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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Underwater convertible?

Seems like sort of a bad idea, but they're making them.



It's called the sQuba.

There are pics on the web (couldn't link to them) that better show off the convertible feature -- with driver and passenger using scuba gear, of course.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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I could save a fortune on bay bridge tolls with one of those.... Does it have a place for stuff i want to stay dry?
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
I could save a fortune on bay bridge tolls with one of those.... Does it have a place for stuff i want to stay dry?
The engine compartment maybe?
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
Does it have a place for stuff i want to stay dry?
Ziplock baggies in the glove compartment.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
I could save a fortune on bay bridge tolls with one of those.... Does it have a place for stuff i want to stay dry?
yeah, but would you want to drive through the bay? Yuck... that water is nasty
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by casedogg
How do you get it out of the water when you get to the other side?
Drive it? That's what they do with car/boat combos.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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what happens if a shark/squid hits you?

they better have insurance (waves fist)
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by VolcomStoneX
what happens if a shark/squid hits you?

they better have insurance (waves fist)
...and that targa top better be on. You get a school of jelly fish caught in there with you and your f-ed.
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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They showed this on the news here in Ottawa today. They actually had video footage of it cruising along underwater with two people in the car wearing regulators and stuff. Looked just like someone drove their Elise into the river for a cruise lol
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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That'd be fun. If the water was warm. Alaska,,NO. Bahamas,, YES.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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This is analogous to those sit-down electric shopping carts.

Scuba for the handicapped, or the terminally lazy.

When it's got a dry, pressurized cockpit, I'll take it seriously.
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