# It Gets 92 MPG and Looks Like a Penis **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821 "2007-07-07T06:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/21 "2007-07-07T19:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] Oh, picky! I’d drive that, if it has somewhere to put a couple bags of groceries. [/QUOTE] Well, I didn’t necessarily mean it in a bad way. I’d drive one too, especially if it had one of those red neon under-car lighting systems, and made a clicking sound when it comes to a stop. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/22 "2007-07-07T19:47:37Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Interestingly, it resembles a design I’ve had in my head for several years. Only I was thinking of basically taking the forks off of a motorcycle and bolting the rest of it to a frame. (Which I know has already been done, but it’s something I’d been thinking of anyway.) [/QUOTE] I saw what I’d imagined on the freeway today. Three-wheeler powered by a bolted-on motorcycle, and a sexy body. I wish I knew where he got it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/23 "2007-07-07T19:51:47Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I saw what I’d imagined on the freeway today. Three-wheeler powered by a bolted-on motorcycle, and a sexy body. I wish I knew where he got it. [/QUOTE] Well, if it’s a nice looking bike, it’s generally not too hard to find a sexy body. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/24 "2007-07-07T20:09:06Z")
Slightly reminiscent of the [Messerschmitt Bubble Car](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200) which had 2 seats and got 87 mpg in the '50s ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/25 "2007-07-07T22:46:43Z")
[Corbin Sparrow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_Sparrow). They’re working on a gas powered version now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/26 "2007-07-07T23:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cheez\_Whia] [Cuttlefish](http://www.ski.org/Vision/Eyepage/Images/cuttlefishB.jpg) [/QUOTE] Definitely a cuttlefish, not a penis. Or squid. But! I did see a car recently that my only thought was “wow, that looks like a penis” and it was red, hmmm. I wonder what it was. I’m pretty sure it was a classic car, rather than anything enviromentally friendly, though. I swear it was shaped just like [this](http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/ambiguously-gay-duo/111.jpg), though. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/27 "2007-07-07T23:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] It Gets 92 MPG and Looks Like a Penis [/QUOTE] 92 miles per gallon of what? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/28 "2007-07-07T23:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] But! I did see a car recently that my only thought was “wow, that looks like a penis” and it was red, hmmm. I wonder what it was. I’m pretty sure it was a classic car, rather than anything enviromentally friendly, though. I swear it was shaped just like [this](http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/ambiguously-gay-duo/111.jpg), though. [/QUOTE] [One of these, perhaps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Corbin_Sparrow.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/29 "2007-07-07T23:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] That’s funny, I use my car as a penis substitute! [/QUOTE] Well, if it gets you from A to B. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/30 "2007-07-07T23:35:03Z")
I see that **zagloba** already posted that link. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/31 "2007-07-08T00:16:52Z")
I want [one of these](http://www.venturevehicles.com/e_venture_one.html). 100 mpg, 100+ mph. There’s a _Top Gear_ video on the site that says they cost £22,000, but Wiki says $18,000- $23,000 depending on the model. From what I can see the base model is all I’d need. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/32 "2007-07-08T00:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] [One of these, perhaps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Corbin_Sparrow.jpg)? [/QUOTE] No, it was way longer in the, er, shaft. I got a muscle car vibe from it. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/33 "2007-07-08T01:28:57Z")
You need to see more penises (penii?) Regards FML ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/34 "2007-07-08T02:39:16Z")
Should **Tuckerfan** change his name to **Cuttledick**? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/35 "2007-07-08T02:48:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Should **Tuckerfan** change his name to **Cuttledick**? [/QUOTE] I prefer to believe it’s probably just an extreme fascination with cars, to the point where you start being reminded of them no matter what you’re looking at, whether it’s remotely appropriate or not. Like in the cartoons when Woody Woodpecker was starving, and he’d look at the walrus and see a giant hot dog or something. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/36 "2007-07-08T08:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] I prefer to believe it’s probably just an extreme fascination with cars, to the point where you start being reminded of them no matter what you’re looking at, whether it’s remotely appropriate or not. Like in the cartoons when Woody Woodpecker was starving, and he’d look at the walrus and see a giant hot dog or something. [/QUOTE] I’m like that, except instead of cars it’s games. I’ll hear about some problem and think, if only I had enough ranks in such and such skill, or had a certain magic item… As for the OP’s car, I agree it’s very cuttlefishy and not at all penisy. Johnny LA’s car looks fucking awesome, but the “iPod cool” bit makes it seem like they’re not entirely on the up-and-up, and are trying to ride Apple’s coattails. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/37 "2007-07-08T08:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I want [one of these](http://www.venturevehicles.com/e_venture_one.html). 100 mpg, 100+ mph. There’s a _Top Gear_ video on the site that says they cost £22,000, but Wiki says $18,000- $23,000 depending on the model. From what I can see the base model is all I’d need. 🆒 [/QUOTE] That looks like the aftermath of a [Smart Car](http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-16,GGLD:en&q=smart+car) having sex with a Motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/38 "2007-07-08T14:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] That looks like the aftermath of a [Smart Car](http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-16,GGLD:en&q=smart+car) having sex with a Motorcycle. [/QUOTE] I like motorcycles, and I’ve like the Smart since I saw one on pre-release display about five years ago. 😉 > [@sturmhauke](#): > > Johnny LA’s car looks fucking awesome, but the “iPod cool” bit makes it seem like they’re not entirely on the up-and-up, and are trying to ride Apple’s coattails. I saw the Carver a couple of years ago on _Top Gear_. I think the _Top Gear_ video they have on their site is the same one I saw. They seem on the up-an-up. iPods are cool, and the vehicle is absolutely icebox. And Fiat wants to be ['The iPod of Cars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427477). Just sounds like marketing to me. If Wiki is correct, we’ll just have to wait 12 months. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/39 "2007-07-08T15:35:34Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I want [one of these](http://www.venturevehicles.com/e_venture_one.html). 100 mpg, 100+ mph. There’s a _Top Gear_ video on the site that says they cost £22,000, but Wiki says $18,000- $23,000 depending on the model. From what I can see the base model is all I’d need. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Have you checked out the offerings from [these guys?](http://www.rqriley.com/plans.html) They’re cheaper, get about the same MPG, and some of them are pretty cool looking. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821/40 "2007-07-08T15:47:44Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Have you checked out the offerings from [these guys?](http://www.rqriley.com/plans.html) They’re cheaper, get about the same MPG, and some of them are pretty cool looking. [/QUOTE] I haven’t had my garage built yet, so I don’t have a workspace. And I have little time to build one. And I like the higher mileage figure for the Carver compared to the Doran: > [@](#): > > Freeway cruising turns in excellent fuel economy - about 50 mpg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-gets-92-mpg-and-looks-like-a-penis/410821.md?page=3)