Author Topic: Driving Me Up the Wall! (Read 7238 times)

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!

Allemano · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2010, 05:12:19 AM »

Guess this is not exactly what you are looking for...?
Meili Flextrac

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 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.

metalshapes · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2010, 05:48:31 AM »

Does this one qualify?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2010, 05:53:51 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?

metalshapes · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2010, 05:57:05 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 23, 2010, 05:53:51 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.

Allan L · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2010, 06:05:52 AM »

I presume this one, too, doesn't qualify:

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2010, 06:24:41 AM »

That seems to be driving across, not up.

75america · « **Reply #8 on:** July 23, 2010, 08:12:53 AM »

Vertical enough for a point?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctzAeMgylc

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #9 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.

metalshapes · « **Reply #10 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)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/UeDc6xMe9u4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/UeDc6xMe9u4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1</a>

metalshapes · « **Reply #11 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

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/KHTF032xCnU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/KHTF032xCnU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1</a>

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2010, 12:59:20 PM »

Quote from: 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.

That's pretty darned vertical!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:04:29 PM »

Quote from: metalshapes on July 23, 2010, 12:22:32 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!

Amsterdam · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:14:27 PM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:18:31 PM »

I can see this is going to be a fun ride.

Amsterdam · « **Reply #16 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

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2010, 02:50:49 PM »

What about this one?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2010, 02:57:17 PM »

Quote from: 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

Quite an adventure!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2010, 02:57:46 PM »

Quote from: grobmotorix on July 23, 2010, 02:50:49 PM

What about this one?

Interesting pic; no points.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2010, 03:03:02 PM »

You were too quick, and here´s another two:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #21 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"

Allemano · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2010, 03:14:41 PM »

Quote from: 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"

HAHAHA!

Loved it! Long time no see!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #23 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....

Allemano · « **Reply #24 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...

(Das Lexikon des Internationalen Films bezeichnet den Film als "ein Klamauk, der nur sehr bescheidenen Unterhaltungsansprüchen genügt."

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