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  1. 10-05-2015, 09:29 PM #1
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    Default 2017 Spyder?? Slingshot protype?

    Was in Vegas last week and saw this dead along side the road near Red Rock.
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  2. 10-05-2015, 09:43 PM #2
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    How do you know it was dead? Could be the passengers were just taking a hike....
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    Quote Originally Posted by BajaRon View Post
    How do you know it was dead? Could be the passengers were just taking a hike....
    Yeah, they could have, but it wasn't near any trail heads.
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    Thanks for finding it for me
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    I saw 8 of these together like a month ago. It's some tour company here in town that does 4 hour tours through red rock.
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    They rent them at Bikes Blues & BBQ in Fayetteville, battery operated


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    Default Cute..!!

    they rent them here in San Diego but in yellow...
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    This is a pretty common vehicle for rental at various tourist locations around the country - in many colors
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    Default You Can RENT them

    Tourists have been renting them in San Francisco to go around the city for
    several years.... you can rent them at Fisherman's Wharf Pier 39
    I have seen them being hauled back to the rental agency lots of times
    out of gas? out of ??? who knows I would rather take the cable cars
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    Quote Originally Posted by GOZFST View Post
    Was in Vegas last week and saw this dead along side the road near Red Rock.
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  10. 10-06-2015, 06:55 AM #10
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    If it was dead; it must have been a mercy killing...


    They're available for rent in Lake George, NY also...
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    Not a slingshot.

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    Maybe they left it there hoping someone would steal it.
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    I rented one of them about 2 years ago when i went to the Keys.Talk about slow.Had it about 15 min Returned it got my money back.Thought i was going to get run over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterP View Post
    Maybe they left it there hoping someone would steal it.
    That would be proof as to just how stupid, the criminal element is!
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    Saw those in Panama City Beach, Fla for tourists to rent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GOZFST View Post
    Was in Vegas last week and saw this dead along side the road near Red Rock.

    It looks like a kiddie car. May be the peddles are broken.

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    They're battery powered. There are tons of them around the beaches in this area and in Key West. They go maybe 20 mph.
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