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    Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message

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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    01/22/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    Needs rear wheel spats for the full Forest Whittaker
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    Image of GTI_MK5 GTI_MK5
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    when i was in high school we had some company show up with 3 Beetles that were set up to give you the impression of being drunk behind the wheel. The wind shield had a film over it that made it blurry and hard to see. we put on gloves (i assume to dampen our sense of touch) and the gas and brake had a rubber thing on it make it hard to feel the pedal. then they set up a basic course. some turns here and there, a slalom and some quick braking maneuvers. we lost time for each cone we hit...needless to say by my senior year of high school i had a season and half of autocross under my belt. The instructor in my car nearly shit his pants after my run. i had the FTD and no cones. i won a gift card to the local pizza joint. It was a great day for the skinny nerd that couldnt play football to save his life.
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    Image of GTI_MK5 GTI_MK5
    01/21/09

    @GTI_MK5:


    and to this day, people that dont even know my name refer to me as "the kid that put the drunk bug on 3 wheels"

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/21/09

    @GTI_MK5: You're my new hero.
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    Image of Mirco Rehmeier Mirco Rehmeier
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    The whole anti drinking campaign is called "Don't drink and drive" since 1993. And it's in English because they wanted to target people of the age between 18 and 25. It just sounds better in English than in German
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/21/09

    @Mirco Rehmeier: Recently got back from Germany and in the urban areas, everyone seems to speak excellent English. So the English is not so surprising as why they picked googly eyes. Do they light up? Do people directly in front of or behind the car get no message? That's a waste of space.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    You mean "Anglophones."
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    Image of Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    The eyes need to have half-closed eyelids. Who has ever seen a wide googly-eyed drunk without eyelids?? FAIL
    Looks more like of a horror film promo.
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    Image of Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
    01/21/09

    @Sportwagons have hustle AND bustle: Or maybe one of the eye should be blackened?
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/21/09

    @Sportwagons have hustle AND bustle: and out of focus
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    jesus, imagine seeing that driving past you at 15 miles an hour while you are driving down the road. now imagine the effect of those googly eyes. something tells me that would cause a lot more accidents then it will reduce
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    I wish they were "floater" wheel covers. That'd be kinda freaky driving another car and having this thing "watching" you as you pass by.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    Don't drink and buy buy hubcaps, either.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/21/09

    @FromaBuick6: Or drink and post snarky comments. Dammit.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    I can't wait to see the breast cancer awareness ones.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/21/09

    @Ash78: three words


    fuck-ing-awesome

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/21/09

    @Ash78: I need a handy screen wipe dispenser for comments like this
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    01/21/09

    @Ash78: I assume that it would be based on the same car.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/21/09

    @tiberiuswise: Yes, they could just swap out the eyes for the boobs. That way we'll know right where to look.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    That's the first New Bettle that I thought actually looked cool. BTW, how old is that body style now?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/21/09

    @maximum-sienna: The negativity will continue until morale i...: 1998 model year. They've been pretty damn good since about the '01 model year; my mother's is particularly good aside from its tendency to go through bulbs.


    The awful run-through-giant-saws refresh came in '06.

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    Image of bobwilson1977 bobwilson1977
    01/21/09

    @FluffyPushbroom:

    Well... My Mother in Law has a 03' Jetta TDI wagon- one of the "good" ones made in Germany. Even though its newer, it too is constantly plagued with problems. The dash lights routinely flicker and go out at night. The clutch has given up the ghost twice. Mysterious warning signals like engine temp and the battery indicator come on and off almost non-stop. Basically, its no different than the majority of the German cars I've been around: Full of weird electrical and mechanical gremlins.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/21/09

    @bobwilson1977: Our Beetle is Mexican, of course. 101k miles on the original (stiff) clutch, only the occasional CEL, and the only time the temp light's come on incorrectly was due to a coolant bubble. The headlights do occasionally dim for a fraction of a second, but it's not all that frequent.


    I think the car likes us, as weird as it sounds.

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    Image of dfwguy dfwguy
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    Don't Drink and Drive....You might spill your drink!
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/21/09

    @dfwguy: And that would be alcohol abuse
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    01/21/09

    In reply to Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message
    This makes me want to get very drunk to forget I ever saw this.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/21/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Actually it makes me want to get drunk and see it again
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/25/08

    In reply to 2010 VW Beetle
    RWD. Lightweight. Simple. Inexpensive. Innovative drivetrain (think plug-in electric, free-piston, six-stroke, diesel/petrol combo, etc., etc.).


    This won't happen, and with a car like the TDI Golf in existence, the Beetle is really redundant anyway. Consign it to history.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/25/08

    In reply to 2010 VW Beetle
    Holy shit, no.


    Of course, I think they should have killed it after 2005 instead of leaving us with a wheezy, inefficient car that appears to have driven between two giant sawblades.


    (Disclaimer: I heart our '01.)

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/25/08

    In reply to 2010 VW Beetle
    I think we've met the winner for a future "10 Biggest Automotive Turkeys of All Time."


    Damn it's ugly. I like that it was cute, but I hate having to say that the Beetle WAS cute. Can't it continue to be cute? This thing looks like the larval form of a 50s Fiat Multipla.

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