Dec 13, 2009: Maniwa

xoxoxoBruce · 12-12-2009, 11:57 PM

This is the automotive breakthrough, that will put LJ's family on easy street... well, at least buy them a house on the Outer Banks.
Screw carbon fiber and exotic alloys, sustainable, recyclable materials is the key.

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Also known as maniwa, this special car was hand built by wood craftsmen and is actually legal to drive in japan. the car can accelerate up to 80km/h and is for sale at a bargain price of 44,000 USD. It also features a motorcycle-like handlebar steering system, gull wing doors and even has a stereo. it seats one driver up front on a wooden seat and has a wood bench behind for up to two passengers. The designers even made a pedal-power version for kids

Don't forget, those of us that live in snowy climes will save even more! By limited usage.
So PM LJ today, and Western Union a cash transfer right away, to ride the first wave (wood is good for wave riding too) of the future.

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richlevy · 12-13-2009, 12:28 AM

Wow. It's Bob Vila meets John Delorean.

That cars is so cool I'm pining away for one right now.

If LJ could get the US distribution rights, he really would be Lumber Jim.

Adak · 12-13-2009, 01:36 AM

I can hear the termites licking their chops, as this is posted!

Thousands of wooden cars, marinated to perfection in the occasional bit of rain - they'll swear they've died and gone to termite heaven!

Eclipse · 12-13-2009, 03:18 AM

That won't pass safety standards in any way

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 03:27 AM

I'm not so sure about that. I think it's a trike, and would have to only pass motorcycle standards.

SPUCK · 12-13-2009, 04:46 AM

I think it's so ugly it would stop a train.

Tuba Loons · 12-13-2009, 05:46 AM

The way they mounted the stereo looks like ass.

Thumbs down to the Picnicwagen styling.

spudcon · 12-13-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuba Loons

The way they mounted the stereo looks like ass.

Thumbs down to the Picnicwagen styling.

The whole thing looks like ass. Snowmobile on wheels. After watching the video, the windscreen seems to function only as a decapitator.

Sundae · 12-13-2009, 07:05 AM

Not sure about the low clearance.
No sleeping policemen in Japan, huh?
And where are the seatbelts! Won't somebody think of the children!

Actually I like the way it looks. so there.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

...the windscreen seems to function only as a decapitator.

It protects the Solar Panel.

richlevy · 12-13-2009, 11:17 AM

Actually, if I remember correctly, wasn't there a British car that was built on a wood chassis? Was it the Cooper Mini or something else?

jinx · 12-13-2009, 11:32 AM

Thatthing would need to come with a house in OBX for me to drive it... wouldn't get thru the sand though I bet.

Although we did see a chevy malibu on the beach last time we were there.... that surprised me. Usually you see several awd mini vans stuck a few hundred feet past the end of the paved road, but the malibu was jammin' along...

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Actually, if I remember correctly, wasn't there a British car that was built on a wood chassis? Was it the Cooper Mini or something else?

Morgan. Some had three wheels, too.
Actually, prewar American cars had nearly as much wood as metal. You just couldn't see it, except on the woodies.

Cloud · 12-13-2009, 01:13 PM

he he. you said woodies.

the above was not actually an attempt at humor; rather, it was an attempt to test my keyboard which mysteriously turned off on me.

Gravdigr · 12-13-2009, 01:27 PM

Lotsa sharp corners and edges. Hell in even a minor fender-bender, or bumper-thumper. I woodn't want one.

12-13-2009, 12:28 AM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Wow. It's Bob Vila meets John Delorean. That cars is so cool I'm pining away for one right now. If LJ could get the US distribution rights, he really would be Lumber Jim. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm not so sure about that. I think it's a trike, and would have to only pass motorcycle standards. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-13-2009, 07:05 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Not sure about the low clearance. No sleeping policemen in Japan, huh? And where are the seatbelts! Won't somebody think of the children! Actually I like the way it looks. so there. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-13-2009, 11:17 AM	#11
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Actually, if I remember correctly, wasn't there a British car that was built on a wood chassis? Was it the Cooper Mini or something else? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-13-2009, 11:32 AM	#12
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Thatthing would need to come with a house in OBX for me to drive it... wouldn't get thru the sand though I bet. Although we did see a chevy malibu on the beach last time we were there.... that surprised me. Usually you see several awd mini vans stuck a few hundred feet past the end of the paved road, but the malibu was jammin' along... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-13-2009, 01:36 AM	#3
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	I can hear the termites licking their chops, as this is posted! Thousands of wooden cars, marinated to perfection in the occasional bit of rain - they'll swear they've died and gone to termite heaven!

12-13-2009, 03:18 AM	#4
Eclipse Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 16	That won't pass safety standards in any way

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SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I think it's so ugly it would stop a train.

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Tuba Loons 3 baboons Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 38	The way they mounted the stereo looks like ass. Thumbs down to the Picnicwagen styling.

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