1911 Overland OctoAuto
1911 Overland OctoAuto
More wheels equal a smoother ride, right? That was designer Milton Reevesās logic when he introduced the 20-foot-long Overland OctoAuto. He also thought using eight tires would allow each one to last longer. Customers didnāt buy it. Reeves displayed the OctoAuto at the very first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. He received exactly zero orders.
I wondering how did it steer? Did all 4 front tires steer?
I wondering how did it steer? Did all 4 front tires steer?
Cool car! I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!
Eek! Spider! (Actually spiders are cool so yay octocar!)
SOMEBODY BUY ONE SO I CAN “Fix” IT!!!
Best. Car. EVAR!!!
OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
are you crazy mr.reeves? more wheels does not mean a smoother ride!!!
if you dissagree with mr re, high five
Wait… I see his logic. Let’s say one wheel fell off. The car would still work because there are still 7 wheels holding it up.(Plus, 7 is a lucky number, so the car’s owner might have good luck.) In fact, this car could withstand the middle 4 wheels off because 4 wheels would still be holding it up.
I take that back! What everyone says about this trash is true! More wheels = more ugly, more squeak, morgageing your house, and my logic, A BETTER CHANCE OF TIPPING OVER!!!!!!!!
Mikey, you COULD just park it by the building you’re at, but I don’t think that’s a very good idea. Someone could steal it.
parking a 20 foot car by a building? i think not!and more wheels means more wheels go over a bump!
or get military car
What, four wheels wasn’t enough already, Mr. Reeves?
Nice car!! What’s it’s performance stats?
top speed: 30mph
horsepower: 20
0-60mph: N/A
i want that car
How old was this guy when he graduated pre-school?!
hahahahahahahahaha
hate it
So is this what spider man would drive on a count of the eight tires. So is this the spider mobile?
its not that bad. but… it is huge…
Congratulations!!!! Mr. Milton Reeves, you failed
There’s another problum more wheels=more sqeak!
how did it perform? Just because nobody bought dosen’t mean it was a bad car. From the information that is given, the only thing that we can understand is that people didn’t like it. There is nothing stating how well the car performed.
That’s true. It never says anything about the cars performance.
it doesn’t matter!
(a) to hard to park.
(b) you’d have to mortgage your house to get new tires.
eeewwwww! this sucks! i cant look any more!
sum1 get mii a barf bucket
Why would he think that more wheels would equal a smoother ride? More like an uglier ride!!!
Reminds me of a train.
me too
it kind of does
Why the heck would more tires make the ride smoother or last longer?
HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:(
ageed
i mean agreed
messed up
SOO FRESHH
thats pretty cool yet messed up
UGLY & SOOOOOOOOO AWFUL!!!!!!
that would be so asome to ride!!