Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 35

Thread: Driving Under the Influence of Awesome

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Sydney, Down Under
    Posts
    8,833

    Driving Under the Influence of Awesome

    (From another forum)

    Driving Under the Influence of Awesome

    Um. The dudes at WETA made a Warthog. I don’t mean that they made a big plastic thing that looks like a Warthog. I mean they built a fully-functioning, four-wheel steering, powerful, off-road vehicle with a machine gun on the back. At the correct scale. If you live near Wellington, New Zealand, you might even see some crazy machine-shop dude from WETA fishtailing around your base, ahem, I mean neighborhood.

    What’s it for? Well, a couple of things – one of which will be one of the shorts coming from director Neill Blomkamp. We sort of blindsided you guys with the first short (Arms Race) – it had little to no context or explanation, but when you see it as it was originally intended – as part of an overall narrative, you might just pee your pants. And if you don’t, then the picture below will certainly cause some leakage.

    Goddamn. It’s a Warthog.

    http://www.bungie.net/images/News/We...hogB110707.jpg
    Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...
    – Hunter Thompson

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Surrey, England
    Posts
    4,000
    Oh my god wow. Any info on the drivetrain?
    V0R5PRU7NG DUR6CH T3CHN1K

    Motion & Emotion

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Sweden
    Posts
    842
    its either a civic engine, or a mobile nuclear powerplant

    edit: wait, the gun works too?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    brisbane - sub-tropical land of mangoes
    Posts
    16,251
    the gun is fake, it has all wheel steering, and i don't know the rest of it apart from the fact that it's fully functional and the WETA boys probably play capture the flag in some unsuspecting town every week.
    Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Northampton, Pennsylvania
    Posts
    7,989
    I'd daily drive it.

    Lower it.
    [O o)O=\x/=O(o O]

    The things we do for girls who won't sleep with us.

    Patrick says:
    dads is too long so it wont fit
    so i took hers out
    and put mine in

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Belgica
    Posts
    540
    higher it
    24/02/2008: my first drive in a corrado 16, life is finally going somewhere...
    1/07/2008: first drive in a corrado vr6, life peaks here

    WWW.AUTOFANS.BE

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Eindhoven
    Posts
    4,059
    Make the gun work, lower it and then I'd daily drive it.
    "The best thing about this is that you know that it has to come from a country where drugs is legal"

    Top Gear on the Vandenbrink Carver One

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    brisbane - sub-tropical land of mangoes
    Posts
    16,251
    fit your own machine gun, christ you people are slack ...i'd drive it without the gun mount full stop, dune buggy style.
    Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    For Tax Purposes, Cayman Islands
    Posts
    14,579
    Want. Now.

    Gimme gimme gimme.
    <cough> www.charginmahlazer.tumblr.com </cough>

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    New York City
    Posts
    2,056
    i hope it doesn't drive as bad at the warthog! what idiot uses 2 axis to control steering and driving? i hope thats improved in HALO 3
    Gone:
    09 Ducati Monster 696
    09 Audi Q5 3.2
    03 Infiniti G35 Sedan
    07 Honda Civic Coupe LX 5spd

    Current:
    10 BMW 335d
    12 Audi Q5 2.0t
    10 VW Jetta TDI
    11 Ducati Monster 796

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    95616
    Posts
    5,357
    S***T.... I'd gladly give my left kidney, but I'd need that to process the oozing awesome-ness.
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    East Coast of the United States
    Posts
    11,994
    That's pretty cool. I wonder how durable it is.

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    New York City
    Posts
    2,056
    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    That's pretty cool. I wonder how durable it is.
    def not as tough as the almighty HUMMER H1!
    Gone:
    09 Ducati Monster 696
    09 Audi Q5 3.2
    03 Infiniti G35 Sedan
    07 Honda Civic Coupe LX 5spd

    Current:
    10 BMW 335d
    12 Audi Q5 2.0t
    10 VW Jetta TDI
    11 Ducati Monster 796

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Donostia (San Sebastian), Basque Country
    Posts
    131
    It needs a grenade or rocket launcher
    Life is too short to stay, race!

    Gora Euskadi! Visca Catalunya!

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    11,391
    Oh



    My



    God.



    I really would like to know more about this...
    He came dancing across the water
    With his galleons and guns
    Looking for the new world
    In that palace in the sun
    On the shore lay Montezuma
    With his cocoa leaves and pearls

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. New Ferrari driving school will open in Canada
    By <AAA-MOD> in forum Racing forums
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 03-06-2006, 05:57 AM
  2. Ferrari - Fiorano
    By nopassn in forum Multimedia
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 02-06-2006, 12:47 AM
  3. Driving an elise at Rockingham
    By derekthetree in forum Multimedia
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 10-18-2005, 05:26 AM
  4. High speed driving
    By mechanixfetch in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 10-24-2004, 12:12 PM
  5. Bentley Continental GT Mulliner
    By shaht in forum General Automotive
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 10-09-2004, 11:31 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •