Because or thanks to you we watch the First film this evening
It works fine for a while, but eventually it Goes Bananas.
Oh god! Herbie! I thought you were all forgotten!
A Volkswagen with a mind of its own!
Its the stig
groan there’s STIGs for cars now?
(STIG: Secure Technical Implementation Guide)
No, it’s Ocho!
The number of people who will get the reference can be counted on one hand, probably.
Loved all those movies when I was a kid. 5+3=8…I’ll call you Ocho! (This memory is decades old and is probably not 100% accurate)
Good movie, solid 10/10
Fuck, I don’t wanna marry! I just wanna fuck around. I’m already married, what, who’s this thing wanting to marry this time?
I feel like not many people under the age of 30 will get this. I think I may have even forgotten to force my own kids to watch it.
Drag saw Herbie and didn’t like it. Brum has much more character.
Yeah more trustworthy, until it’s mating season.
Maybe this one is better, has great security features I’ve heard
I don’t think I need to say much else here.
However, this probably does.
Calling KITT self driving is like calling a modern smartphone a phone. It’s a super computer AI on wheels, where Herby was just cursed
KITT is self driving in the same way that people are self walking.
NGL if VW made modernized versions of their classic cars (ie: newer interior, classic looking exterior, maybe w/o all the stainless steel) I would be all over it
There’s a lot of old designs that still look better, or at least more unique then the newer stuff. Hell, even the 1997 version of the Beetle looks pretty good, but the shape became blanderized over time. Every car company is making the same car because they’re all designed by community and focus groups.
Hell, what’s the deal with the electric Ford Mustang? It’s fine on it’s own, but it’s not even the same body as the gas Mustang of the same year. Why call it a Mustang instead of putting an EV drive train into the actual one?
I wouldn’t own one because it doesn’t fit my lifestyle, but I know people who would love an aluminum bodied EV Beetle. I’d love an aluminum/EV version of the original DeLorean. The new ones looks too much like genetic super cars.
Much more likely to happen though is I’m going to get an Edison conversion kit for my 80’s C10 pickup.
Mexico still makes the classic beetle. Not sure about the minibus. I see a lot of them, but those may be actual antiques.
They stopped making the original in 2003 and all models in 2019.
Well that sucks :(
To borrow Jeremy Clarkson’s joke - VAG do still also make the Porsche 911!
This threw me off for a hot minute. I used to know a guy who went by the nickname “Vag” (with a hard “g”), so when I read this, I thought to myself, “Vag! I wonder how Vag is doing?” But you’re talking about VAG, not Vag. Now I’m just trying to cram as much vag as I can into this paragraph. So much vag. Vag vag vag. Thank you.
It’d likely be yet another instance of spyware on wheels, tho
“Their” with huge quotation marks
That looks more like the first SAAB to me than a VW.
Fuck it VW lets see it
There od a modern beetle.
They said “classic looking exterior” which the new beetle doesn’t have. But problem is, you can’t really have that, largely due to safety regulations, etc.
I thought it looks similar, but yeah, it’s not direct copy. Still, I really like the look of new beetle.
The only self driving car that can be trusted.
Idk man Herbie had some serious attitude. Feisty lil bug
I mean, look how bad he fucked up Lindsay Lohan.
Feisty, sure, but that’s his style. He’s the love bug, unlike Horace.
What kind of kit does it come with? I like mine Fully Loaded.
No, KITT was a Pontiac.
I want a K.I.T.T. car from the knight rider show.
It is shipped with a fullsize lifeguard from Baywatch if you need one.
Alright, if it’s been looking for Freedom for so long, I’ll be happy to take him.
Don’t trust it, it got Lindsay Lohan on drugs!
Nah, you’re thinking of the 2005 model year. This 1969 model is perfect.
🎶 the love bug is a little old car that we can ride together 🎵
When they announce a self driving Plymouth Fury, I’m out.
Why? At least that one can heal itself.
I’ll buy a Herbie all day long!!!