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Title: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 04:32:56 AM
In Ray B.'s now-legendary "My Car is So Light" thread, the idea was to find pictures of females lifting cars. This puzzle has a similar theme, and is perhaps a bit easier to score point in. Here's how it works:

What you puzzlers have to do is:
1- Identify this motorized vehicle, with which the driver appears to attempting to ascend a vertical wall. I'll award one point for the ID.
2- Find as many pictures as possible of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks or ATV's doing the same. No points for vehicles without operators. No points for vehicles affixed to walls for promotional, advertising, or stunt purposes. Photo-shopped pictures will be judged individually for their merits, and the decision of the judge (me) is final.
3- The wall (or other vertical surface) has to be at least as tall as the vehicle, as seen in the vehicle's vertical scaling attempt.

Enjoy!

(http://www.autopuzzles.com/DMUTWThread1.jpg)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 23, 2010, 05:12:19 AM
Guess this is not exactly what you are looking for...?
Meili Flextrac (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12007.0)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 05:42:26 AM
Wow - I din't think I'd have to add more qualifiers already.  ;)

OK - I'll admit that one (if you post a pic herein), but from now on, the wall has to be at least as tall as the vehicle, as seen in the latter's vertical scaling attempt.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 23, 2010, 05:48:31 AM
Does this one qualify?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 05:53:51 AM
I think you know the answer, but I'll help you out:


Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 23, 2010, 05:57:05 AM
I think you know the answer, but I'll help you out:

  • Did the car drive there, or fly there?
  • Is that a vertical ascent?
  • Did the driver intend this ascent, or was this ascent incidental to another motoring event



Yeah...I did know the answer. ;)


Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allan L on July 23, 2010, 06:05:52 AM
I presume this one, too, doesn't qualify:
(http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/sitebuilder/images/motordrome_lioncub-217x309.jpg)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 06:24:41 AM
That seems to be driving across, not up.  :)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: 75america on July 23, 2010, 08:12:53 AM
Vertical enough for a point?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctzAeMgylc
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 08:22:57 AM
I the strictest sense, no. Vertical is the direction aligned with the force of gravity.

If I were playing fast and loose with the rules, I might accept as "close enough" an angle of more than 67.5 degrees above horizontal (or more than halfway between 45 degrees and perfectly vertical).

So, no, 37.5 degrees doesn't cut it.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 23, 2010, 12:18:05 PM
I wasnt sure I could post a Youtube link, so I didnt before.

But this one fits, I think.

(Edited to embed video)

http://www.youtube.com/v/UeDc6xMe9u4&hl=en_US&fs=1
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 23, 2010, 12:22:32 PM
And this one may not ( maybe not enough angle ), but  pretty amazing to watch..

Edited to embed video

http://www.youtube.com/v/KHTF032xCnU&hl=en_US&fs=1

Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 12:59:20 PM
I wasnt sure I could post a Youtube link, so I didnt before.

But this one fits, I think.

That's pretty darned vertical!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 01:04:29 PM
And this one may not ( maybe not enough angle ), but  pretty amazing to watch..

I'd like to allow that one, but in fairness to Allan, the vertical part seems to to be traversed laterally. So, if the lion in the car (very cool picture) doesn't get a point, I can't give you one for this video, either.

But you are still leading the field!  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Amsterdam on July 23, 2010, 01:14:27 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 01:18:31 PM
I can see this is going to be a fun ride.  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Amsterdam on July 23, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
Not enough angle at all but fun to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-VzeI7OT8
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 02:50:49 PM
What about this one?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 02:57:17 PM
Not enough angle at all but fun to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-VzeI7OT8

Quite an adventure!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 02:57:46 PM
What about this one?

Interesting pic; no points.  :)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 03:03:02 PM
You were too quick, and here´s another two:
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 03:13:28 PM
And here´s the hero of my very early childhood days: Dudu" the beetle in a radical house-climbing scene in the movie "Ein Käfer auf Extratour"
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 23, 2010, 03:14:41 PM
And here´s the hero of my very early childhood days: Dudu" the beetle in a radical house-climbing scene in the movie "Ein Käfer auf Extratour"
HAHAHA! ;D Loved it! Long time no see!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 03:17:35 PM
Well, I think all of the three Dudu-movies were quite crappy so you wouldn´t see them for years.

