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beercheck — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:21:11 EST

@25PSI: You've got it upside down.

beercheck

25PSI — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:24:09 EST

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25PSI

25PSI — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:23:45 EST

Bah, this is no a huge deal to me. Why you ask? Simple - cuz we done this. When we just moved to Phoenix, AZ we went to Fry's and brought home 42" Panasonic in the back of my 1.8T Beetle. Some lady at the store with a pickup was offering us to take our TV home for us when she seen us load it at the back of the bug. But we looked at her dingy beatup truck and were like - Thanks a ton, but we got this one. Bug is an awesome car, fits a ton of various shit that has no business fitting in such small car. Here is the pix for your viewing pleasure - [img402.imageshack.us]

25PSI

donjumpsuit — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:35:28 EST

There are three types of people.

A. Stuffing an oversized box into an undersized hatchback and sucking in fumes for 32 miles.

B. Using that same hatchback, removing the TV from the box, fitting it nicely in the back no problems, folding the box and materials, also fitting those nicely in the hatch, and being able to close it.

C. Renting or borrowing an appropriately sized vehicle to make this expensive purchase.

donjumpsuit

mytdawg — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:40:33 EST

We got a early 70's Honda 350 into the trunk of a '68 Nova 2 door once. Mostly into the trunk.

mytdawg

combat chuck — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:19:50 EST

This guy tops 'em all:

combat chuck

SundaySunday — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:08:29 EST

@thatguy01: You speak the truth. I know from my experience, I was once able to fit an 6' Christmas tree. And several times, I was able to fit the entire contents of my college dorm room in that little car.

SundaySunday

dolo54 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:05 EST

I once got an entire king size bed frame stuffed inside my old integra. the long sides went from the back all the way up to the shifter. amazingly everything fit with the hatch closed. that is why I like hatch backs. You can fit a crazy amount of stuff in them.

dolo54

eltonito — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:34:06 EST

@BMRFILE: Cars can be gay? WTF is this, Junior High?

Of course, if you want to play that game I'd say BMW's and SUV's are probably the "gayest of them" all since that seems to be what most of my gay acquaintences own.

FWIW I love my New Beetle. Tis reasonably quick and has amazing headroom (40" of it) which is important for a really tall, big framed straight guy.

eltonito

rognbrow — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:16:46 EST

It would've fitted in the back of my Mercedes A-class no problem

rognbrow

Stoatmaster — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:03:20 EST

Beetle eats TV dinner

Stoatmaster

ecobore — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:55:10 EST

Looks perfectly safe to me! Jeez, I have carried FAR worse!

ecobore

BMRFILE — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:55:36 EST

@charles_barrett: Sorry, a Beetle is chick car. It's so gay even gay guys wouldn't go near it.

BMRFILE

skulldriveshaft — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:56:26 EST

I can't remember why, but I had to move a full sized solid oak desk on the roof of a Pontiac Sunbird - so I did it night, under cover of darkness :]

skulldriveshaft

skulldriveshaft — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:54:50 EST

@rexplex: you sent her down the river?

skulldriveshaft

beercheck — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:29:23 EST

Zen my ass.

@dulcamara: I don't know who you are, or what you're about, but you clearly know where your towel's at.

@Maymar: I once moved a sofa in a Geo Tracker convertible. This is amateur hour at best.

beercheck

Kelly — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:22:21 EST

This can't touch any end-of-month moving day in which '88 Hyundai Excels with king-sized mattresses bungeed to the roof, and held with usually only the driver's left hand, are found bobbing about town.

Kelly

chrismcdowell25 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:23:35 EST

At least they secured it well enough with that string. That item wont be going anywhere.

chrismcdowell25

thatguy01 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:11:14 EST

@SundaySunday: Funny thing, I had a friend who loved his L body Duster for his business because it would swallow absolutely anything he could lift into it by himself. He said he'd get worn out lifting before he could fill it.

thatguy01

nyoh-ohio — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:01:44 EST

having one of these things as a beater for driving/living on campus, if you know what your doing they do have a lot of space in them, i once got a whole 3 person couch in mine, it was a 2 section couch but it is possible, so is having 9 people in them, works well considering my '93 mr2 can hold a loaf of bread at most in the trunk and only one passenger assuming they can get past the door bar on the cage...

nyoh-ohio

nyoh-ohio — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:01:07 EST

having one of these things as a beater for driving/living on campus, if you know what your doing they do have a lot of space in them, i once got a whole 3 person couch in mine, it was a 2 section couch but it is possible, so it having 9 people in them, works well considering my '93 mr2 can hold a loaf of bread at most in the trunk and only one passenger assuming they can get past the door bar on the cage...

nyoh-ohio

Maymar the technophobe — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:42:40 EST

I'm just saying, if this is a moment of zen, frosh week at any dorm at any college must be nirvana^2 (I can't speak for anyone else, but I loaded all my stuff into an Intrepid).

