posted by robadr
The modern version of the Reeves Octoauto:
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: A Rare BMW Eight Wheeler Caught by Google in Lisbon
– Posted on August 29, 2020
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posted by robadr
The modern version of the Reeves Octoauto:
Thunderbirds are GO!
After looking at it for a minute, my brain started to try and reconcile the images and my eyes got all wonky.
This is real (looks like bad Photoshop)? I kinda understand the love of dubs, but really . . .
It’s neither real, nor a Photoshop.
The Google Street View cameras caught it in two positions, and the algorithm that merges the images got confused.
You see it sometimes with pedestrians on Street View, where two identical people appear to be walking a few inches apart, and you can tell from the pixelation and image artifacts that it’s not a case of identically dressed adult identical twins.
Not real, sometimes objects picked up by the Google Maps cameras on the edges of the frame are doubled or distort into the next frame. This is an ordinary BMW cut between two snapshots.
Must be a bitch getting in the back with those tiny doors!
These were available as cabriolets too:
Tyrrell is back with an even better idea!
Neat find, these bloopers are amusing.
With the styling direction BMW has been going I thought this could have been real