But I´d really love to see them again, too....
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 23, 2010, 03:29:21 PM
There had been five movies as far as I know...
Was just kidding.. Have seen one of those sequels on TV some time ago. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon and I zapped to K1 or RTL2. I managed to watch it for only 10-15 minutes... :hyper:
(Das Lexikon des Internationalen Films bezeichnet den Film als "ein Klamauk, der nur sehr bescheidenen Unterhaltungsansprüchen genügt." ;D)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 03:34:22 PM
Yes I´ve just remembered those films, because one of the main actors, Mr.Walter Roderer became 90 years old this week.

BTW:

Here are some other wall climbers:
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 04:08:09 PM
You were too quick, and here´s another two:

No points there (the first is a re-post)  ;)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 04:08:51 PM
And here´s the hero of my very early childhood days: Dudu" the beetle in a radical house-climbing scene in the movie "Ein Käfer auf Extratour"

That's worth a point! Maybe two, since there are two walls  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 04:09:26 PM
Yes I´ve just remembered those films, because one of the main actors, Mr.Walter Roderer has dies this week.

BTW:

Here are some other wall climbers:

I like that one, too. Now we're getting somewhere!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: DynaMike on July 23, 2010, 04:37:54 PM
I know they don't drive in the (up)right direction, but this 1933(!) film is nice enough to be shown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3tC_amDFo
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: guido66 on July 23, 2010, 04:56:48 PM
Look mum, no wall at all!  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 24, 2010, 03:13:26 AM
what about these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1z8JSE63A
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=CXvxIy4YupI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAokO75xmCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGPtVkou5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=AxKe3Pt6zgs&feature=related
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 24, 2010, 04:00:24 AM
The Unimog is a repost, metalshapes already found it.
BTW is the vehicle an Italian Guzzi?

EDIT: it is indeed a Guzzi Mulo Meccanico.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 24, 2010, 08:41:47 AM
I know they don't drive in the (up)right direction, but this 1933(!) film is nice enough to be shown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3tC_amDFo

Thanks!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 24, 2010, 08:50:17 AM
what about these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1z8JSE63A
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=CXvxIy4YupI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAokO75xmCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGPtVkou5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=AxKe3Pt6zgs&feature=related

I'll rule "close enough"  in the three videos (two bad  links), minus the repost (that's the second time that kid flipped me the bird!) so, two points there. Are the other pics screen shots from the non-working videos?

Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 24, 2010, 08:50:47 AM
The Unimog is a repost, metalshapes already found it.
BTW is the vehicle an Italian Guzzi?

EDIT: it is indeed a Guzzi Mulo Meccanico.

That's it!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 24, 2010, 08:54:14 AM
Are the other pics screen shots from the non-working videos?
Yes.
The link is working, but you have to copy it and paste it..I don't know why it gets broken after the '#'.

Which one are the good ones?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 24, 2010, 09:30:21 AM
Due to the rules (3) all of the walls are hardly high enough...  :-\
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 24, 2010, 05:46:35 PM
They are all highier that the vehicles in their standard position...but it is his call.  :)
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 03:55:26 AM
Due to the rules (3) all of the walls are hardly high enough...  :-\

They are all highier that the vehicles in their standard position...but it is his call.  :)

You're both right, of course. Since Paul is a stand-up guy, he retains one of the awarded points.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ray B. on July 25, 2010, 04:16:54 AM
I love Grob's picture on top of this page. Where does it come from?

Here are my first two propositions (I doubt if i can find more!)
I'll  let you find the numerous reason why they can't rightly qualify.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 25, 2010, 04:47:47 AM
http://www.nartube.net/0a8bea615c:qYlYAnfbHJc.html
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: metalshapes on July 25, 2010, 04:59:22 AM
This one went vertical ( and beyond...)

http://www.maniacworld.com/Jeep-Tries-Driving-Up-Rock.html
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 04:59:41 AM
Here are my first two propositions (I doubt if i can find more!)
I'll  let you find the numerous reason why they can't rightly qualify.