Maymar the technophobe

Bumblebee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:15:16 EST

@FuzzyPlushroom: I think - or at least I hope - the Turbo had cooler wheels.

Bumblebee

Bumblebee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:13:27 EST

@dulcamara: Yeah, obviously no one is enjoying this. You may want to hook up with that dude who made the gay joke a few comments up and go hate somewhere.

Bumblebee

b20a — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:09:31 EST

He could've just taken it out of the box and laid it flat on the dashboard...

b20a

hootjigga — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:25:20 EST

32 miles at 50 mph?
More like 32" wide, 52" diagonally.
I know too much about the tele.

hootjigga

Vipper Of Vipp — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:06:35 EST

OM NOM NOM NOM

(/meme)

Vipper Of Vipp

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:58:11 EST

@FuzzyPlushroom: "...Yeah, 24. Regular desktops. Had to fold the front seat down, though....

So tell us the truth, did that New Beetle say "Geek Squad" on the side? If not, I seriously think it SHOULD have... Evidence speaks for itself...!

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

FuzzyPlushroom — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:50:28 EST

We've brought home Christmas trees and (once) 24 computers.

Yeah, 24. Regular desktops. Had to fold the front seat down, though.

Can't tell if that one's a turbo, but I sure hope so.

FuzzyPlushroom

rexplex — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:32:42 EST

@dulcamara:
This has been my favorite moment of Zen.
The ex-gf has a beetle - 14 foot from bumper to bumper. She carries her 17 foot kayak on the roof regularly. It's totally safe, good roof rack, but looks insane with the kayak hanging over both front & rear.
The Beetle also looks pretty butch w/ roof rack installed.

rexplex

SundaySunday — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:32:32 EST

Y'know, that TV would fit in the back of an L-body Duster...

SundaySunday

sos10 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:26:10 EST

He's going to build that in his dashboard?

sos10

dulcamara — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:06:05 EST

The standards for moment of Zen just went below the low, low standards for fantasy garage and the REALLY FUCKING LOW standards for Gawker art.

And moment of Zen was doing so well.....

dulcamara

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:05:01 EST

God damit. I need to learn 2 spel. Beetle.

Schm, preparing for the financalapocalypse, reading Camus and dreaming sweet dreams of G-Wagens and Facel Vegas. . .

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:04:18 EST

Im thinking either

1. Bettlechero.

2. Bettle con Tralier

3. Bettle-Estate. O, wait, they already have thoes.

Schm, preparing for the financalapocalypse, reading Camus and dreaming sweet dreams of G-Wagens and Facel Vegas. . .

Stud Beefpile, sitting in for Deartháir — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:57:32 EST

I got a fireplace, mantle, subwoofer and 7 surround-sound speakers... oh, and a new kitten in a cat-carrier... home together in the Corrado. It's all a matter of knowing how to pack. Still found room for the girlfriend in there too.

I THINK I got the girlfriend home too...

Haven't noticed, since I got the sub and surround speakers...

Stud Beefpile, sitting in for Deartháir

POLAЯ — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:55:45 EST

Delivery charges? Fuck that! I HAVE A NEW BEETLE! Watch for next weeks
pics of me bringing my new King Size Mattress and Box Spring home!

POLAЯ

mikewebb1514 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:25:46 EST

Say what you will, it worked. - Keep it simple stupid.

mikewebb1514

NovaloadMissesPolar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:40 EST

This End Up.
Or not.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:10:31 EST

...Or swallow oversize loads...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:08:46 EST

@BMRFILE: "...And less gay, too."

Yeah, us gay guys are always trying to shove oversized packages into our back ends... ;-)

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

F_munk — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:51:06 EST

A wing on a bettle... enough said.

F_munk

ifonlyihadthemoney — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:44:15 EST

@AandW:
I think I'll take that back then, this IS hopeless

ifonlyihadthemoney

boosted-lego-wagon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:43:34 EST

Poor trunk space really Bugs me.

boosted-lego-wagon

wookie1901 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:42:12 EST

@BMRFILE: Are you sure. That TV is what like $2500. I am not sure about the age of the Beetle, but I would wager it is worth a significant amount more than that.

