>Rear engine
>Rear Wheel Drive
>Lightweight
>Cheap parts
>Manual only (until 1961)
>Designed to cruise the Autobahn
Is the Beetle, dare I say it, /ourcar/ ?
>>17860620
It triggers some kikes. So yeah, /ourcar/
>>17860620
>Manual only (until 1961)
You don't deserve to own one.
Oh, i forgot,
>cute twingo-like eyes
>>17860620
VW literally translates to /ourcar/
Pure genius.
>>17860644
shhhh cuz there are the vicious VAGhaters in /o/
>>17860653
I was surprised how many VWs there were when I took a trip to South America recently, including old beetles and hippie buses. They must really be doing something wrong in the US market.
>>17860667
I think they only recently stopped making the original beetle in south america.
Its typically a neglected market by the other auto companies as the cars need to be vastly cheaper than other markets, so I can see why legacy VWs would be so popular.
Shitloads of tooling available for cheap from wealthier countries, and south americans love germans
>>17860686
There were also a yuge number of these little VW pickemup trucks as well. They looked rather well made and capable of dealing with not always having roads.
Although in that case I can understand why the US truck market would cockblock those out one way or another, similar to the Hilux.
Should I do it? It may not look like an original Beetle but it's much lighter and I would only drive it on summer weekens anyway. Parts are cheap and it has the easiest engine to work on. A friend of mine has a Beetle and he bought a whole new engine for like €300
>>17860714
On a second look, this one has is swapped with the 2.0 from the hippie bus but there's plenty of offers
>>17860698
Those VW pickups are worth fat money in the states nowdays. I know a guy who has a 4 door long bed version, its so fucking cool
>>17860714
Fuck yeah dude, coolest summer cruiser possible. plus, it can kinda offroad.
>>17860620
was nicknamed "hitlers revenge" so no.
>>17860729
>plus, it can kinda offroad.
Not sure about this. The Netherlands is entirely flat so the only place to offroad is the dunes but that's probably illegal. Some of the buggies are a little bit flatter so they might work better on the road
I'm very curious to see how it would drive
The main reason I haven't yet bought one is that I can't store it. I live in an apartment on the third floor with park spaces in the street. I might look into hiring a garagebox somewhere
>>17860714
Are you a surfer blonde boy?
If so, grab it. You will get an ultimate chick magnet.
>Aryan surfer boy and VW dune buggy... it's a schöne sache
>>17860667
>They must really be doing something wrong in the US market
Yeah they don't have a V8 in 'em
>>17860620
>now faggots will rush and buy up beetles
>inflating the cost and making donor cars scarce
thanks /o/
>>17860686
Beetle production ended in Mexico July 2003 (2004 model year)
Bus (called Kombi) production ended in Brazil in 2013 (converted to water cooled by then)
>>17860620
>Rear engine
>Rear Wheel Drive
>Lightweight
>Cheap parts
>Manual only
>Designed to cruise the Autostrada
Plus
>Not a shitty Hitlermobile/hippy car
>Reasonably priced
>>17863395
>Designed to cruise the Autostrada
lol bet your boipucci on that one mate
funny enough I have only seem these craps up to poland (no bully)
it really is, but fuck superbeetles
>normal bug you have chassis and the body work
>you can actually drive just the chassis
>superbug have this retarded front suspension
>if this shit gets rusted, you're dead and so your average nazi german vehicle/poor's man porsche
>boombers go "nuffin wrong with it plus it's more comfortable"
>>17863395
I remember that car. My friend hate it with a passion because he spent a lot of time in shop due to that car. It has the characteristics of Italian. Mamma mia, what a disaster!
>>17860620
>Is the Beetle, dare I say it, /ourcar/ ?
yes because
>instant brownie points for owning one 0 effort required
>rolls over when you turn so you can never learn to drive, saving you from a lot of embarassment
>doesn't go fast so nobody drag races you, saving you from embarassment
it's the perfect /o/tist car, you are no longer a busrider yet you can still benchrace based off wikipedia articles.
>>17860620
My parents have a '63 with a custom engine and a bunch of other modifications, I can't say much more about it but it's really fun to drive. On the 'slow car fast' scale I'd actually consider it more fun to drive than a Miata, and with all the upgraded parts in there I'd actually say it *is* quicker than the Miata I own