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GM Teams Up With Segway for the P.U.M.A.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by weslinder, Apr 7, 2009.

  1. weslinder

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    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123906731177395605.html#printMode

    I hope this isn't what they're counting on to bring them back.
     
  2. Mr. Brightside

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    I don't get why the Segway has to balance on two wheels. Why couldn't they just add a third wheel to it? I've seen countless people fall off of the Segways and land face first into the ground. It's not pretty, but sure is funny.
     
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    What a great idea. It's like a moped, except 20 times as expensive! Really foward thinking on GM's part to build on the HUGE success of the Segway. What could possibly go wrong?
     
  4. KingCheetah

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    Segways made you look like enough of a douche ... this thing...no comment.
     
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    35mph, so the thing would "motor" on the streets. Imagine one getting hit by anything larger than a bicycle! :eek:
     
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    I've never been as pissed at the revealing of a product as I was the ******* Segway after all the hype they had for that thing. It was supposed to change the goddamned world and it hasn't changed ****.
     
  7. MadMax

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    it's illusion, michael

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    For some reason, whenever I think of a segway, I think of Fatty FatBastard. I seem to remember him talking about getting one so he wouldn't have to get DWI's on his way home from Midtown.
     
  9. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    I seriously thought this had to be an Onion article.

    I want my taxpayer money back.

    And for the record, segways have done nothing but revolutionize the way dopey tourists get around places.
     
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