The Ectomobile
Posted by Qais Fulton
I’ve been part of the pedestrian elite for some time now, eschewing the convenience of zipping along the freeway at a heady 30 miles an hour in favor of not dying in a fiery explosion. Cars make me a little nervous you see.
But even so, as of late the siren song of not boarding a bus crowded with the indigent insane fresh from a filth bath has called to me. Unfortunately, the pint-sized CARS?! by which I’m apt to be intrigued leave something to be desired in the design department, leaving me to hoof my hooked path through the world.
Cree, however, brings me one step closer to a life of wheeled wandering with a sub-compact straight out of my dreams. Theirs are the cars that prowl the streets of Ridley Scott’s Los Angeles, bustling through the alleys before leaping into the sky to carve arcs through the decades-old haze.
Just as soon as they start offering fender-mounted machine gun turrets we’ll be in business.
Categories: Cars, Ectomo Methodology
Posted at 2:50 pm on August 18, 2008
12 Comments -
I want to hug it. Can I hug it?
Comment by chesh — August 18, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
I don’t believe a motorized cello case is an acceptable solution for the zombie apocalypse.
Comment by SM — August 18, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
The Batmobile of Reliant Robins!
Comment by Armchair Tyrant — August 18, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
@SM:
For those interested in the survival market rather than the urban fashionista market, jalopnik.com has already done all the research for you.
[link]http://jalopnik.com/359676/what-is-your-ultimate-survival-vehicle[/link]
Comment by Vinnchan — August 18, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
The tricycle pivotin’ action will be handy when attempting to dodge the tentacles oozing from the void.
Comment by Optical — August 18, 2008 @ 11:52 pm
I think I could drive that, just make it yellow with some black horrizontal bands, like adouple line down each side, and that babby would be mine. Pitty thought, I can’t drive because my eye sight is too bad, but cars have that special something, the classic or individual design go strait this heart sometimes!
Comment by David Finnis — August 19, 2008 @ 12:56 am
I think it would be great for a zombie apocalypse - its almost like a bigger, armored motorcycle.
Comment by Bodhisvaha — August 19, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
Meh, it’s a Corbin Sparrow knockoff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_Sparrow
Comment by Freddie Freelance — August 19, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
I had a friend, nicknamed Gumby, who had one of the Corbin things. It was orange, and like others of its kind, a bit, well… pokey. He didn’t like that as a nickname for it. I still can’t imagine why.
Comment by Nathan Myers — August 19, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
I like it. Does it come with a snow plow blade?
Comment by archetypicalone — August 20, 2008 @ 1:14 am
I wish to join your tiny vehicle street gang.
Only I will be in the ICARE.
Perhaps they can combine to form a zombie-slaying robot of sorts. Dibs on torso.
Comment by Narkalant — August 20, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
I quite like it, but I can already see two things that would improve it.
1. Lose a door. This would be the first car with more doors than seats. The chassis would be stronger, lighter and cheaper with only one door.
2. Put on alloy rims. They look better and weigh less.
Comment by Russell — August 20, 2008 @ 10:56 pm