Wow - amazing pictures. I'd love to know the stories behind them.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 05:00:17 AM
http://www.nartube.net/0a8bea615c:qYlYAnfbHJc.html

I doubt he broke 45 degrees.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 05:02:08 AM
This one went vertical ( and beyond...)

http://www.maniacworld.com/Jeep-Tries-Driving-Up-Rock.html

Cool back-flip; no vertical wall.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on July 25, 2010, 05:07:03 AM
Quote
I love Grob's picture on top of this page. Where does it come from?

It´s been made at Chicago´s Riverview Park.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 25, 2010, 05:09:37 AM
Already a (fake) classic:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Pgzc1P8zC0c&hl=de_DE&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 07:32:08 AM
Is it? Who really knows...

That's point-worthy.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 25, 2010, 07:44:53 AM
Alas, it's a disproved myth. It was part of a so called "Fake Check" on German TV.
You can see a slight change in the film from 0:11. That's when it started to be computerized.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 25, 2010, 07:46:33 AM
Look - you're keeping your point, and that's that!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on July 25, 2010, 07:47:17 AM
;D :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ray B. on July 25, 2010, 08:05:47 AM
Here are my first two propositions (I doubt if i can find more!)
I'll  let you find the numerous reason why they can't rightly qualify.

Wow - amazing pictures. I'd love to know the stories behind them.

The first one in from the 1930 film 'The Big Trail': lowering the wagons (into Jackson Hole I believe). There is a similar scene in a more modern film I think.
The other was taken in Paris in 1895. A locomotive couldn't stop in time tore a gig hole in the Montparnasse Station's wall, and fell down from the upper level into the street.

Covered wagons or locomotives, going down the wall and not up, bring no point I guess.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 11, 2010, 07:18:06 AM
I've found this picture, Nissan Qashqai ad campaign, Some american show and some girl with a lion
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 11, 2010, 07:20:38 AM
Nissan Qashqai ad
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 11, 2010, 07:22:24 AM
Some American Show
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 11, 2010, 07:23:52 AM
Some Girl and a lion
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 13, 2010, 03:18:07 AM
All three are driving across a wall, versus up. And one of those pics has been seen here before.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: barrett on August 13, 2010, 03:57:34 PM
how about this one?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 14, 2010, 04:06:18 AM
That looks like appx 45 degrees
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ray B. on August 18, 2010, 06:47:39 PM
These ones rise no more than 45 degrees too, but up against thin air, which seems a more difficult feat to me.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 19, 2010, 04:21:15 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on September 11, 2010, 04:02:31 AM
You only said "motorized vehicles", didn't you?  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ultra on September 11, 2010, 04:16:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Allemano on September 11, 2010, 04:25:52 AM
cool stunt! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 11, 2010, 05:14:57 AM
You only said "motorized vehicles", didn't you?  ;D

 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 11, 2010, 05:15:35 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw

Welcome to the Expert ranks!  ;D
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ray B. on October 05, 2010, 04:19:38 PM
What about this! Two pictures from the same event. 1928, Washington D.C.
See the big pictures on Shorpy.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 05, 2010, 04:30:28 PM
Let's say, 1 point for the fist pic (darned near vertical) and 0 points for the second (not nearly vertical).

With that, the points on this one are through. Not as fun as the "light car" thread that inspired it, but, c'est la vie.  ^-^

Everyone's free to add more pics, if the mood strikes them.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ecnelis on October 05, 2010, 05:43:48 PM
Maybe those will fit?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: grobmotorix on October 06, 2010, 02:51:07 AM
This device will climb even trees.  :D

OK, it is not a car, not a bike, but it´s got wheels and an engine and you need a man to operate it, too.
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 06, 2010, 03:47:29 AM
Wow!
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 22, 2010, 04:14:30 AM
Closed
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Ray B. on January 11, 2011, 06:44:43 AM
Closed? Any room left for this one?
Title: Re: Driving Me Up the Wall!
Post by: Oguerrerob on July 26, 2012, 10:33:47 PM
Fiat 500 in the "Tunnel of Death" ...