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    Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
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    Image of muchopogi muchopogi
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    What the fu@k. This looks very similar to the new BMW concept coupe thingy (was it V5? or whatever it was) and people are lusting over this? Then why not the BMW concept Lumpy ass?


    And people bitch about hard plastic in other cars. Is this soft crystal? So if being hard is not a good thing for plastic, it's fine if it's crystal? If it's going to be something hard, I would prefer granite or marble.


    BTW, I like the seat. I guess it accomodates johnson danglin' when you need to drive naked. You figure the Germans would be the one to come up with something like that.

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    Image of EdaBagel EdaBagel
    01/07/09

    Schwanzvergnügen!@muchopogi:
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    Image of muchopogi muchopogi
    01/08/09

    @EdaBagel:


    You'll have to excuse my ignorance. I did not get what schwaziwaivu was so I googled it and I got this.


    [209.85.173.132]


    Kudos! Now I got a new hobby to look into.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/08/09

    @muchopogi: yikes. good thing i was not at work for that one!
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    It must be a safety feature.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    But at midnight, it turns back into plastic.
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    Image of EdaBagel EdaBagel
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    *picture self*


    ME: Hello, Mr. Volvo Dealer? I'm returning my car.


    Volvo Dealer: But why?!


    ME: I broke it.


    VD: You broke it?! You just bought it!


    ME: You're correct, but it seems... well, I dropped my cell phone while I was driving.


    VD: Yes? And?


    ME: It broke the car. Well, 'shattered,' to be more exactly. I've provided this handy padded envelope in which I'm returning the car. Please credit my account accordingly. Oh, and the envelope was an additional $4.95. Kthanksbye.

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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/07/09

    @EdaBagel: Living in earthquake-prone SoCal, all I think of with fine crystal is how easy it is to break. I lost loads of stemwear in the '94 Northridge earthquake (all of it pretty cheap, thankfully). I hope the Volvo dash fares better, should it ever make it onto the road...
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    "...And in related news, competitor Saab has announced a partnership with Corning Glass to develop a Pyrex® center console that can safely go from the freezer to the oven..."
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/07/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: though there have been some reports of saab owners being showered in pyrex when their center consoles spontaneously shattered.


    saab has released a statement that these are only isolated incidents and pose no harm to the general saab owning public

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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    01/07/09

    @damnelantra™: Although a company spokesman officially recommends against using your Pyrex-equipped Saab in a giant microwave.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/07/09

    @damnelantra™:

    "... In light of the recent Pyrex® fiasco, Saab has now entered into talks with Lego to develop a modular, easy-to-repair central console.


    "Early prototype work developed in conjunction with Weyerhaeuser for a fiberboard console was abandoned after marketing test group subjects complained of splinters and a faint aroma of formaldehyde..."

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/07/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:

    ...saab pr representatives also advise all current and potential owners to keep children 5 and under away from the interior of all lego console equipped saab models.


    adding that they may pose a choking hazard

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    01/07/09

    @damnelantra™: Saab also strongly recommends wearing shoes in the garage.


    You parents know exactly what I'm talking about.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/07/09

    @AmishJohn: ah stepping on legos barefooted. i think the only thing better then that was the more elaborately designed hot wheels
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/07/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrяrяrя now gets up to 29 MPG highway (kindasortam...:

    @damnelantra™:

    @AmishJohn:

    You guys are too fun...! Thanks for helping me take a joke and run with it, with your clever inputs to propel it. Such a lot of Jalop fun...! (No offense to Volvo or Orrefors)
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    They considered fabricating the console from crystal meth, but that idea went up in smoke...


    Yessiree, folks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal, and tip your server...

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    They don't mention that this was actually a cost-cutting measure. The original plan was for the entire centre console to be constructed of diamonds.


    I wonder how they'd hold up during crash testing. Would they shatter? "Hm. That crash-test dummy has shards of the center console embedded in his simulated spleen..."

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    What the hell, since when did I lust after a Volvo?


    I. Blame. SuzanneD.


    Eugh, I feel dirty now.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    crafted? looks to me they just poured some of that shit on a cookie pan and later engraved it.


    i love putting so much effort into an object to highlight a concept that would never see the light of production

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    01/07/09

    In reply to Crafting The Authentic Swedish Crystal Console Of The Volvo S60 Concept
    I like it.


    ungush gudeh unhh gedishgedu, urddee de hur de hur hur


    bork bork bork!


    ur de hur, en da chocolat, iza tastee.

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