That's what I thought. Why can't people just ride bikes? We need to something about global health, don'tcha think? |
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