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    Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service

    IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?

    Ikea's Got a Date With Hybrids

    Ikea and Zipcar Get All Bostonian
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    Image of Nuckin Futz for you Nuckin Futz for you
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    With the way my friends keep their cars, I'll pass on sharing thanks. I couldn't stand to have to push the multiple fast food bag (some still with food) out of the way on a regular basis.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/30/09

    @Nuckin Futz for you has a happy: Perishable food left open = you get the guillotine.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    I think we can all chip in if we're sharing a French car. We'll never get to drive it, though, since it'll almost never run and there's so many Jalops.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/30/09

    @F*ckingPlushroom: That and Murilee would hog it.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/30/09

    @f*cking engineerd: We'd let her.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service


    For maximum storage efficiency.

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    Image of V8Dak - Toonces is my copilot V8Dak - Toonces is my copilot
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    I'd get one if it came with the "Swedish Massage" seat option...
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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    03/30/09

    @V8Dak - Now with busted grill: But would you pay more for a happy ending?
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    03/30/09

    @Triborough: I thought you always paid more for a happy ending...
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    ...French enthusiasts of cheap Swedish furniture. I know so many of those people. They go on and on about crepes and which types of sofas are the most stylish. Now, they will have a way to share crappy cars, while chatting about flat-packed furniture.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    I hope the stores start stocking Industrial Strength Hooker Residue Remover.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    03/30/09

    @Jo F*cking Schmo: Seriously! I'm getting tired of driving all the way downtown to get the better stuff.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/30/09

    In reply to Ikea Leko Actually A French Car-Sharing Service
    Wow, this car sharing business might be something. I guess Hertz and Enterprise were "cutting edge".
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    03/30/09

    @f*cking engineerd:

    It's pretty cool, actually.

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    03/30/09

    @blah blah blah:

    Stupid lack of preview.


    It's a great way to justify having only a totally impractical car. If you can deal with biking/taking the bus/taking the train to work to justify your garage kept ludicrous-mobile, ZipCar or the like can hook you up with the grocery runner/minivan/pickup that you might need for an hour at a time.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/30/09

    @blah blah blah: Don't get me wrong, I would only have one car if we had decent mass transit here and with ZipCar and the like that car, as you pointed out, could be completely impractical.


    Unfortunately, Detroit doesn't believe in mass transit (no, SMART and the MuggerMover don't count) so we have to have two cars. I will add a third car once the house is done.

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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    Just so long as that scary old black woman with the long gray hair from Ikea's TV ads doesn't materialize next to me in the garage...


    Her spectral appearances in the commercials makes Ikea kitchens and bedrooms scary places to be alone in...

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    Does anyone else think IKEA could probably do a decent job with cars?


    Seriously, I'd assemble a car myself, knowing IKEA's ability to design for ease of assembly (hopefully they upgrade the fasteners a little, though).


    It certainly wouldn't last that long, but if it's like a bunch of my other Ikea (too much caps-ing) stuff, I'd just beef it up with a few L brackets and some better screws.


    Besides, it's not like Your Local Ford Dealer has delicious meatballs at reasonable prices to go with your purchase.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/23/09

    @Mad_Science: The formula works for Caterham, I don't see why it couldn't work for Ikea. All the jokes aside, I think this would work pretty damn well. A cheap, simple car that, say, dad could assemble in a garage in a weekend or so with basic tools? Most of the wiring should be completely possible. I mean, look how, for instance, a Mac is wired. Everything is in a pre-wired component that clips into the next component. There's no reason the dash couldn't come pre-wired, and just clip into the next module.


    I think it's unlikely, however. I think this just means that Ikea has purchased Saab.

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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    03/23/09

    @Deartháir: Can you imagine the LA basin full of cars put together by their owners?


    *shudder*

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/23/09

    @joneez is tired of all the Pinto hate: That's pretty much the case in my neighborhood.


    Except it's Astro vans re-assembled from junkyard parts.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/23/09

    @Mad_Science: Hell, that's the guy who lives in the apartment across the hall from me. He had an old Dodge Ramcharger that couldn't get registered for the road because it had been written off. So he bought, I think, three more, and made one good one from all the different parts, choosing one with a clean title to represent them.


    The impressive part is that he did all this in the middle of winter, on the street in front of our apartment, in about a week, using only a crowbar and a good socket set. The week after, he sanded it down and painted the whole thing a flat primer black.


    All this during spurts of -40C weather.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?




    I've been waiting for the day that these would be relevant.


    Ikea Koenigsegg.

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    I've always thought the one thing car dealerships were missing was a ball pit.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
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    Image of SpeedWagon SpeedWagon
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    Futurama had a great IKEA joke, but I'm too hungover to Google it.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/23/09

    @SpeedWagon: πKEA - Enjoy your affordable Svedish crap
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    So, how do you load your flat-pack in your car to get it home, so you can spread it out all over the driveway and get it assembled before that rainstorm hits and turns everything into a big pile of mushy sawdust?
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    03/23/09

    In reply to IKEA Concept Car A Bad Swedish Joke?
    I'd purchase anything endorsed by the World Wrestling Federation.
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