Shaken, not Stirred

Amphibious car drives over waterImagine a beautiful hot summer day. The sky is blue and a soft breeze is blowing from the north. You are sitting in your car, with the window open, quietly enjoying all of the scenery Mother Earth has to offer. All of a sudden you are setting the hook on a fifty inch muskie and the mammoth fish breaks your line and swims away. You frown, and then reach over to your glove box and grab a new lure and tie it on, hoping for another chance to catch the massive fish.

I know what you’re thinking, “Why would I be fishing out of my car?” Well why not? If your car could drive on water you wouldn’t need to buy a boat would you? Perhaps fishing from your car wasn’t the reason behind Gibbs Technologies 2003 creation, but if I had my own amphibious car, I would certainly fish from it.

This impressive new car has a 175 horsepower motor and can reach up to 100mph on land and 30mph in the water. And what would you expect to pay for this James Bond-style toy? How about £150,000.00 or more than $300,000.00 Canadian.

Link via BBC news

More information about amphibious cars can be found at Terrawind and Popular Mechanics.

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Categories: Cars, Oddities, Watercraft

Friday September 30th, 2005 @ 5:59 PM | Clive Mathias

2 Responses to “Shaken, not Stirred”

[...] We got to the car show at nine the next morning and spent the day viewing some incredible kit cars and exotics. A couple of my favorites where the amphibious car and the Fisher Fury car. [...]

Fishing Fury - Two guys with a serious passion for fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment. on May 20th, 2006 @ 6:48 pm

[...] Im sure most of you will remember the aquatic sports car, or perhaps even the lesser known (perhaps because even I don’t know the name) aquatic classic that Clive found at the Carlisle Kit Car Convention. [...]

Fishing Fury - Two guys with a serious passion for fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment. on July 13th, 2006 @ 3:20 pm

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