Hate backing your Prius out of the driveway when the engine is cold?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ScottR @ Jul 25 2006, 02:17 PM) [snapback]292114[/snapback]</div>

Those 1st two residential pictures show just what is wrong with this world.....

 

This is a solution looking for a problem.

 

:lol:

just what the world needs.

 

Don't most parking garages in hi-density cities use this? I know Tokyo does...

 

HEY - they stole my idea! I used to do this with my sister's record player and my Hot Wheels cars. I only want one if you can make the car fly off and crash into stuff.

 

It's not a bad idea. Just one that isn't needed a lot. I can see where someone might want one if they do not want to back out onto a heavy traffic road.

 

I just back my Prius into the garage - thereby saving several thousand dollars. In the morning I face forward and do not have the potential of backing into another vehicle.

 

As for commercial application, yes, that makes sense. For residential, not really. Most people with enough money to spend on something like that either don't live on busy roads or have large enough driveways that they can easily turn around in them. Otherwise, like skruse, many probably back into their driveways or learn to back out onto a busy street. It's not that difficult.

The primary interest from residential as I see it would be from low-income families/homes, and they would likely not be able to afford it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cagemo @ Jul 25 2006, 03:35 PM) [snapback]292197[/snapback]</div>

We used to do this very thing with lizards and pet rats and things (when we stopped it turning, the pet would move its head back and forth, and would fall on its side if it tried to walk). For a turntable as big as in these driveways, you'd have to use a horse or a cow to get the same effect...

(Whaddaya expect? We were broke, bored, dumb teenagers, and there were enough of us to keep Mom distracted while the rest of us "experimented" with centrifugal force...) :lol:

 

My son would love one of those... just like the turntables for his Thomas Trains!