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BMW energy saving skin concept

MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
edited June 2008 in A Moving Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYiEkQYhWY&eurl=http://forums.finalgear.com/automotive-news/bmw-gina-light-visionary-concept-wtf-27830/

The body of the car is made of a super strong but flexible material. It's greener to produce and use.

These types of things are just amazing.
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  • Sludge FactorySludge Factory Posts: 976
    I saw this earlier this morning and it definitely looks interesting. The car reminds me of some sort of gothic Batman type thing.
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    the thing is ... why do most beamer drivers feel like they are entitled to things others aren't??

    case in point ... coming down the highway - it clogs down and there is a on ramp lane that is maybe 10 cars long ... of the 7 cars that swerve into that lane to cut off 10 cars - 5 are beamers ... why is that?
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    polaris wrote:
    the thing is ... why do most beamer drivers feel like they are entitled to things others aren't??

    case in point ... coming down the highway - it clogs down and there is a on ramp lane that is maybe 10 cars long ... of the 7 cars that swerve into that lane to cut off 10 cars - 5 are beamers ... why is that?

    Wait, y are most of the cars that swerved BMWs? I dunno, perhaps bcoz they handle turns better? hehe, I'm not sure I understand your point.

    Well let me give you an example, why should a BMW driver obey the same traffic laws as. a lesser car?

    When say the highway stopping code from 60 is x amount of feet and you drive a car that can stop that distance from a higher rate of speed, or say if your car is safe to drive at high speeds, why obey the 60mph? If he is able to break faster and safer from a higher speed, why not be b allowed to drive faster?

    Americas needs another traffic lane. the BMW,Porsche,Ferrari other sports car lane. Also you need a special race license to use it. I bet you would have less traffics problems than most of the normal roads with normal speed limits.

    k i'm way off point.
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    Americans are just bad drivers. We are the ones who demand cup holders in our vehicles. Drivers in other countries are too busy DRIVING to worry about having a beverage.

    Sure it is a generalization, but when I've been to France, Switzerland, England, etc. I feel like I'm driving in a land of good drivers.
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • Number 18Number 18 Posts: 132
    Actually, the skin is just a type of cloth. The strength comes from the "skeleton" of the car.

    http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/06/bmw-builds-a-ca.html
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Yep, a weather retardant cloth that should consume less to manufacture or so they say. the strength of the flexible fabric,not just a normal cloth.
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    MrBrian wrote:
    Wait, y are most of the cars that swerved BMWs? I dunno, perhaps bcoz they handle turns better? hehe, I'm not sure I understand your point.

    Well let me give you an example, why should a BMW driver obey the same traffic laws as. a lesser car?

    When say the highway stopping code from 60 is x amount of feet and you drive a car that can stop that distance from a higher rate of speed, or say if your car is safe to drive at high speeds, why obey the 60mph? If he is able to break faster and safer from a higher speed, why not be b allowed to drive faster?

    Americas needs another traffic lane. the BMW,Porsche,Ferrari other sports car lane. Also you need a special race license to use it. I bet you would have less traffics problems than most of the normal roads with normal speed limits.

    k i'm way off point.

    haha!!

    ok ... so, you're heading south on a 3 lane highway ... it clogs up as it intersects with another highway ... the on ramp from the other highway is for cars coming from that highway ... yet you'll get cars entering that ramp lane from behind ... usually peeps in beamers ...
  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    Who cares about it being greener, the car can wink!
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    he still stands wrote:
    Americans are just bad drivers. We are the ones who demand cup holders in our vehicles. Drivers in other countries are too busy DRIVING to worry about having a beverage.

    Sure it is a generalization, but when I've been to France, Switzerland, England, etc. I feel like I'm driving in a land of good drivers.


    Try driving in Italy and Mexico sometime.
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  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    Try driving in Italy and Mexico sometime.

    I've driven in Mexico, and they have FANTASTIC drivers! Albeit crazy, but they don't drive like 90 year old ladies!
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    I think Germany would be a good exaple of higher speed limits and fewer accidents.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    he still stands wrote:
    I've driven in Mexico, and they have FANTASTIC drivers! Albeit crazy, but they don't drive like 90 year old ladies!

    I totally agree. Public Transit and Taxi's are half the fun of being in mexico.

    You don't really ever get the I95 blue haired New Jersey tag taking up the only two lanes in Mexico. It's a little slow from Cancun to Playa Del Carmen but nothing like Florida.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Now make it of solar processing capacity and it's worth the noise.
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,727
    polaris wrote:
    the thing is ... why do most beamer drivers feel like they are entitled to things others aren't??

    quote]

    Because we are.

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    Mexico=1, Colombia=1 



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