Behold, the Maserati boat! I’m not sure what the autonauts were thinking when they painted this badboy, but they get an A for effort anyway! Their plan to sail around Italy was canceled after the coast guard issued the tickets for failing to comply with marine regulations.
The creators of this…thing,also crossed the Atlantic on board a Ford Taurus and VW Passat filled with polyurethane foam back in 1999! (more)
It took me a while to figure out what this commercial was for, but I like it anyway. The folks in the VW marketing department are some interesting characters.
One of the things I loved about visiting Cuba last year were the old American cars. Many were in excellent condition inside and out. I never saw any of these aquatic cars, but I wish I had! Apparently these unique creations were being used to sneak into the United states!
If I ruled the world things would be different. For starters, every car would be an aquatic car. As awesome as this one of a kind creation is, it really misses the purpose of an aquatic car – it can’t drive on land! So the question that remains is this, can a crappy car make a good boat?
This puppy can be found on ebay and the current bid is $2,599.00 USD.
I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, we live in a fairly rough neighborhood. Our car was broken into last Saturday night. They broke the small passenger side rear window, popped the lock open and went though everything, leaving quite mess. Luckily we don’t keep anything of value in the car, but they did escape with my mp3 FM transmitter which is easily replaced. They were nice enough to leave behind my “emergency” fishing lures that I keep in the glovebox with the FM transmitter.
The window replacement cost almost $150 after taxes. That could have been $150 towards a nice rod or reel this spring, but it looks like I’ll have to wait until later in the year to get some new equipment.
We packed it in after an hour and headed to a nearby bar called “The Bomb” in Balmertown to grab some food and drink. The beer was good, but the food was pretty greasy and it left a lot to be desired as our last meal before the trip. I don’t think we talked much about food on our last trip, mostly because we didn’t bring any, and the same held true this year. In true Fishing Fury spirit, we we’re to become one with the lake over the next week. Aside from a single case of beer, that miraculously turned up empty on the fourth night, everything we would consume would come from the lake and the fish would be cleaned and cooked by the same hands that caught them, and there is no meal more satisfying than that.