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12-21-2008, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cd Ultimate Fail Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 2,872 Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts	Super streamlined VW 'Bug' ( full boattail ) This was built on a VW 'beetle' chassis. Ironic. I wonder what his drag coefficient is now .

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12-21-2008, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tourigjm EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Potsdam, NY Posts: 136 The Vue - '03 Saturn Vue 90 day: 25.34 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	how do they see? __________________

12-21-2008, 12:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
trikkonceptz Legend in my own mind Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Homestead, Fl. Posts: 927 Evil Pumpkin - '08 Scion xD RS 1.0 #1633 90 day: 35.45 mpg (US) Silent Silver Killer - '10 Honda Insight EX 90 day: 51.5 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts	Nice Boat Tail .. hehe __________________ Thx NoCO2; "The biggest FE mod you can make is to adjust the nut behind the wheel" I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???

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how do they see?

Why, with the antenna's of coarse

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12-21-2008, 05:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sulfuric EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 119 Lil Sulf - '94 Toyota Corolla Team Toyota 90 day: 47.62 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Looks like a beetle. Or a grasshopper. __________________ And that's without a Scangauge o.O

12-21-2008, 06:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I've seen specs on that car somewhere... it's been around for awhile. I'll look through the history on my old systems and see what I can come up with over the next few days. PS - I don't think anyone noticed the caster wheel on the back of the boat-tail... in case the car does a wheelie. :P __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"

12-21-2008, 07:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nevyn Master EcoModder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: 18603, USA Posts: 759 The Crimson Crawler - '04 Hyundai Elantra GLS 90 day: 36.71 mpg (US) Thanks: 221 Thanked 60 Times in 45 Posts	It's a cockroach.

12-21-2008, 10:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
NachtRitter NightKnight Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,595 Helga - '00 Volkswagen Jetta TDI TEAM VW AUDI Group Diesel 90 day: 51.85 mpg (US) Mathilde - '99 Volkswagen Eurovan Camper 90 day: 16.87 mpg (US) Thanks: 314 Thanked 314 Times in 187 Posts	Ya, I think it's supposed to be a cockroach... nasty lookin'... and the caster's to avoid scraping the tail on a transition (driveway, entering a parking lot)... tho' you'd better have some momentum to keep it from hanging up the drive wheels! __________________ My VW MkIV Aerodynamic Mods (For Jetta and Golf) thread VW Save as You Drive. Background information for expert fuel savers.

12-21-2008, 11:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
jamesqf Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 5,209 Thanks: 225 Thanked 811 Times in 594 Posts	A distant relative of this one: VW Bug Spider Sculpture by David Fambrough in Reno \| VW Beetle turned into a Volkswagen Bug Spider Sculpture in Reno, Nevada \| Cities & Places Photo Gallery which has been infesting various places around here for years :-)

12-22-2008, 12:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
guudasitgets EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nashotah, WI Posts: 207 Fokus - '12 Ford Focus SE 90 day: 34.05 mpg (US) Lecksus - '03 Lexus RX300 90 day: 17.61 mpg (US) Benzzzzz - '11 Mercedes Benz ML-350 4-Matic 90 day: 20.42 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	that car bugs me (sorry, couldn't resist) __________________ "The Stone Age did not come to an end because we had a lack of stones, and the oil age will not come to an end because we have a lack of oil" ; His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (Saudi Arabia Oil Minister from 1962 to 1986) https://ecomodder.com/forum/em-fuel-...ehicleid=10608

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