Reader’s Ride of the Week: FrankenBeetle

Ed
By Ed Higginbotham
Jan 2, 2017 | Volkswagen

It has a Porsche suspension, a turbocharged Subaru engine and a Volkswagen Beetle’s appearance. Spydrb8‘s autocrossing Super Beetle makes 240 horsepower and weighs in at under 2000 pounds.

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jstein77
jstein77 UltraDork
1/2/17 2:18 p.m.

I love that!

manydubs
manydubs New Reader
1/4/17 10:57 a.m.

Nice use for a fat girl!

Kreb
Kreb GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
1/4/17 12:25 p.m.
manydubs wrote: Nice use for a fat girl!

A guy near me was trying in vain to sell his veedub for months with the headline something like "Nice fat girl". I suggested that he use something a little less likely to turn off potential buyers as his tag line. His response was "but that's what they're called!". Yeah, but you're marketing to more than purists, right?

bigben
bigben New Reader
1/6/17 12:40 a.m.

There are more Axis of evil bugs out there tearing up the cones, with plenty of Porsche and Subaru parts. I don't know if this link will work, but here's a pic of another awsome one. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=3bc00aebef&view=fimg&th=128071a8581ba63a&attid=0.4&disp=inline&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ_sKM96Ta_DRRM2lDrTP7RlMkX1STiJh4PbPzNwbH_vsgP-7dSm_F5ZKcokhmpB6DpalqgvEAcweFRtYtaP388hXLla0TlXN3sNFbwQa19kNIu9aW85gG8ttkA&ats=1483683284391&rm=128071a8581ba63a&zw&sz=w1280-h699

914Driver
914Driver GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/6/17 7:22 a.m.

Ben, click on the camera icon above the smiley faces and paste your jpg in the box. Your pic didn't work.

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