Well Executed Madness (SLCFYTV*)

September 21, 2017 12:37 PM

The Spa Car is the latest mad creation of Colin Furze. On commission for a Google ad, an E30 was sealed, and equipped with a grill, leaf bubble blowers and turf exterior. (* Single Link to a Colin Furze YouTube Video)
posted by Laotic (12 comments total)

I shudder to think how successful, define that as you will, one might be with one of these in a beach town during spring break.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:48 PM on September 21, 2017

I think I saw several of these in Houston recently...
posted by jim in austin at 12:55 PM on September 21, 2017

To my considerable surprise, that looks like a blast and I want one.


Of course my wife will nix the whole thing in a heartbeat because the baby seat would be underwater.


Okay, she might actually have a point there. Damn it.
posted by Naberius at 1:11 PM on September 21, 2017

They don't have snorkels in your town?
posted by jenkinsEar at 1:24 PM on September 21, 2017 [1 favorite]

Easy solution: crow's nest baby seat. Duh.
posted by RolandOfEld at 1:24 PM on September 21, 2017 [4 favorites]

He's proper ruined the handling on that thing, though, all that water sloshing around. It'll roll around like an average American sedan in the corners.
posted by parm at 1:42 PM on September 21, 2017 [1 favorite]

parm, easily solved in winter when it freezes into a driveable rink.
posted by Laotic at 2:17 PM on September 21, 2017

He's proper ruined the handling on that thing, though, all that water sloshing around. It'll roll around like an average American sedan in the corners.

Or it'll roll over like an average American SUV, if you take the turn hard enough.

(And I think the proper phrasing would be that he tanked the handling.)
posted by filthy light thief at 2:20 PM on September 21, 2017 [1 favorite]

To my considerable surprise, that looks like a blast and I want one.

Of course my wife will nix the whole thing in a heartbeat because the baby seat would be underwater.

Okay, she might actually have a point there. Damn it.

Your child would be even safer in an adorable little bathysphere.
posted by The Gaffer at 2:49 PM on September 21, 2017 [2 favorites]

I hate everything about this. The affected yelling, the extreme-ness that's so self conscious I was expecting the words "THIS IS EXTREME" to fly over the video to make sure I got it, the dude's stupid self-satisfied face, that this was done for a lame ad, on and on...

What did that BMW ever do to you?
posted by danny the boy at 6:10 PM on September 21, 2017 [1 favorite]

danny the boy, the yelling becomes more a comical part of his persona if you watch his other videos. I mean, the ideas just border on fantastic (a fallout bunker in his backyard, adult full-turn swing powered by a backpack propeller, or a three-story underground beach hut) and the execution is amazing.

I guess I'm willing to overlook the in-your-face aspects out of sheer admiration for the ingenuity and efficacy with which he realizes the sundry childhood dreams.
posted by Laotic at 1:01 AM on September 22, 2017

Jesus, he's like the hellspawn of Clarkson and Hammond.
posted by Optamystic at 6:07 AM on September 22, 2017