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| Auto geek hits highway for surreptitious runs in jet-powered VW |
| 2006-05-02 |
| I want one... It's a perfectly street-legal VW, too, with current California registration and smog-approved gas-burning front engine made by Volkswagen. It's just this humongous big thing projecting 23 inches rearward from the hatchback that makes it different from any other bug. The "thing" is what Patrick describes as "essentially a baby Lear jet engine, a couple steps down from the engine on an F4 Phantom." "The presidential chopper has two of these engines," Patrick said the other day at his office in Sunnyvale. "It's the one that lands at the White House and you see the president come out and the little dog running around." So let's dispense, right here, on the why of this project -- why did he spend a quarter of a million dollars to build a car whose major attribute (the jet engine) cannot be legally used on a public highway? "The purpose of this car is to have fun and be stupid," he says with a laugh. "This is entertainment. It's a toy, a toy for silly boys." Rest at the link. Video too... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 Ima waiting, do better than the Camaro-Jato man. |
| Posted by: Darwin 2006-05-02 19:19 |