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xoxoxoBruce

02-22-2010 11:41 PM

Feb 23, 2010: Human Car

Or should I say Human Powered Car... the greenies wet dream.

http://cellar.org/2010/HumanCar.jpg

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A bi-motion transmission converts oscillatory motion (rowing action) into rotational motion, turning the wheels fast enough to allow the HumanCar and a determined crew to keep up with urban traffic. To steer, occupants lean left or right, motorcycle-style, which actuates the steering mechanism and turns the front wheels. Greenwood is currently accepting pre-orders on the production model, which will be priced somewhere between $5,000 and $17,000. Eat your Wheaties, commuters: This is really a muscle car.

Power: human
Top Speed: 30 mph cruising / 50+ mph downhill (est.)

Good grief, this will do wonders for traffic. :rolleyes:

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lumberjim

02-23-2010 12:14 AM

wowie zowie!

Trilby

02-23-2010 03:55 AM

qua

SPUCK

02-23-2010 05:27 AM

Now picture that going up the steepest hill in your town. Think how hard it is to pedal up that hill on your bike using the strongest muscles you have(legs). Now toss in another 200 lbs of car.

Yo! TAXI!

Hillrick

02-23-2010 07:43 AM

Whaah!?!? Where's my jet pack and flying car!!???!!
Plus if it turns by leaning, what happens if you try to sneak one off and wind up in a ditch?

lupin..the..3rd

02-23-2010 08:19 AM

$17,000? That can buy you a LOT of cab rides. Or even a nice used car. Sorry wacky inventors, keep at it!

Cloud

02-23-2010 08:45 AM

Where's Fred Flintstone when you need him?

Tick	02-23-2010 10:16 AM

It's going to be great in a Wisconsin winter, or a rain storm anywhere.
Back to the drawing board guys.

Happy Monkey

02-23-2010 10:56 AM

I dunno, if an enclosure were added, the operators might warm it up faster than an engine could.

jinx	02-23-2010 11:19 AM

Arriving [late] at work exhausted and drenched in sweat...

Flint

02-23-2010 11:41 AM

what is this I don't even

dmg1969

02-23-2010 12:36 PM

Hmmm. So, seeing as it's just me and the wife, we'd have to borrow two people every time we wanted to go somewhere. That would be quite awkward...going over to the neighbor asking to borrow the two strongest children. :headshake

Gravdigr

02-23-2010 03:06 PM

Yeah. That'll be a big hit. Wait and see.

(Don't step in that puddle of sarcasm & ridicule)

TheMercenary

02-23-2010 03:21 PM

It's all fun and games until you get run over by an 18-wheeler.

ferret88

02-23-2010 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tick (Post 636813)

It's going to be great in /snip/ a rain storm anywhere.

Well, it does have the rowing motion covered. Maybe it floats? An amphibi-car?

Adak	02-24-2010 05:32 AM

I was surprised when I watched the YouTube video, at the rate of speed he seemed to obtain, with only his own rowing.

8-12 mph (just a guess since no speed is shown), doesn't seem bad with just one rower (and he's no athlete in his prime).

OK, drag race, 1/4 mile, for pink slips. Souped up Sedgeway vs. Human Powered Car with 2 rowers!

:)

Spexxvet

02-24-2010 02:12 PM

My brother had a kiddie car like this in 1960(ish)

Elspode

02-24-2010 08:18 PM

It will never catch on in LA. It takes two hands to row. How are you supposed to hold the gun?

JuancoRocks

02-25-2010 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 637182)

It will never catch on in LA. It takes two hands to row. How are you supposed to hold the gun?

and the phone???????

SPUCK

02-26-2010 05:09 AM

At the same time!!?

Gravdigr

02-26-2010 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode (Post 637182)

It will never catch on in LA. It takes two hands to row. How are you supposed to hold the gun?

Quote:

Originally Posted by JuancoRocks (Post 637426)

and the phone???????

And the lipstick???????

richlevy

02-26-2010 08:18 PM

Don't they need a seat for the coxswain?

How about a guy with a drum?

Seriously,

No seatbelts, No rollbar. Too big for a bike path and not street legal to play in traffic. Where do they expect this to be used?

Flint

03-18-2010 04:16 PM

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