I don’t care how retro they may be, or that VW officially refers to them as the New Beetle, that modern era, front-engine, front wheel drive car will never earn the right to be called a Bug.
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Last Call- Stop Bugging Me Edition
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21 responses to “Last Call- Stop Bugging Me Edition”
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Superbug is resistant to antibiotics.
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There's not much to go on from this angle, but what little is visible of the dash and windshield suggests this is a Beetle, not a Super Beetle.
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Tail lights.
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Nope. I've owned a '74 Beetle and a '77 Beetle, neither a Super, both US-spec. They're the same.
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I don't know why I hate them, because I suppose they are useful on ID'ing the car, but I really HATE license plate brackets that say the year & model of the car.
I really don't know why, it's just a pet peeve. (More so when it's on a '57 Bel Air or '65 Mustang…DUH)-
A year attached to a beetle can be nice. Without it all that a trained(or at least my trained) eye can tell is that it is newer than 1974. 74 through 79 in the US all looked "identical."
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Not related, just putting it here for future reference:
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/45GoAIj.gif">
It'll be relevant for something, someday.-
"WTF?"
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Here, this is for when we get great automotive news like a diesel Miata or shooting brake BRZ or something.
<img src="http://popgoesmyculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bluth-Party.gif">
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First thing I noticed: the "ewwabug" license plate. First thing my wife noticed: the skeleton in the back seat.
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Missed the skeleton, paused at the black doodad over the vents, noticed the license plate.
First thing I thought of after seeing the plate:
<img src="http://unitedreggae.com/userfiles/image/camille/images/eek-a-mouse-most-wanted(1).jpg">
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Single exhaust? It has a catalyst.
Oh, and a little EMPI sticker on the back window.-
The single exhaust indicates fuel injection, not necessarily a catalyst.
This one looks like it has a blanked-off modified dual exhaust under it instead of an original single-exhaust muffler, anyway, so I suspect it's been converted to carburetion.-
Okay, I'm thinking of the ones with the bustle under the engine lid, with the little vertical vents. Wish I could find a picture now.
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Yep, that's clearly not a feature.
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Wait… do you mean the New Beetle or the new Beetle
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Wow, just happened to wear this ball cap to work this morning…
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My favorite VW Beetle vanity plate was "Feature" as in "that's not a bug it's a feature"
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76 Beetles imported to the US were all Super Beetles with Fuel Injection with a single tail pipe. The black vents behind the rear quarter windows I believe started in 1970 and the round tail lights were on all US spec Beetles from 1974 onward. About the only choice in 76 was sedan or convertible, or transmission.
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Not true. "Standard" (actually Deluxe) Beetle sedans were imported through 1977 but Super Beetle sedans weren't imported after 1975. I owned a '77. It was fuel injected with a single tailpipe, but had a "flat" windshield, "flat" dashboard, and torsion-bar front suspension. It was distinctly not a Super. All of the US-market convertibles were Super by then, however.
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The best thing about this posting is that this is my wife's car. And we have seen about a hundred or more people taking pictures behind us while stopped at red lights and such but this is the first pic I've found of it online. And owned 9 beetles is correct.
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