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Old 03-06-2007, 11:36 AM
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Biodiesel MB Concept Car

http://www.laautoshow.com/show/DesignLA/DesignChallenge/DesignLAAcura/tabid/95/Default.aspx

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Old 03-06-2007, 12:23 PM
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Just what I wanted. We can worry about termites instead of rust.
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Old 03-06-2007, 12:33 PM
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I wonder if it can double as a boat now?
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Old 03-06-2007, 12:37 PM
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Old 03-06-2007, 01:08 PM
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it says after 5 years it can be recycled....yeah i wanna spend $80,000 to recycle it just as it gets paid off.

i know there is no price on the car yet, that i saw, but i doubt it will be cheap enough to recycle after just 5 years.
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Old 03-06-2007, 01:19 PM
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i hope this is a joke.
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Old 03-06-2007, 01:23 PM
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There is no price because it was just a design exercise.
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Old 03-06-2007, 02:09 PM
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i didn't read the whole thing. just skimmed
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Old 03-06-2007, 02:18 PM
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i didn't read the whole thing. just skimmed
It doesn't make it clear in the artical. I saw it in Popular Mechanics or something. Not really a practical concept car.
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Old 03-06-2007, 02:29 PM
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It doesn't make it clear in the artical. I saw it in Popular Mechanics or something. Not really a practical concept car.
Its hard to believe it even qualifies as a concept car.

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