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WinterMute
Oct 3, 2004, 11:29 AM
In iGav's stylie...

rinky-dink link:

http://www.gizmo.com.au/public/News/news.asp?articleid=3247


iGav
Oct 3, 2004, 12:17 PM
A V12 as well... :eek: :p
virividox
Oct 3, 2004, 01:17 PM
yowza!!! i dont think theres much room for kids and soccer balls in the boot :)
belair
Oct 3, 2004, 03:03 PM
Woah! Sounds good.
Finally we are making real progress in clean energy research.
I just hope that these kind of cars make it to the consumer level as fast as possible. Imagine a big city without the pollution. That's going to be so nice!
homerjward
Oct 3, 2004, 06:21 PM
coughhindenburgcough
stoid
Oct 3, 2004, 06:25 PM
coughhindenburgcough

It wasn't so much that it was filled with hydrogen as it was the paint they used, a compound similar to the modern rocket fuels NASA uses.

Paint a hydrogen balloon with rocket fuel, and you are just asking for trouble. Course they didn't know that the paint was so flammable back then.
Counterfit
Oct 3, 2004, 07:56 PM
Hmm, acceleration is pretty close to that of the 760i (5.4 0-60, ?6 for 0-66) the 1/4-mile time is good, but speed is rather low...
Top speed is darned impressive :D
Mr. Anderson
Oct 4, 2004, 10:09 AM
That's pretty slick, but its still a far cry from actually making a production vehicle. Then there's the issue of fuel and how to get it. Not to mention filling up requires a more complicated procedure than regular gas since your dealing with things under pressure.

I'm wondering if filling up your tank for a hydrogen powered car might not mean swapping tanks instead.....

D
iMeowbot
Oct 4, 2004, 10:14 AM
It wasn't so much that it was filled with hydrogen as it was the paint they used, a compound similar to the modern rocket fuels NASA uses.
Oh no, not again! It ain't the paint (http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/zf/LZ129fire.htm).
iMeowbot
Oct 4, 2004, 10:18 AM
Finally we are making real progress in clean energy research.
That would be nice some day, but for now virtually all commercially available hydrogen is derived from fossil fuels at a substantial net energy loss.
AhmedFaisal
Oct 4, 2004, 12:42 PM
In iGav's stylie...

rinky-dink link:

http://www.gizmo.com.au/public/News/news.asp?articleid=3247

So what. Chris Bangle's mangled BMW designs are still butt ugly, yuck!
Cheers,

Ahmed
iGav
Oct 4, 2004, 01:05 PM
So what. Chris Bangle's mangled BMW designs are still butt ugly, yuck!
Cheers,

Ahmed

well you'll be glad to know that he hasn't been designing them for a while then. :p
Counterfit
Oct 4, 2004, 01:37 PM
I passed a truck carrying compressed hydrogen on my way back from school today. :eek:


I gave him an extra lane of room :D
dross
Oct 4, 2004, 01:46 PM
I heard that the kidy seat mounts right to the H2 tank.
AhmedFaisal
Oct 4, 2004, 03:10 PM
well you'll be glad to know that he hasn't been designing them for a while then. :p

I will believe that when BMW comes out with the new 3 series (next one in line to be updated I believe) and it doesn't look as fugly as the 1, 5, 6, 7, X3 and Z4 series cars. Currently the only tolerable cars from BMW are the 3 series and the X5, and I hate SUVs... which leaves the 3 series, too bad they got rid of the Z8.
Regards,

Ahmed