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That's not too far fetched either - I think they use automated three-dimensional stacking systems in Japanese carparks, like a giant vending machineDaiRees wrote:Davies, you're a bad man![/quit]
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There was a good one in the Sunday Telegraph, an ad for a vertical car parking system. Bet that fished a few people in too!
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Yeah I was fished in for a second, but realised that they were basically talking about hanging the car up vertically on the wall, one of those "but all the fluids will run to the front of the....... ahhhhhhhhh" momentsmjb wrote:That's not too far fetched either - I think they use automated three-dimensional stacking systems in Japanese carparks, like a giant vending machineDaiRees wrote:There was a good one in the Sunday Telegraph, an ad for a vertical car parking system. Bet that fished a few people in too!

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Already in use in some new London Apartment developments, see us brits can do cool stuff toomjb wrote:That's not too far fetched either - I think they use automated three-dimensional stacking systems in Japanese carparks, like a giant vending machine

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Already in use in some new London Apartment developments, see us brits can do cool stuff toomjb wrote:That's not too far fetched either - I think they use automated three-dimensional stacking systems in Japanese carparks, like a giant vending machine

Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
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Already in use in some new London Apartment developments, see us brits can do cool stuff toomjb wrote:That's not too far fetched either - I think they use automated three-dimensional stacking systems in Japanese carparks, like a giant vending machine

Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
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