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.
I’m in my early 20s and I have this super vague memory of a beetle car being sentient. The only scene I remember is it spraying oil cus it didn’t like someone or something like that
Am I thinking of the right movie
I'm over 30 and was only vaguely aware of it because it was mentioned once in a youtube video.
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.
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.
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.
However, this probably does.
I got a GPS that speaks with KITT's voice, and my name is the same as the character's (along with about half the male population lol)
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
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.
Hmm, I don’t know… I think it needs more VAG-bell.
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 :(
It'd likely be yet another instance of spyware on wheels, tho
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.
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.
🎶 the love bug is a little old car that we can ride together 🎵
What kind of kit does it come with? I like mine Fully Loaded.
No, KITT was a Pontiac.
Oh god! Herbie! I thought you were all forgotten!
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!!!
Don't trust it, it got Lindsay Lohan on drugs!
Nah, you're thinking of the 2005 model year. This 1969 model is perfect.
A Volkswagen with a mind of its own!
It can lie about it's own emissions levels!
It works fine for a while, but eventually it Goes Bananas.
Because or thanks to you we watch the First film this evening
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