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Old 06-14-04, 10:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Channel Crossing Car
Richard Branson (founder of the Virgin Group) set a record of less than two hours for crossing the English Channel in a car.

He did this in an Aquada, an amphibious car that costs the same as a new Ford GT ($135,000).

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/14/branson.record.reut/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/3805275.stm
(BBC has a link to a video of the event)
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The Aquada is designed by a Kiwi... and I won't mention the rugby - honest!... Sorry guys, couldn't resist.
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Brian - if you don't mention the rugby, I won't mention the cricket... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Touche! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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