… and only previous owner of my baby. I’ve decided to call her Big Ella. My family has always named their cars (Bessie, The Big Blue Beast, The Tank, etc.) and I have named a few of my cars. Years ago I had a 1982 Accord which I named VaRhonda the Honda. Later I had a 1978 VW Super Beetle convertible I …
I’ve always loved Mustangs. And now I have one. I’ll always remember the black with rust damage on the lower parts of the body of the 1967 Mustang my brother had when I was growing up. He was always, like me, looking for the odd deal that stood out to him, not anyone else. This ‘67 was pretty …
… person’s analogy about race horses. He said that you can put a mule in a race horse stall but it doesn’t make him a race horse, likewise you can sit in your garage but it doesn’t make you a car. Once, I saw a VW bug with a Ferrari car shell. It looked great and I thought it was a fast, sleek …
… the years. All of those treasures are in their own separate box in my closet now, waiting to be let out. On the wall, my Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows poster, looking over my desk. Next to my closet were three other posters. Peas on Earth, A Bug’s Life (a green VW Beetle), and The Beatles Abbey …
… Posts What percent of electric car battery parts are recycled and reused? doubletroublegirl56 asked: I ‘m the they do a project and the need to know what percentage of … What is your opinion of Vegetable Oil fueled vehicles? momof3anglz asked: Just asking. I had a MOD’s his old VW bug and get …
… when you have a character like Justin Long, who’s always there to fix the bug with spare parts from the VW factory? Do the spare parts pose a danger to Herbie’s personality, once he is fitted like a jigsaw from leftovers in the garage? What really makes him tick? I’m not asking for an indept analysis …
… the vehicles we want. We are looking for a Toyota or VW because we want to go to Namibia and those cars have the widest availability of parts. We found a great VW at another dealer, but it is a little pricey and he doesn’t seem very interested in helping us out if we want to sell it back to him. Cape Town …
… coding, ajax, api keys and plugins. It has been overwhelming. I thought back to when I bought my first car, a light blue 1964 VW Bug with a manual transmission. I’d never driven a stick before, but had no hesitation about making the purchase. I was simply faced with something I hadn’t yet learned …
… of metal flying out of the crankcase- you know, the kind you get with a hopped-up VW engine. Mostly you see Porsche 914s, VW Transporters, and maybe the occasional Baja Bug with the Subie treatment, but how about a daily-driver Beetle with the 220+ horsepower engine out of a WRX? Let’s see …
… out but crumpled metal doesn’t liek When I was a little kid living on UW campus, the first serious accident I ever saw (and possibly the first dead body) involved some Detroit behemoth and a VW Bug. That was not a David and Goliath story: the Bug looked like a crushed beer can and the guy …
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