Though not quite as impressive as the GTI stories, I took home a 32" LCD in the back of my tC, all closed up, of course.

wookie1901

BMRFILE — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:25:15 EST

The TV is worth more than the car...Waaay more. And less gay, too.

BMRFILE

mikedrawcar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:22:56 EST

I wish I still had a car if this is all it takes to get on Jalopnik for moment of Zen. The 97 Grand Am swallowed almost everything I threw at it- and the back seats don't fold down (though i thought about changing that at one point). 2x4x10s, PVC piping, furniture, barbecue grills (not disassembled)... I could go on. The trunk was basically just a junk/tool depot until it started leaking so bad that everything rusted (a fun story is in there somewhere). I considered ripping out the trunk carpet, spraying it with bedliner, and pulling the trunklid off (GrandAmino?), but the owners (parents) wouldn't sign off on it. It's being sold since I moved an nobody drives it.

mikedrawcar

AandW — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:04:29 EST

Did someone request a Beetlamino?
[media.truckblog.com]

AandW

Mad_Science — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:51:43 EST

@jarque: Pervert

Mad_Science

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:44:21 EST

You just know they rolled it end over end to get it into the back...

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

jarque — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:43:26 EST

@DannyBN: I once jammed a high capacity dryer into the back end of my mom's PT Cruiser... are you getting turned on yet?

jarque

NcSchu — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:41:34 EST

T'would have been funnier if it made the car tip over.

NcSchu

thatguy01 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:39:19 EST

Pez are bigger than I remember.

thatguy01

jarque — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:36:58 EST

@cmdrfire: High Five for MkV GTIs! I'd still like to try it myself though... any donors?

jarque

DannyBN — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:35:21 EST

@cmdrfire: Your GTI sounds like a real slut.

DannyBN

narf — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:31:25 EST

For even more haphazard loading, stop by an Ikea.

Even though the Swedes managed to flat-pack a sofa to make it easier to transport, and you managed to wedge it under the trunk opening, it doesn't make up for that fact that 2/3rds of it is still hanging out over the back bumper!

narf

Mad_Science — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:30:45 EST

Looks like someone needs a giant station wagon.

Mad_Science

cmdrfire — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:22:59 EST

@jarque: The Mk5 GTI has the fold down rear seats and will easily swallow that load.
I know, because I've moved a similar screen for my brother in my GTI with everything closed up and my old surround speakers/amp/dvd player in there to boot :D

cmdrfire

smart42 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:22:55 EST

These are the guys who go back to Costco the next day and claim it was pooched right out of the box and they need a replacement, like now.
Chain link license plate frame tells the whole story.

smart42

graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:21:17 EST

@smalleyxb122:
Post COTD, COTD!

graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives

Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre! — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:19:17 EST

When I was a Domain Admin/Onsite IT Support for a small retail chain, i would see this crap all the time. People would show up to the blowout sale days, black friday and day after thanksgiving, and be surprised that the 42'' or 50" wouldn't fit in the back of their two-seater. That person is lucky that it is an LCD and they have a decent chance of it still working. People would buy a plasma and toss it flat in the back of their van or truck. The would come back to the store later that day and complain that it was broken. I was glad that I had no part in sales, it was good to be a wallflower and just laugh at the stupidity.

Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!

turbofreak — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:18:56 EST

boy, if that TV would have fallen out!

turbofreak

Neener — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:18:45 EST

Should have bought the 'vert

Neener

Vizzini — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:17:58 EST

Carried in imminent-road-hazard position and upside down. Nice.

Vizzini

DustyButt — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:17:38 EST

I think a set of nuts would look better.

DustyButt

ifonlyihadthemoney — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:17:08 EST

now what if it was a Beetlamino?

ifonlyihadthemoney

jarque — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:13:09 EST

Imagine the downforce that would achieve at 70mph. I'm sure my GTI could fit an even bigger TV. Would anyone like to contribute one to test it out? Plasma please.

jarque

Ray Wert — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:11:49 EST

At least it doesn't said "Geek Squad" on the side.

Ray Wert

Mysterious Utility Bento — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:11:07 EST

Luckily He had that rear spoiler! *cough Sarcasm cough*

Mysterious Utility Bento

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:08:54 EST

Will Castro and the boys at Unique are going for a new record.

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

smalleyxb122 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:08:01 EST

Those guys from "pimp my ride" are getting lazy.

smalleyxb122