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Title: Something for those wanting to avoid train delays Post by: ChrisB on July 02, 2015, 09:31:14 Your own personal runabout..... (http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/mercedes-stays-on-track-by-transforming-a-smart-car-into-a-mini-train-that-can-drive-on-railway-lines-11363989932683)
Title: Re: Something for those wanting to avoid train delays Post by: grahame on July 02, 2015, 18:49:36 Your own personal runabout..... (http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tech-news/mercedes-stays-on-track-by-transforming-a-smart-car-into-a-mini-train-that-can-drive-on-railway-lines-11363989932683) Well - I suppose you're allowed your own personal runabout on the roads to mix with the buses, so why not on the rails ;D ;D Article seems to have generated a whole lot of "not really new" comments .. Title: Re: Something for those wanting to avoid train delays Post by: LiskeardRich on July 02, 2015, 19:53:18 Article seems to have generated a whole lot of "not really new" comments .. Top Gear did it with a Jaguar coupe and a Audi A8 a few years ago, so those comments do have a point. https://youtu.be/mkpCzp0CmjY Title: Re: Something for those wanting to avoid train delays Post by: JayMac on July 02, 2015, 20:46:04 Wasn't it an Audi S8?
Title: Re: Something for those wanting to avoid train delays Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 02, 2015, 21:56:18 It's been tried before: see also http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=10212.0 ;) :D ;D
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