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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 02:16 PM
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Mystery car. Can you tell me what it is?

A friend of a friend took this photo of a car in Daytona Beach.
This is the only photo I have and he was in a hurry so he didn't have time to stop and take closer/better pictures.

Anyone know what car this is?
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 03:01 PM
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It's an Extra Terrestrial Vehicle
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 03:16 PM
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Thanks.





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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 03:41 PM
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Isn't it a suppository on wheels?
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 03:44 PM
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 06:43 PM
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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is that a chevy badge on the front? doubtful
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 09:04 PM
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Funny you should mention that.

It sits on a Chevrolet platform, and uses a supercharged 2.0-litre four-pot petrol sending power to the front wheels via a five-speed gearbox. 270bhp to the front wheels
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 10:21 PM
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Only the darkside would know.

Mu ha ha......
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Old May 1, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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"a friend of a friend of yours?" this was taken almost a year ago.
Lolsnaps.com - Spotted Some Sort of Time Traveler Outside Best Buy Today

Did your "friend" also take these:
That time traveler spotted outside of BestBuy is actually my father's boss, and this is his concept car/time machine. - Imgur

it's simply a concept car and no that isn't a Chevy badge on the front.

it's ok to find a cool car online and post pics wondering about it... but trying to lay claim to have even some remote association with it is just refukintardedly lame.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Shinka_MJR

it's simply a concept car and no that isn't a Chevy badge on the front.
from here it looks like a Chevy logo and it is built on a chevy chassis so who knows.

Originally Posted by Shinka_MJR
it's ok to find a cool car online and post pics wondering about it... but trying to lay claim to have even some remote association with it is just refukintardedly lame.


and FastRX8 was supposed to somehow know that his friend was pulling his leg about knowing a guy who knows a guy who once dated someone who saw the car outside of bestbuy, how???
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Old May 1, 2013 | 07:09 PM
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Would like to see the beginning to end build for that!
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Old May 1, 2013 | 11:20 PM
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I was wondering...is that street legal? Just curious...
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Old May 2, 2013 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
from here it looks like a Chevy logo and it is built on a chevy chassis so who knows.
look at the other links i posted of this car. you can see up close and personal every angle except the underbody of the car. The badge isn't chevy. it has the letters ETV (not mtv like the license plate)

New supercar - Extra Terrestrial Vehicle | The Sun |Features

different story on the thing.
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Old May 2, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Shinka_MJR
"a friend of a friend of yours?" this was taken almost a year ago.
Lolsnaps.com - Spotted Some Sort of Time Traveler Outside Best Buy Today

Did your "friend" also take these:
That time traveler spotted outside of BestBuy is actually my father's boss, and this is his concept car/time machine. - Imgur

it's simply a concept car and no that isn't a Chevy badge on the front.

it's ok to find a cool car online and post pics wondering about it... but trying to lay claim to have even some remote association with it is just refukintardedly lame.

Well, here's the full story.
I'm part of a private forum for gaming (Xbox, PS3, PC). We only have about 2300 members. One of the guys decided to start a thread about cars and posted the following -

Originally Posted by Forum Member
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Okay I'll start the forum off by saying that I am very interested to see what other members are interested in in the Automobile section of life.
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If someone knows what this car/trike/thing is I would love to know, my friend saw it in Daytona today and had to take a quick picture. It's making me mad that I cannot figure out what it is! Please help!!!



And post away!
Because it's a private forum, and it's about gaming, not cars, he didn't get any responses.
I thought, since RX8Club is a public forum and anyone can join, there are tons more members, and if I post this here, someone would know the answer.
I was right. Within minutes, someone responded w/ info and a link to the story on TopGear.

However, I did forget one thing.
Because it is a public forum and anyone can join, there's also no restriction on the number of a-holes that sign up here. Thanks for reminding me that population is alive and well.

BTW - Based only on what I've seen you post in this thread, I'm inclined to believe that before you bought an RX8, you were a Honda owner. Am I right?

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Old May 2, 2013 | 02:49 PM
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However, I did forget one thing.
Because it is a public forum and anyone can join, there's also no restriction on the number of a-holes that sign up here. Thanks for reminding me that population is alive and well.

Bwahaha, I love it.
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Old May 2, 2013 | 06:49 PM
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Old May 16, 2013 | 04:23 AM
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that thing looks crazy
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