Forum: Community Center


Subject: Badonkadonk

hauksdottir opened this issue on Mar 18, 2005 ยท 10 posts


hauksdottir posted Sat, 19 March 2005 at 4:06 AM

And I suspect that my Volvo not only can take an impact better, but also corner without flipping. However, with something like this you don't worry about impact because the other cars will move out of the way... all except the little old lady from Pasadena who is driving an old Dodge or Chevy with 2 tons of steel at a half-mile-an-hour under the speed limit. ;^) Now someone (mayor or amusement concessioner or whatever enterprise) who lived near a military base which was being closed might consider ordering a double handful of these... cheaper by the dozen? They aren't street legal, so a good chunk of paved private land is needed: bases have a large amount of pavement. Paint them slightly different colors or have battle insignia on them. For "a small fee" customers can whirl them around the arena and blast each other with loud music and flashing lights... maybe even have small canisters of evil-colored smoke to add a hazard and suitable ambience to the course. There are several different sorts of games similar to what players do when online (race, tag, capture, secure). Military communities tend to have gung-ho residents, so a good customer base is there. Instead of sneaking through the underbrush with a paintball gun, one can try to be as intimidating as possible while driving a tank. Let's say that the profit (after gas and maintenance) averaged $500/day each (remember that each of these can seat 5, and $20 for 15 minutes is less than a round of golf), it would only take a couple of weeks in the summer to pay for themselves. Carolly