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March 4, 2008
Hilarious Video: Subaru Ectomobile
By Jen
Editor
Everyone remembers the iconic Ecto of the Ghostbusters films: that beater ‘59 Cadillac ambulance chasing ghouls all over Manhattan, bawling out of its old-school siren and taking corners with that tree-mendous body roll. But what would modern-day ghostbusters drive? A compact wagon would make sense, and modern AWD would definitely come in handy. Hey, how about a Subaru Outback? That’s exactly what these guys did with their Subie, and the whole hilarious story is documented in this thread on NASIOC. The "ECTO-1K" has functional lightbars and the correct 60’s-style wailing siren, features that the guys found handy during their snow-rescue work this winter—mostly "an excuse to run the lights on a public road, woo." Other highlights include the Ecto’s appearance at the StarFest sci-fi convention, and this video of the car set to music, which is pretty much the most hysterical thing I’ve seen all day. Enjoy!
Via AutoMotto
Comments
Heidi
Mar 6, 2008 at 6:34 am
My friends were at that car show where that picture was taken… they said having to hear the ghostbusters theme over and over all day long was the most annoying thing ever experienced in their lives, haha.
gtwildfire
Mar 5, 2008 at 1:15 am
The Ecto-1 didn’t have an old style siren. it was a rather odd wirrr wirrr siren. back in ‘59 sirens were y’know… sirens, scaled-down versions of what are on firetrucks.
kap0w
Mar 4, 2008 at 11:13 pm
That’s just bad ass – the video with the lights through the fog totally looks the part.
Highspeedhijinks
Mar 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm
The gas crunch is hurting everyone