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  • i just like the way they look but i dont think i would ever buy one

  • Ive been looking around forever locally for a Volkswagen Bug that I could buy and take care of, maybe fix up some and use for a daily driver, they are almost impossible to find in these parts. Yet there is a big parts house here that does also carry just about every part imaginable for them.

  • some interesting crash pics there

  • The VW Bug might be better in a rollover than most cars and especially modern cars, but it's so miuch more likely to roll that the advantage is liklely cancelled. Not trying to rag on them but the fact is, iit was never a good car overall. OK for low speeds around town or on dirt roards and such but not "modern" American roads of teh past 50 years.

  • Glad i was in one when i rolled mine.I would of been dead in a new car,but not in a good german built car with real steel.Not beer cans and plastic like other cars are made of.And i drove it home 200 miles back to Redondo Bch after we fliped it back right side up.

  • isn't the bug the 2nd most dangerous car to drive? just behind the corvette stingray in 1st place? bugs are egg shells literally, I had not one, not 5 but tons of them and I love them but crashing in one is a damn nightmare lol. Driving a turbo one with 240 hp on a racetrack against a 2004 porsche and beating him is priceless though, they are awesome little machines, brilliant thinking by the germans.

  • Battery is under the seat, where it was not uncommon for it to short out.

    Almost no trunk room.

    Hard to get in the back seat.

    Early suspension system was bad.

    Basically, it's only a good car in third world conditions. Bad roads you are going to drive slowly on, it's better than most cars, even the modern front wheel drive (more clearance) but that is about it.

  • @boatbrain1 You are full of shiton ALL counts.Bit i won't make a fool out of you,you have already done that yourself.

  • @koolbossjock I don't want to get into one of these stupid online wars but I do want to point out, calling som eone

    "full of shit" wiithout actuallly refuting anything is pure name calling. Any Kindergartener and most toddlers can do it. What precisely was I wrong about?

  • Design flaws of the bug:

    1. Too light in front. Yes, it will go through a lot of mud and snow, you just won't be able to steer it while it does. Or for that matter, when it's on a clean dry road.

    2. Gas tank in front is fire hazard.

    3. Gas lines near engine often caused fires.

    4. The center of effort is forward of the center of mass, so that a crosswind makes the car veer very violently.

    5. For it's size and weight, not much room inside.

    6. The engine is weak all but last few years.

  • nice song :D

  • then you better not drive a bus, the only thing between you and the car ahead of you is some sheet metal and a dash

  • im a bug lover but i just hate that the fact that it has a rear engine makes it so fragile, in any type of accident because its only the chasis that protects it. This is way i always get a little bit nerveus when driving my bug, cause a dont want nothig to happen to it.

  • i towed a bug up my street with a toro riding mower in pooring rain, funniest shit ever

  • What a shame these cars Are mint shame to see so many smashed up

  • great video. after owning and rebuilding 3 of these, I can attest that they are the most ill-concieved, poorly built, hardest to work on, and most dangerous car i have ever seen. death traps. they were the psychotic dream of a madman in germany. they should all be recycled.

  • @apexironworks

    Safety factor I'm on the same page as you... but as far as ill-conceived and poorly designed and built, that's a load of shit. These cars have been around a long time, so the Germans obviously built them with durability and longevity in mind, at least at the time. Hardest to work on? Lol, are you kidding me? Air-cooled VW Bugs are the simplest car to work on of anything I've ever seen (go karts don't count). Hitler didn't conceive the VW, BTW, Ferdinand Porsche did.

  • @MrRyan68bug hitler conceived it, porsche built it. simple and easy are different concepts. its a terrible car.  great dune buggy.

  • I think im going to be sick.lol

  • 2:44 I think the guy just watch the vw ad

  • Sorry it's not a car .. It is a myth

  • They're still fully road worthy ;-)

  • PUNCH BUGGY ALL CARS SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!

  • One thing I love about these cars is that no matter how bad they're damaged, you can still fix them because finding parts is so easy.

  • Herbie! Noooo!

  • depois dizem q fuka nao é violento

  • Aiii que dóóó, que dó... que dóóó...

  • you would be sad if you were the the owner of the vw at a minute 1:06

  • Some of these are flat out nasty...fatal. :38, 1:32, 2:00 looks like someone went through the windshield, or at least busted it with their head, 2:02, and then 2:05 (I hope that car was empty!). I think 2:25 and 2:29 show different angles of the same crash (and check out the mudders on the other car!). But the one at 1:29 is just gruesome...that's a dead guy hanging out the door you know. I wonder if that's Germany in WWII, or South America post-war? There were very few Beetles made before 1945.

  • It hurts to watch this!

  • 1:30 Best Photo!!

  • From what I see those old German rigs fair pretty well in a wreck. Good to know.

  • ppskdsk sd

  • Best car ever made. Period.

  • 1:08 THIS IS AN DISASTER!!! the car is new

  • boy those cars must be doing like 150 mph!

  • Bug squashing not good. It gave birth to a Porsche before it died.

