Will It Float ??

[aknaten]

well the VW beetle actually advertised it, I remember the ads, very effective.

I used to drive a school bus in rural NW Oklahoma. Not all the creeks had bridges. Some were just paved with concrete with a drainage tube under the top layer. When the water flowed over the top, we used a vertical measuring board to gauge the depth. If it was under a certain mark (1 foot I think) we could drive through and not take the longer route to a bridge. One morning I took the route in my '62 VW Bug and forgot to look at the depth marker. It was deep enough that my wheels left the roadway for a couple of LOOONG seconds and I began to float downstream. My momentum carried me far enough to reach the roadway and I made it through. VW's do float, at least for a bit.

 

[Rickb]

It would be good Elio PR for David Letterman's will it float segment. Lowering an Elio in a huge tank of water.

 

[StuartGrant]

Not if it doesn't float.

 

[LockMD]

Remember the saying..."nobody rides for free"...?

Cash, grass or gas, the rule of the road.

I remember it as....... Gas, Grass, or A$$ nobody rides for free

 

[jdkeats]

well the VW beetle actually advertised it, I remember the ads, very effective.

if only Ted Kennedy had been driving a VW. Who knows what would have happened? Mary Jo still alive? Teddy gets impeached as the first over drunk alcoholic president?

 

[ross]

well the VW beetle actually advertised it, I remember the ads, very effective.

In at least one of their ads they stated 'The Beetle definitely floats but it doesn't float indefinitely'.

 

[wayne kemp]

Will it float?
Not on my list for picking a land vehicle.
On my list for picking a water vehicle.

 

[Jayne Shelby]

You'd have to get your Elio equipped with paddle tires and special sea going intake and exhaust systems. In order to be Coast Guard approved additional lighting will be required in addition to special seating which can be removed for use as a floatation device. All that being said I will just keep my Elio on land.