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Presenting the Volkswagen New Beetle F.1 Mach 1.2 interceptor
2006-05-04
Snip, duplicate from the other day.
Posted by:Mike

#6  "I want to build a missile silo on my front lawn," he said. "It'll have those electric-opening silo doors and I'll have a set of lights for it. Then, at night, I open the silo doors and raise the missile up, with those lights on it."

This guy sounds like the ultimate cross between monster garage and future Darwin nominee. Me wonders if Homeland Security would approve of a Russian missile sitting in a silo in his front yard?
Posted by: BA   2006-05-04 21:54  

#5  Oh no! It was bogus. I was hoping the JATO story was troothy.
Posted by: 6   2006-05-04 16:09  

#4  Didn't someone win a Darwin award for slapping a JATO on an Impala?

Here it is: Jet Assisted Take-Off 1995 Darwin award winner!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-05-04 15:04  

#3  Uh-huh. Light that baby up on the freeway and see where the splatter mark ends up. VW's are unsafe with the stock 47 raging horses, you really don't want to try 1450 hp...
Posted by: mojo   2006-05-04 14:31  

#2  Static test video at link.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-05-04 13:52  

#1  One way to approach tailgating problems on the 101.
Posted by: Cruque Clong1423   2006-05-04 13:36  

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