So this morning, my buddies over at That Will Buff Out sent me a link to the scariest product I’ve ever seen for a car. Now it wasn’t so bad when it was a kludge:
Submitted By: Arcan 3
This questionable product has spawned an incredible number of hilarious customer submitted images and comments the likes of which have not been seen since the Three Wolf Moon t shirt. Check out the full story here.
Favorite Comment: Fixer DLZ says, “Chat log: “omg i just got pulled over. let me point the webcam out the window so you can see the cop lol lol”
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First post!
But really?
now its easier to flushdns this network…
I would steer clear of this product.
safty? whats that?
OMG!
AHAHAHA! Followed the link to the Amazon page and looked at the user-supplied photos!
I like this solution even better http://modernoffice.stores.yahoo.net/aurowst.html now i can print, talk on my cell and read geekologie while driving
I definitely need this. I really appreciate the possibility to cook some yummy meal on my portable camping stove while driving.
You’re way behind Horst. My brother cooked his food on his road trip back in the late 60′s. then there was a cookbook later called Manifold Destiny–how to time the stuff you had cooking under your hood while you drove. Personally we’ve cooked meals in the car by hooking up the slow cooker to the ???..thingy where you’d plug in headphones I think. Arrive at the potluck 250 miles away with a perfectly cooked Jambalaya!
There’s a cookbook for cooking on your manifold? All this time I thought my neighbor was just some kind of cooking genius. I’m a little disappointed now.
you plugged your headphones into the power outlet? could explain why youve been going through so many pairs of headphones…
that’ll be $800 .wheel around for your fail please.
Great for people stuck in traffic!
It’s a good thing most non-book/DVD Amazon.com offerings aren’t available in Canada. Here in Ontario, it’s illegal to have TVs/laptops/etc. positioned so that the driver can see them.
it’s illegal most places here in the states, too!
Unfortunately, it’s not illegal to be a total moron.
It’s also illegal in Ontario California!
Illegal unless you’re a cop ( OPP )
Police have laptops in their cars. Don’t see how either of those are unsafe. Of course, if you use a laptop while driving, you’re an idiot. There are, however, many people who would need to use their laptop WHILE STOPPED in their car.
Except police installations are more like the kludge, they are to be accessed from either seat while looking to the side. This setup is, while definitely INTENDED to be used while stationary, far more usable while driving. There’s a difference between what you’re SUPPOSED to do with it, and what people ACTUALLY do with it.
EMPHASIS
Are you kidding? I see officers driving down the road, in traffic, or at night, running license plates with their laptops all the time. They could be bumper to bumper or going 85mi/hr and still using those things.
now we can use the keyboard arrows to drive!
Plumbers and velcro, scary combination. They forgot to intall the p-trap.
Front-seat laptop stands are routinely installed in police cars. Seriously.
I need one!
Jack never should have left those magical laptop growing beans in his cup holder overnight.
I can actually see a use for this. There have been times when my daily commute included long waits in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I had time to kill. I could have used something like this.
Hold on. Let me get my “Shut Windows Down and Drive” bumper sticker in place.
How about “Visualize using you’r turn signals”
What about “I bet you would drive better with that Laptop up your ass?”
uhhh, have you ever seen a police cruiser? they have laptop stands very similar to this one….this post isn’t that funny…
Now police will have to create an entirely new category – “DWB” – driving while blogging.
Yep the cops use these all the time around here,they are encouraged (read “ordered”) to punch in any license plate number they see just to check for warrants,even if a car is just sitting there doing nothing.They call it “running tags”.Sorta like if you fire a lot of shells you might hit a deer.
Yes, seriously. I can see how it would be very handy while working out of your parked car. Notice how there’s no key in the ignition in Amazon’s photo?
Chat log: “omg i just got pulled over. let me point the webcam out the window so you can see the cop lol lol”
They already do this on Facebook.
Sometimes my wife sits in the car and does work on her laptop before/after driving between classes (while she’s still parked within WiFi range.) Assuming one doesn’t use them *while* driving, these are both good solutions.
I can see how these products could be used in a legitimate, safe way (as Demetrius points out) — used by people like real estate agents or students who may wind up using the car as an office while they are not moving. However, there are plenty of fools who will use them in the, um, non-recommended fashion.
Concerning the original Kludge.
Just lift the laptop and enjoy the convenience of a mobile toilet.
So it looks like Joe the plumber retired from political stuff to pursue his dream as an inventor.
I like how one of the submitted images is the Hindenburg crashing.
Grand Theft Auto anyone?
ought to be able to move alot of data through a pipe that large. TomTom on steroids?
Hmmmm…. Reticulated Pentuim Pipesnake!
Hmmmmm…. Reticulated Pentium Pipesnake.
(I apologise if this posts multiple times, its not showing up on my screen)
OH SHI~
If anyone drives into my car while using this crap, someone better call the police or I’ll kill the bastard with bare hands.
I bet the people who reviewed it as a 5/5 are dead by now…
Aha!!! The pipes are giving me ideas!
This is just silly. Your laptop would fall when you tried to turn!
Duct tape or zipties?
Yes, the police use a setup like this in the cars. They are also purpose built devices that lock in place. Most departments don’t need the officer to manually input plate numbers, they have the dash-cam scanning upwards to 100 plates at any moment.
How to ensure that both your car and your computer will crash at the same time.
^ Very nice. Incidentally I saw this first at ThatWillBuffOut as they said.
You all know you’d rather have the PS2 controller from MIIB though.
Now all I need is an Easy Bake Oven in the front and I’m set.
The point of putting up the link to that Amazon “car laptop shelf” product is to read the remarks and look at the photos posted by “users.” It is side-splittingly funny. This listing has been a running gag at Amazon for almost a year, and though occasionally someone comes along and doesn’t get the tongue-in-cheek tone, they’re rare. I think people who are already fans of Epic Kludge will more than get the absurdity of the contributions. Take a little time and read the remarks all the way through, and find the links to photos. It’s great.
I love this, but what I love more is that they took the time to paint the PVC pipe to match the interior.
similarly frightening product:
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=69752656&c=
Reminds me of those T.A.C(road safety campaign) ads on Australian tv.
“If you fap and drive you’re a bloody wanker”
Once Windows crashes, you’ll never wind it back up again.
Don’t Facebook, face road!
The customer reviews on Amazon are a treasure trove of unbelievable hilarity. My personal favorite is the guy who said he likes to have a place to set his laptop so he can email the highway patrol if he sees someone using a cellphone while driving.
SUP DAWG, WE HEARD YOU LIKE COMPUTERS, SO WE PUT LAPTOP IN YO CAR SO YOU CAN WRITE E-MAILS WHILE YOU DRIVE.
One second Stacey, I have to make a tuuuuuurrrrnnn!!!!
Honestly, I would have prefer the one from amazon.
uhh did anyone notice that there is a whole DESK for your car, including a printer stand? work from home for people who live in their cars?
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What happens during a crash dump?
…well, im never driving again