The Urban Snail is a gigantic mechanical snail on wheels that rolls along vacuuming the sidewalks and using what it vacuums for fuel. It never stops but it moves slowly. If you're not particularly in a hurry, hop on. Route maps can be found in the saddlebags.-- Spacecoyote, Dec 17 2008 Tarkus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TarkusJust made me think of this. [zen_tom, Dec 17 2008] Inspiration http://www.metro.co...56464&in_page_id=34 [Spacecoyote, Dec 17 2008] (?) Snail Car http://blog.wired.c...ath-strange-dr.htmlAn art car, made from a VW bug. [Spacecoyote, Dec 17 2008] Snail - you mean s-cargo? http://en.wikipedia...wiki/Nissan_S-Cargo [4whom, Dec 17 2008] On a slow train through Arkensaw http://archive.org/...4027252299_djvu.txtMy parents have this book old and crumbling [pashute, Jun 16 2014] " vacuuming the sidewalks and using what it vacuums for fuel "
That's going to make for some ill-scented exhaust fumes.-- normzone, Jun 16 2014 random, halfbakery