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Aristus

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10. My late father-in-law owned an Amphicar; one of the few production, mass-market amphibious cars ever made.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 04:10 PM

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He said that on more than one occasion, when he would drive to the lakeside, switch to amphibious mode, and drive onto the water, someone coming up behind him (who didn't have an Amphicar) would drive right in after him, and sink in their road-capable-only car.

The colossal stupidity of the festering, substandard majority of the human animal is dismaying in the extreme...

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