Comments on: Jet-Powered VW Beetle

Jet-Powered VW Beetle

drezdn — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:56:15 -0800

The Beetle was chosen because it looks cool with the jet and it shows it off well. [link via Make Blog (with photos)]

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:00:51 -0800

death by photobucket :(

By: hwestiii

hwestiii — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:02:16 -0800

It apparently shows off well anywhere but PhotoBucket. I only saw two pictures at Make.

By: soiled cowboy

soiled cowboy — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:11:41 -0800

Wow. Can that thing really be street legal?

By: rob511

rob511 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:16:27 -0800

We've all seen clear-cut examples of automotive sublimation (menopausal dudes in 'Vettes, for example), but why would you want your Bug to look like it had been buggered?!

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:17:09 -0800

Unlike Monster Garage's Celica JetCar, the rear bumper of the Beetle's less likely to ignite.

By: toftflin

toftflin — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:21:42 -0800

Any idea what the top speed of this would be?

By: sled

sled — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:27:38 -0800

His poor wife, that scooter can't be...

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:35:08 -0800

If this is legal, it's ok for me to mount a flamethrower on a car as well, right?

By: uni verse

uni verse — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:49:24 -0800

a good picture

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:53:59 -0800

"If this is legal, it's ok for me to mount a flamethrower on a car as well, right?" Isn't that what this is?

By: redteam

redteam — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:09:50 -0800

Wow, there is an amazing collection of astoundingly idiotic posts that techeblog link. Thank you very much for the link, uni verse. It has all the pictures I wanted to see. But man, what fools!

By: wilful

wilful — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:07:25 -0800

There's two types of legal - legal because something shouldn't be disallowed, and legal because nobody should be stupid enough to think it up so the law doesn't bother. This is definitely the second category. 'Course, in my State there are catch-all laws just to cover the reall idiots.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:09:02 -0800

How long will it take for VW to unpimp this beetle?

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:38:13 -0800

Is this another one of those meme things?

By: TedW

TedW — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:38:28 -0800

No story about cars powered by external combustion engines would be complete without this classic link.

By: TedW

TedW — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:50:39 -0800

You'll never hear someone tell a story about a guy in a rocket-powered K-car or a Volkswagen Beetle. It has to be a car that deserves to have a rocket attached to it. From the above link.

By: IshmaelGraves

IshmaelGraves — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:39:06 -0800

Finally, someone has attached an obscenely overpowered jet engine to a mundane vehicle and included an afterburner! All over the net there are sites put up by people who've attached jet engines to scooters, skateboards, go-carts, etc., with no afterburners. Which is just stupid. I mean, what the hell is the point of strapping a gratuitous jet engine onto some arbitrary and unlikely mode of transportation if it isn't going to spew gouts of flaming death in its wake? Come on, people.

By: JB71

JB71 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:45:30 -0800

I'll bet HE doesn't have any problem with tailgaters!

By: knave

knave — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:09:04 -0800

Yes, I like MR2s.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:57:01 -0800

(The original jet-powered beetle.)

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:54:01 -0800

This makes me weep for the lost creativity and effort. (And for the children.)

By: veedubya

veedubya — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:13:38 -0800

What a monstrosity. And that's just my opinion of the new Beetle before its had the jet engine fitted. I vaguely recall reading about something similar being done to a Type 2. That'd be a white-knuckler. On a related note, that urban myth from the Darwin Awards, about the car embedded in a cliff, could now actually become a reality.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:37:15 -0800

Metafilter: spewing gouts of flaming death in its wake

By: me & my monkey

me & my monkey — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:33:28 -0800

why would you want your Bug to look like it had been buggered?! As a New Beetle owner and enthusiast, and a guy who likes anal sex in all its infinite variety, I find this very appealing.

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:48:48 -0800

So the intake for the jet engine is inside the car? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:52:18 -0800

So the intake for the jet engine is inside the car? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. The driver blows really hard into it.