    There's nothing dangerous about driving them. Stopping too abruptly using outside aids is the problem.

  • always wanted an old 1. bt i got stuck with a 99 instead

  • 2:25 looks like what happend to my first bug

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  • @curtismichael14 A driver can lose up to 10 Lbs. during a race, Id say there is a little physical exertion going on. I guess it all depends on what kind of driving we are talking about..

  • @Bowerso 10 pounds in one day huh?

  • @Bowerso Most f1 drivers are as fit as top running atheletes!

  • @curtismichael14 driving aint as physical as most sports, but like most, if not all sports, driving takes a great and quick mind to win.

  • @curtismichael14

    Have you ever driven a race car at all?

    It will test your mind.

    It will test your strength.

    It will test your endurance.

    It will test your will.

    Racing is not easy my friend, the cockpit heats up past 140 degrees F, you will lose 5-8 pounds over the duration of a race. jerking the wheel back and forth to track the perfect line, the G-Forces will affect your mind, body, and eyesight. Until you sit in the cockpitof a racecar, and run for 30 minutes, dont say its easy.

  • @hankeybillfred i never said it was easy i said it wasn't a sport... And if you knew allot about exercising and athletic ability, you would know that loosing even 5 pounds in one day is impossible...you can't loose that much weight if you ran 10 miles a day you are certainly not going to loose it sitting on your ass in a car

  • @curtismichael14

    I dont think you get it.

    It iS physical. it is VERY physical, have you ever raced a car? Have you done circuit racing? No? THEN DONT FUCKING SAY ITS NOT A SPORT WHEN IT CLEARLY IS.

    Its not a fucking lazy ass relaxed sport like you think, quit judging based on what you see, get in a car, race without power steering, power brakes, for 200 laps, 500 miles, and then tell me its not a sport, that its not a workout, that its not physical, I KNOW you cant do it.

  • @curtismichael14 By your own definition, driving is a sport. You said "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another". Even driving long distances on a highway is proven to be extremely fatiguing, driving in the Baja 1000 or in a 500 mile race is far worse. You have to be alert, tense for the duration, shifting, steering, braking in carefully modulated fashion. I'd say that means exertion and skill (way more than golf!)

  • @curtismichael14 " there are three types of sports; bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering, all the rest are merely games. " - Earnest Hemingway

  • @curtismichael14 are you a race car driver???

  • @curtismichael14 You would be exhausted after one lap in an F1 car or one stage in the WRC. In facft I'd be surprised if someone like you could even manage that much.

  • @curtismichael14 Try driving a sports car with heavy steering, a long, heavy clutch, and a retardedly close shift pattern on a twisty back road whilst really pushing it. It is a physically and mentally draining experience. Now try doing that at Le Mans with the difficulty of those inputs amplified x 5 while reaching speeds of 250 miles per hour and being subjected to high g-forces... for 24 hours.

    Your fat ass has literally no comprehension of what spirited driving is. YES I MAD.

  • hahaha.... "lil dune buggeehh.. in the saannd lil dune buuggeeahhhh!!"

  • 2:02 is fucked! :oP

  • wtf did some of these guys do?!

  • watching this give mes eeeuuuuuuu

  • at 2:06 I really hope there was nobody in that beetle.

    this really is sad though.

  • the roof rack at 0:26 is awesome!!!

  • u should be able to buff those out.

  • the ending made me laugh

  • those cars might have been wreacked to crap but fords come out of the factory in worse shape

  • @turd8687 I'm a Ford and VW nut and both are great cars. If you want to compare the the two for quality they are both good. A stock '50 Ford car has enough power to chirp the tires and top out at 90mph and stops well enough to where I would not hesitate to drive one in traffic although it gets about 15mpg. A stock '50 VW bug is horribly underpowered, does not stop and can't keep up with traffic but gets about 30mpg. It's like comparing apples and oranges, they are just different cars.

  • Yeah, for dumb fucks who don't know how to drive. LOL

  • 0:28 skateboard WIN

  • 1:30 That poor split window bug got peppered.

  • coluld not see all that bloody sceens till the end.

    horrible pics !

  • Before I read your comment I knew this had to be the presidents of the USA, Ive never heard the song, but its there style.

  • I once drove my Beetle into a telephone pole, it looked ugly but it still drove. Try that with another car!

  • @Hordak81

    Probably helps that there's not much up front to damage.

  • This made me cry!

    

  • ..ouch

  • I almost cried.

  • Aaaaaautsch !

  • thats horrible they were probly restored back to life then died a 2nd time

  • 72 superbeetle best car in the world!

  • still the vw beetle is going on strong...

  • ....love the skateboard at 0:28! ! !

  • 1:02 sombody swated that bug!

  • I love this car!

  • even wrecked it's the best looking car around :))

  • @Rawego Agree!!! :)

  • I took that picture at 1:33 in Egypt years ago, what a small world !

  • this is just fuckin sad

  • @BrianLD252 I think this is the saddest vid I've ever seen.

