Movies and TV offer escapist fare, allowing us to visit worlds that don’t exist, and experience sights and sounds that are impossible in the real world. That of course extends to the imaginative presentations of cars and trucks. Whether it’s Speed Racer’s Mach Five or the Syd Mead designed flying cop cars from Blade Runner, film and TV offer a ton of cool ways to get around, all of which are completely fantastical.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t dream, does it? No, it doesn’t. In fact I was dreaming about cars just last night. And if you have seen a lot of movies with cars made from unobtaininum you’ve probably had dreams about one day actually driving one of them. They probably most likely occur when your professor is detailing what to expect on the final, or when your boss is telling you about your project’s critical success metrics.
If you had the opportunity to turn those dreams into reality, at least once in your life, what fantasy car or truck do you think you would choose?
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And it folds up into a briefcase!! The police flying cycle was a want to!
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Exactly
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Exactly. +1 for picking something with Style! I'll take mine with a working flux capacitor and fusion reactor.
Perhaps Doc could also figure out a way to increase the output of the Mr. Fusion by a measley 150kw (on top of the 1.21 gw it needs to make for the flux capacitor/time circuits) so it could also power an electric traction motor to replace the unreliable and underpowered PRV V6.
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Or…
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I think my nerd is showing.
I'm seeing a pattern here.
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Or anything Finky…
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Sorry 'bout that…
Been there, done that.
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A vintage British car with reliable, working Lucas electrics.
I knew somebody would go snarky. I was guessing it would be "a rotary that doesnt' burn oil," but yours is better.
Listen mister, last week I drove over 1000km without needing to add any oil to my RX-8. And then I put in an entire litre…
But it never used a quart, just a litre!
On that note, a brand new, from-the-factory Jeep pickup with a diesel.
I've always been fond of the car from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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I never understood this particular vehicle in this movie. This was suppose to be around 1880, nearly 20 years before the birth of the practical car, and almost 50 years before a car with actual working lights and windshield wipers.
On the other hand, a submarine during this time was also rather unrealistic, as were Vampires, The Invisible Man, and Dorian Gray, so what the hell do I know?
That car was bad ass, but I seriously thought I was going to be the first to mention it. I even had another tab open with an image search going already.
So instead, I offer my apologies for apparently forgetting where I am.
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I drove one once, up and down the driveway. Ever since then, I've wanted one of my own.
When I was a kid, I had models of this car in three different scales just so I could use it regardless of which scale of cars I was playing with.
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Don't mind the size of the photo, it's much bigger on the inside
I'm so, very, very sorry, i thumbsed down on my tiny phone. It'll be ok, thigh, just hop in, go back 16 min and you'll see your old count.
I can fix it, if I can find my screwdriver.
Also, Red Skull's beastly V16 creation:
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What the…? Looks like something a Soviet engineer would draw in a coff…vodka break. I'm off to google "red skull".
Woohoo. Now what kind of signal would it send to appear at work with this giant?
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For traditional "vehicles", I've always wanted Kaneda's bike from Akira. 200 hp, 2 wheel drive, and it's maybe the best looking bike ever concieved.
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For non-traditional…..
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I should bring this post up again. It belongs here, even though I am (as noted in the article) very conflicted.
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http://hooniverse.info/2011/04/19/farbs-ate-my-bra…
Parked at the intersection of spaceships and Burt Reynolds:
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The Challenger spy car that Archer got for his birthday. I mean, it has a bar in the glove box… Also spy gadgets.
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Or maybe Krieger's vans…
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NOOOOO!!!!! VANISPHERES!!!
Can I change my answer?
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Also,
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http://parentpreviews.com/legacy-pics/chitty-chit…
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Been a while since I've seen the original. I'll have to pop it in tonight.
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Made me think of this…
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Or this…
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I've always wanted one of these but Piero Martini, CEO of Automobili Cyclops, SpA, won't return my calls. Production may have stopped because of a world-wide shortage of Cinzano signs.
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Certainly not fictional, however. I once parked a short distance in front of a Cyclops II.
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I'm gonna go with the advanced TIE fighter.
Turbo Interceptor from "The Wraith"
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Soviet Ekranoplan. Because truth is stranger than fiction.
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The Black Tiger from the original Speed Racer.
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How did we get this far without a jetpack?
I've always wanted Thunderbird 2.
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FTW!!
Nah, the Science Patrol's VTOL could walk that jalopy.
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A little disappointed this wasn't mentioned.
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They exist, with a working 'charger!
Angry nomad trash bikers not included…
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