This may be heresy, but I’m hoping some day you can buy an electric car where you get a standard, two seater compartment (for safety and controls) that you can add classically styled body panels onto like the Karmann Ghia.

Well, no, NOT REALLY a ‘74 Super Beetle under the skin — KG’s carried over the torsion bar front suspension from the standard Beetle. Engine should be the same as the SB, however. So, partial credit.

Did you stroke out writing the title?

They are gorgeous cars. Sadly 36 hp out of a squeaky air cooled 4 pot making one of these be achingly slow despite a body that screams bottomless speed will quickly get very very old.

Hot Take: The VW-Porsche 914 was better.

i will never understand people that buy cars to not drive them..... theres only so much looking at a car i can do before i get bored.. i’ll never get bored of driving them (well... some cars i might...)

Well if I had money, tell you what I’d do, I’d not go to Doug’s and buy a Mercury for forty two.
You’d have to be crazy ‘bout that Mercury.
Lord, Doug’s crazy bout his Mercury.

The last press car Orlove drove?

This is extremely vehicle specific.

(I’m not joking, let’s talk numbers)

Before I bid I’ll need to know the mileage, CARFAX, and whether or not it’s a clear/rebuilt/salvage title. Tires are probably a little old and will need replacement along with a brake and coolant flush. I’m going to take those figures right off the top. It needs to have the owner’s manual and tools that came with it…

There are skid marks in front of the dead body.

I know you’re joking, but I don’t have enough family members to cover the price of this.

Can we get NSFW warnings for posts like this? When I first got that glance at her undercarriage I got a little hot under the collar. Then she went ahead and flipped open her front and back, showed off that amazing switch set and one of a kind seat. Now I’m walking around with an uncomfortable feeling in my pants and…

why are you still here and not trying to figure out how many family members you need to trade in for this thing?

I’m wondering how much of my body I’d have to put on the black market to afford the price.

In one word........................AWESOME!

i’m looking at those seats trying to figure out how much of my ass I’d have to have surgically removed to fit into one.

You’re missing one of the key perks of owning a private automobile. Spontaneity. If I have to plan around when and where to fuel, be beholden to a schedule, and constantly be mindful of range, I may as well just take a cab, train, or bus.