Is your car faster

[Alpineandy]

Is it faster than an MR2?

Is it faster than this on:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... otohosting

[simontaylor]

back to the future ...........

Its a very silly thing to do to a car!!!!!!!!!!!! Bet it shifts though

[stephendell]

Is it real or is it photoshop?

Looks real on first impression.

His previous items include a dragster and a well thumbed copy of 'Jet Aircraft Mechanic' so that would seem to add weight to the authenticity

Surely it must be photoshopped. There's a big hole for the gases to come out but no ducting for an intake so the air can get in.

Definitely PS or very expensive lights



+ you couldn't get the turbines that close together

he also made this a few years back..

http://shell.deru.com/~sgn1/AW11/mod/turbine.htm

[stephendell]

Definitely PS or very expensive lights

You think they might melt on start up then

[simontaylor]

imagine calling the AA out when it breaks down???

Definitely PS or very expensive lights


+ you couldn't get the turbines that close together

Nope it ain't PS, is the real deal. They are not lights, just the reflectors reflecting the camera flash.
They guy is mad!

Seems a popular thing to do over there....theyve got loads of long straight roads to do it on. A couple of years back there was a guy who strapped a small aircraft jet engine to his pickup in the US and took it out for its first drive. The local police were inundated with reports of a small aircraft crashing......actually it was pick up man discovering that he could neither steer nor brake once the engine had fired and ended up embedded in a hill at the first corner he came to.....very dead!

[Alpineandy]

a guy who strapped a small aircraft jet engine to his pickup

I think it was a small 'retro' rocket not a jet/turbine.
I've got the story somewhere... Dr Sodts law says I won't be able to find it again unless I'm not looking for it.

The story of the jet powered car is here:

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html

It's actually bogus (read the full article) which is a shame, but has such notoriety its become legend.

Oh well....there you go! The story below it about the servicemen in the jeep appears to be real, although its less amusing than the 'real' thing.