You can visit a Tupolev at the Technik Museum Sinsheim in Germany and climb up inside of it.

I drove one, too. Sitting on the battery was not inspiring. Driving about 80kph around the campus at work was more terrifying to everyone else than it was to me.

Yes to all of this. From one of the other VW peeps in Detroit.

My son’s MR2 is about to get hacked. I think Ima use Europe’s Final Countdown, though. He’s going to kill me. hahahahahahaha

This. 1000000% this.

In Germany, when you buy a car, you option it out of a book. If you pick one thing, like basic navigation, they will have to install quite a bit of hardware to support it, most of which you have not optioned in. Then it is a simple matter of recoding the whole modular mess with a good ODBII tool to get all of that…

Proud single cylinder motorbike rider here. I‘ve wondered about the extra cylinders for some time now.

Oh lordy... A place call Recycled Bugs in Lapeer (I think), MI. I needed a cam shield for my old Rabbit Convertible. EN motor, so any 8-valve part would do. Of course, I am a chick and have a 3YO in a stroller and a sleeping 5YO over my shoulder. First, I wait and wait and wait. Then, I finally get the counter guy’s…

Pretty much.

We had a few. The 68 Mercury Montego MX wagon, the 59 Austin Healey (yes, it was my dad’s daily and took us to school), and then the Colt Vista. There was also Ventura with a 350 and a string of Caravans. The Healey was the centerpiece, though.

Try driving a B5 Passat. It’s the modern luxury version of your Beetle.

My German driver’s license allows me to drive one around, but not operate one. So, both?

If you think that engine noise is the largest part of riding, perhaps you don‘t actually understand riding.

NO! I GET THIS SIDE OF THE BED!

It’s the little teardrop bump bolted on to the roof panel of the GT40.

I was fascinated by the Gurney bubble as a kid. The very idea that they would cut up the car so he could fit, damn!

So you are proposing we all become Spain? Because you are describing Spain. Which is fine, because Spain is nice and very bike-friendly.

Reverse: The World’s Cheapest Car Is Born

1. Cold limp mode power fault. No throttle response (electronic) and low idle.

Rust is a bigger issue that spinny bits. My son has an ‘86 that has horrible skirt rust, but the rest of it is structurally sound and it runs great. And holy shitballs, is it fun to drive. I had no idea. It’s like Mario Cart with real vroomy noises. Banana peels whenever you want them with a quick jab of the right…