I don’t think I’m the only person who, upon seeing that six-limbed furry creation known as the “foxtaur,” thinks: I bet that motherfucker can drive. Obviously I’m not, as someone has documented their plans to upgrade a Honda Civic Si to be driven by one of those undeniably sexy hybrids between a fox and a taur.
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Nice fantasy of animals driving. There are so many straps to tie the foxtaur down! It actually strangely reminds me of those robots driven by cockroaches.
…that is deeply absurd.
I mean, a Civic is next to useless for drifting! They’re FWD! But he’s got smoke coming from the rear tires! Can we get a little realism, here?
Are foxtaur’s front legs supposed to bend in that direction when laying down? In my experience, they usually tuck the forelegs back. Maybe the pedals need to be moved.
Great title, btw.
It’s been years since I’ve been to an SF convention, but I recall that centaurish creatures were a subset of furry art. Maybe inspired by those John Varley novels set on Saturn’s artificial moon?
I never understood the attraction / fascination.
As for the car, shouldn’t they find a way to take advantage of those two extra feet? Selectively breaking right and left wheels for added control, maybe?
“Maybe inspired by those John Varley novels set on Saturn’s artificial moon?”
I think they are based on the fuxes from Medea, by Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, et al.
http://www.islets.net/collections/medea.html
Yiff in hell…
@Skwid:
Not this Civic:
http://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=730443&page=1&pp=20
!!
p.s. Blarglepnsft… Both the Foxtaur and the LS1 Civic give me the jibbilies.
what purpose does an aerodynamic helmet serve inside a car?
Oh, I remember fuxes. Because each author was free to fill in the details, the stories in the collection had all sorts of slightly different variants on them and the other aliens.
Little known fact:
Frederick Pohl wrote a whole novel (JEM) set on a slightly-changed version of Medea.
Ergonomic, not aerodynamic. More than likely meaning his muzzle would fit in the dang thing compared to a regular human helmet.
hah, i must be blind…
The general concept is called “furgonomics” (see the WikiFur entry).
Once people start thinking about anthro foxes, rabbits and wolves living together, they start wondering how does that actually work.
The obvious issues are how do you wear pants or sit on a chair if you have a tail. Or what does a chair for a taur look like?
The Freefall comic also made the point that the real world would probably be very annoying for an anthro wolf, due to being color blind, and hearing noise humans don’t perceive at all.
A lesser known fact is that improved night vision implies sacrificing vision accuracy, so by human standards dogs need glasses.
Extended frequency hearing range sounds nice, but can actually be annoying. Some people can hear the noise coming from the flyback of a CRT TV. Those people get all the fun of trying to explain to others that they can’t stand this infernal noise nobody else can hear, without getting to hear anything extra that’s valuable.
A society with multiple species would need to compensate for differences in color perception, vision acuity, smell, sound perception and body shape, which would affect large percentages of the population.
yiff in hell furfag
you can drift your ass off in a fwd car – just do it in reverse and go nuts.
btw – are you frkn serious? yes, you.
DCulberson, that Civette is a hoot.
Lonin, Anonymous.
take it outside.
noone wants to see that ugliness.