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Kitchen Sink => No Moto Content => Topic started by: Grampa on April 07, 2009, 01:39:41 PM

Title: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Grampa on April 07, 2009, 01:39:41 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/segway-gm-puma-vehicle-un_n_183908.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/segway-gm-puma-vehicle-un_n_183908.html)

Project P.U.M.A. (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY4msj5Q05Q#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq-hd)




until GM makes one that does 140 or hot chicks drool over guys who own one...... FAIL
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: TiAvenger on April 07, 2009, 02:02:15 PM
Japan is better   :P


http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf?video=af255b9e-f72c-4399-9205-9b57008de38fpluginspage (http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf?video=af255b9e-f72c-4399-9205-9b57008de38fpluginspage)
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: OverCaffeinated on April 07, 2009, 02:26:53 PM
"Stephen Hawking Facebook"  [laugh]
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Grampa on April 07, 2009, 02:36:30 PM
GMs version looks like a rolling trashcan


Toyotas looks like art
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: That Nice Guy Beck! on April 07, 2009, 02:43:26 PM
lol is GM serious?
they went from the ugly hummer to this?
LOLLOLOLOL
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: triangleforge on April 07, 2009, 03:20:17 PM
Saw the title and thought it was going to be all about lovingly restored older women preying on young boy toys. Guess I'll have to head to Scottsdale for that.

While I like the idea of either of these (and aces to Toyota for much better style both in motion & at rest), i still have the same question I had when the Segway first came out -- how exactly is this a quantum improvement for most users over a bicycle, or a small electric/gas scooter?
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: NAKID on April 07, 2009, 03:48:56 PM
Quote from: TiAvenger on April 07, 2009, 02:02:15 PM
Japan is better   :P


http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf?video=af255b9e-f72c-4399-9205-9b57008de38fpluginspage (http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf?video=af255b9e-f72c-4399-9205-9b57008de38fpluginspage)

I knew I had seen that before...




(http://www.it-takes-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/capt-hoverchair.jpg)

If this is the future, no thanks...
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: erkishhorde on April 07, 2009, 03:57:08 PM
Does the Toyota version remind anyone of the hover chairs in Wall-E and create visions of an obese future?
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: NAKID on April 07, 2009, 04:03:27 PM
Uhhh, see above your post....
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: erkishhorde on April 07, 2009, 07:35:39 PM
Quote from: NAKID on April 07, 2009, 04:03:27 PM
Uhhh, see above your post....

picture didn't load for me the first time.  [roll]
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Howie on April 07, 2009, 10:53:43 PM
Hmmm.  Motorized vehicle.  It will need a horn, headlights, tail light, brake light and signals.  That should help the cruising range a lot.  Glad to know GM is on the right track [bang]
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Mother on April 08, 2009, 05:20:32 AM
and 5mph bumpers

and airbags

and seatbelts

and helmet

and I'll just ride a motorcycle thanks
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Howie on April 08, 2009, 05:35:41 AM
Quote from: Mother on April 08, 2009, 05:20:32 AM
and 5mph bumpers

and airbags

and seatbelts

and helmet

and I'll just ride a motorcycle thanks

I didn't add those since it is a 2 wheeled vehicle, but then again, you can't be sure.  Just imagine if it has to pass NHTSA crash standards. 
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: NAKID on April 08, 2009, 05:56:04 AM
Quote from: Mother on April 08, 2009, 05:20:32 AM
and 5mph bumpers

and airbags

and seatbelts

and helmet

and I'll just ride a motorcycle thanks

Did you watch the video? They go into why those aren't required for this vehicle...
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: DucLeone on April 08, 2009, 06:11:00 AM
and then we wonder why we have to bail them out...... FAIL
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Grampa on April 08, 2009, 07:39:36 AM
Quote from: DucLeone on April 08, 2009, 06:11:00 AM
and then we wonder why we have to bail them out...... FAIL

this.... is what happens when you take Federal cash. This was a joke GM came up with years ago, and now they are using it as a "see....we're trying to think outside the box, please don't fire us, we'll give back the bonus money" attempt. It's only coming out now because they forgot which closet they stored it in.
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: JEFF_H on April 08, 2009, 09:59:34 AM
Looks like a device designed to curb the rampant over-breeding of nerds in the wild.  8)
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Mother on April 08, 2009, 10:57:20 AM
Quote from: NAKID on April 08, 2009, 05:56:04 AM
Did you watch the video? They go into why those aren't required for this vehicle...

right up until one gets destroyed when it is clipped by a prius

and

some lobbiest's daughter is turned into a fruit rollup
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: causeofkaos on April 08, 2009, 02:09:36 PM
mmmmmmm..... fruit roll ups
i like them, strawberry is my fave followed closely by grape, artificial grape of course not the real stuff.
Title: Re: P.U.M.A.
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on April 09, 2009, 10:43:31 AM
Quote from: JEFF_H on April 08, 2009, 09:59:34 AM
Looks like a device designed to curb the rampant over-breeding of nerds in the wild.  8)

It's not my fault I'm so virile.