Filed under: Etc., First Drive
Aerodynamic dyslexia

This seems to be a case where the image says pretty much all that needs to be said. Driving in to the office this morning, I spotted this peculiar looking Firebird and felt it needed to be immortalized on this site. For some reason, the wing plane seemed to be vibrating more than normal. I hate to think of how this thing would feel going through a high speed sweeper.
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Cody Peterson 6:17PM (4/19/2007)
Somebody ditched out on 7th grade physics class...
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djSyndrome 6:23PM (4/19/2007)
When that thing wrecks - and it will - I wonder if the insurance company will be willing to pay the claim?
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Viv 6:33PM (4/19/2007)
poor firebird.
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johdaxx 6:34PM (4/19/2007)
I miss beaterz.com...
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Viv 6:34PM (4/19/2007)
poor firebird.
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hampton 6:34PM (4/19/2007)
Malcolm Bricklin is planning a flying car. Maybe this is a prototype.
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/18/good-old-malcolm-this-time-bricklins-planning-a-luxury-ev-and/
RM
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Lithous 6:36PM (4/19/2007)
Please people, you mock what you don't understand... This vehicle is a double entry into the Ansari AND Automotive X-prize competitions. The second spoiler (never thought I'd every have to write that) is for slowdown on re-entry.
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Otto Ingineer 6:41PM (4/19/2007)
Mmmm, oversteer tasty, if you catch my drift. The owner just didn't like the bright lights in their rearview mirror at night, and did not know about the dimmer lever. Their next "upgrade" will be window louvers.
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BillPrince 6:46PM (4/19/2007)
You have to drive to work?
I thought all you bloggers worked in your tighty-whities from home!
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Proud Japanese 6:53PM (4/19/2007)
It's not rice when dumbestics do it right?
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Jason 6:55PM (4/19/2007)
Where was this on the Thruway?
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Gregg W. 6:56PM (4/19/2007)
...the driver's hair was also cut really short in back, but he had really long bangs in the front...
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ssgtakeo 6:56PM (4/19/2007)
Sheesh, I hate em too but where are the "ricer-hater" commenters now? Just goes to show you, stupidity has very little with the nation of origin of your car.
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Brian M 6:58PM (4/19/2007)
Yet a cop pulls my wife for going 7MPH over the speed limit and this idiot continues to drive
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Brian 7:01PM (4/19/2007)
Once upon a time I was driving behind an Integra that had one of the stock rear spoilers that some of them had, but this one looked a little funny. It was higher up than usual.
As I got closer I saw how the genius owner had done it.
With 2 inch pieces of PVC pipe used as spacers.
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Shoaib 7:05PM (4/19/2007)
Theres physics in 7th grade? Where on earth did u go to school?
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Drew 7:06PM (4/19/2007)
This is the kind of thing that deserves to be on Topgear.com's Carbage area. Utter trash.
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Rémi 7:12PM (4/19/2007)
This guy just wanted to imitate the Mercedes-Benz SLR airbrake, but all those moving parts are so difficult to reproduce... Just let it on all the time, it will do the job ;)
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John P. 7:20PM (4/19/2007)
hehe, that's pretty cool.
Anyone consider that some people have a sense of humor? I am willing to bet he gets the most flames from the punks in the civics. He might get off on that kind of thing.
I remember completely fingerpainting my Festiva when it passed 300,000 miles, and getting pulled over by a cop with Zero sense of humor. Come on guys, don't be one of them.
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Bill Hancock 7:30PM (4/19/2007)
i think i recognize the overpass
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