"WaterCar" - Amphibious power boat

Just adding this WaterCar post for future reference.
If you have a spare $150k, you can get a great day out on sheltered waters, and you can drive it straight to the Ramp from your home.



WaterCar ™ The World's First Street-Legal Boat https://www.watercar.com/#learn-more

 

This might be ok in fresh water, but I don't think that this water car will be very happy if it is introduced to a salt water environment, no matter how well it is washed down afterwards.

 

If you look at the specs in their website, Its made out of marine grade aluminium. They give a 5 year warranty on the hull

 

The yearly insurance premium would hurt; the maintenance bill would hurt; but that jeep looking thing could scare the crap out of some unawares people, ha. I'd make a floating trailer to keep fishing folk out the back, no bait stink, squid ink, slime or scales in the car. Also a floating caravan/houseboat could be nice. A floating cruising bus would be better - longer WLL.

 

I am sure that the 'hull' would be fine - but I would be concerned about all the other bits like the steering, suspension, hydraulics perhaps, re the effect that the salt water will have?
As Seasquirt notes above, it will require a lot of maintenance.

 

Huh? That "JEEP" looking thing is NOT the product. If you actually watch the video, its just a comparative object.
The BIG picture is the actual craft.

 

Same deal with the boat looking thing, sans houseboat/caravan. As a kid I liked the idea of an ex army - army duck. But way expensive and cumbersome. Several VW Beetles have been marinised, not all successfully.

 

Google splashtours Rotterdam or Wasserbus Hamburg

 

Australian crocodile tour bus; a bit more room to relax, party, fish, etc. Not likely to become common though. Maintenance $ !

 

A rather misleading advertising as the first road legal boat. There have been many through the years, starting in the early 1800s with a steam power car propelled by a paddle wheel. WWII saw the development of more practical amphibious vehicles.

 

True. With a top speed of 25mph, you wouldn't want to go on any major road. Driving 100 metres or so to where your car is parked from a busy ramp could be handy though,
I find the "no trailer" option very attractive

 

Technology is developing faster than law. Quads are agricultural tractors, etc.
Mr. Gibbs story should be interesting .