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more about #bug more comments → Bret: slow clap Love it. Takes me back to my '74 Celica. Damn, I feel a craigslist mission in the works. I always thought that Celica, named "Tom", deser... more » DoctorNine: "..BUT I GOT ZE CRYSTAL BALL!!!..." more » Elhigh: There was planning for a Herbie movie that included a bad guy car called Hector the Hate Bug. Just so you know. Buick wheels, crazy. I'm amazed your h... more » discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice: I think I've found my very own Hubert: [denver.craigslist.org] Man, look at those wikkid rims! The seller says that it runs "very good," it's three ... more » ZZMarcus: ...and then I saw the ZoSo. Murilee, If you made a cologne I would wear it. more » Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: A wonderful and entertaining story from Murilee's youth and his early days of hoonage. And yet, he manages to hold us all at arm's length and maintain... more » UDMan: Murilee, this is the reason why the truly hardcore Jalops tune in. Great story, and one that most anyone else on the web can't duplicate. I hope to he... more » engineerd: Did anyone else get a Earl Hindmanesque vibe from the yearbook picture? All kidding aside, I think Murilee is an older version of me. A better versi... more » discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice: Very cool story, Murilee. I've often said that upholstered interiors are nothing but unnecessary extra weight. BTW, did you photoshop your first name... more » Murilee Martin: Hey, is that a Capri in the background of the Hubert/Herbie yearbook photo? more » TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah: This is like the Herby with a pack of cigarettes under his sleeve. You know it can fuck somebody up. more » bzr: Regarding Beetles: when I was a kid, I saw The Love Bug on TV, the made-for-TV Disney version from 1997. That movie actually managed to give me the he... more » Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.: Great story Murilee. I went to high school here in Michigan at about the same time, and oddly enough my friends looked a lot like yours... more » highmileage: Outstanding story. Brings back my mispent youth full of burning RX-2s, slalom and autocross Celicas and weekends hip-deep in the latest automotive pro... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Murilee, your story's also reminded me of this (ultimately unsuccessful) bank robber I used to know. He was prone to cogitate at length on the sorrow... more » -
#rant
The Car That Started Murilee On His Vehicular Downward Spiral: Hubert The Hatred Bug
Here's a story I've been meaning to tell since I started writing for Jalopnik: how it came to be that I love junkyard-built, low-budget, primered-out heaps so much. You can blame this '58 Volkswagen! More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, San Francisco Edition: Rover 105S, With Bonus Gulf Oil Beetle
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. When was the last time you saw a Rover 105? More » -
#novelties
Vintage VW Bug Gets Turbocharged V8, Probably One Of The Four Horsemen
We're not sure what makes this vintage Volkswagen more terrifying, the turbocharged V8 engine or the unconventional (for a Bug) engine placement. Either way, this car fulfills a few dreams and, likely, a few nightmares. -
#downonthestreet
1969 Volkswagen Beetle, Before And After Mishap
Sometimes months can go by between my photographing of a DOTS car and posting those photographs. Today's car is a good example; I shot the original photos last August, but the island is overflowing with air-cooled Beetles and I have a glut of photos of such cars (yes, Beetle fans, I know I should be posting more of them... and I will, promise). But this particular exposed-engine Beetle, which I'm arbitrarily calling a '69 (though it could be from any year during the 68-72 span), got in some sort of messy collision in the meantime and then moved across town. At first, I thought I was looking at a different car, but checking plate numbers told the whole story. More » -
#momentofzen
And now, for todays moment of Zen...
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