My next car may be a real boat
When I was last in the market for a new convertible, why didn’t I lease a Sebring? Because the Mustang had more horsepower and the Sebring drove like a boat.
But if it had actually been a boat, I might have plowed ahead.
According to this article on ForbesAutos.com, the vehicle pictured here, an amphibious Aquada, will be docking on these shores in 2009.
Oh that I had had this car circa 1980, rather than my Renault Le Car. That was the car that I accidentally almost piloted into the bay in West Atlantic City, New Jersey. What had looked like a large puddle turned out to be high tide in storm season. Never will I forget the gentle lapping of waves against my doors and the lulling motion of my car moving out to sea, me in it, before finally I regained traction and inched back onto solid ground. Within months, everything metallic rusted and everything electrical shorted. So you can see my interest in the Aquada.
In fact, maybe I would just drive the car — via waterways — to my old hometown. It would have to be more convenient than flying, because I wouldn’t have to deal with lost luggage (as previously reported).