  • 1:02 its a bug on the wall get it it a BUG

  • 1:21 Horse carrys car

  • 0:40 damn!!!

    

  • how is this song by i love it

  • I think VW Beetles have been thorugh everything, yet they still roam the streets after almost 10 years after their production stop in 2003 here in Mexico

  • Them poor beetles :(

  • the bug driver at 1:57 flew literally...

  • I got hit in the back by a big 4 wheeler. I chased it but did not catch him. a stock 4 banger can't catch a V8 pick up. I still have her. she also got hit by a cop car as well. she is a 72.

  • @kowz4u Sorry to hear that are you going to fix her.I have a 1958 and 66 beetles love these cars.

  • @munster322 She is ok now I have had her since 77. we have gone places together she is a tough old girl. she and I love to do doughnuts. she needs some front end work. Just realized she has the original shocks. they lasted a long time over 300 thousand miles. when I first got her we went offroad . I don't that any more I have a TJ for offroading now. all of my kids have driven her . I learned how to drive man trans on the 405 in LA CA. 4th of july. scared me real bad.

  • @kowz4u Wow thats a long time good for you.Ive had my 58 for 9 years and the 66 for 12 years.I drive the 1958 as a daily driver but my poor 66 some jerk beat the car and damaged her really bad so i have alot of body work to do,but im going to keep her in the family.1977 is about the time i started getting into vws i was 7 at the time and ive been obsessed with them ever since ha ha.

  • How did they get them fast enough?

  • 0:28 ahahah LOL

  • i actually want one now.

  • R.I.P.

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  • At the age of 7 years, my 1971 Beetle was flipped in a freeway accident and landed on its roof and hood. I survived. The car did not.

  • theres no 3:00

  • So sad!!!11

  • that was a very sad video but i loved how one of the first few was on a skate board to roll around

  • Dune Buggy - The Presidents Of The United States song

  • Hey does anyone know wot song it is

  • @monaroboy124 Presidents of the united states, dune buggy.

  • @monaroboy124 presof usa dune buggy

  • I want to know what appened toe the split between 1:29-1:31

  • I think this was what killed them off in the U.S.....Not safe in crashes,and they couldn`t make em sturdier and cheap!......I had a 64 ,68,and a 67/68 crossover.and a 7?super/ auto stick.(parts only)rust bucket...maybe a crumple area would help and air bags but???????full cage to make it safer on today`s roads.

  • i cryied

  • i can't wait to get a beetle (not being sarcastic), i love classic cars, i hate modern day cars, most of them are FWD plastic pieces of shit, i want a old RWD flat 4 classic! plus iv found a beetle is the cheapest car for me to insure and i won't pay and road tax am i right?

  • 2:06, with the train -> OUTCH!

  • may all those beetles R.I.P

  • This is hard to watch. I love my bug and would be devastated if anything happened to it

  • My Bug wrote off a TVR last year and it still lives, just home from work in it tonight. No probs in 6" of snow this morning. This is a very sad vid though

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  • in a VW..."all the expensive engine parts are protected by your passengers" - Red Green

  • @pedekiller What expensive engine parts?

    And I remember that episode!

  • I love the rebuild kit at the end of the video. Ha.

  • just add some gas to any of those bugs and they will start... guaranteed

  • IM glad im not a Beetle enthusiast id probobly be in tears

  • They take a lickin' and keep tickin'..

  • lol the end is quite funny rubber band rebuild kit , nice ,,, but not many people know that the fastest four cylinder dragster in the world is a vw based air cooled engine dragster ...

    i shit you not

  • poor vw's :(

  • arh poor things

  • name of the song.. please

  • Wow!!! I have a Fiat 1500 like the one which crashes in 1:59 with a beetle!!! NICE CARS, thanks

  • What is this song? It's great...

  • 0:41 shit!!!!!

  • Did ANYBODY, at 45 seconds in, notice the black Ferrari 250 GT California behind the Beetle? lol

  • If you dont make the turn. you anit never gonna learn

  • If you dont make the tuen. you anit never gonna learn

  • Orange one, White one, Blue one, Red one, Blue one, Green one, Red one, Black one, Red one, Brown one, Black one, 'breath' Green one, White one, Blue one, Grey one, Blue one, Red one, Blue one, Blue one, Yellow one, 'breath' White one, White one, Blue one, Brown one, Red one, Orange one, Red one, Red one, Black one, Silver one, 'breath' Yellow one, Blue one, Black one, Black one, Red one, Silver one, Blue one, Red one, White one, Yellow ones, Blue one, 'breath'. Oh no, I'm out of characters!!!

  • this video makes me sad......

  • This was not fun to watch. It's pretty cool how the bug can be the most produced car ever, but still be so unique. And the diversity that exists with how different people make theirs is awesome too, it's rare for any two bugs to be exactly alike.

  • 1:35 is my orange Beetle 6 years ago, still got it now :-(

    No-where would repair it as it was a 1303 and the whole car and chassis twisted - a problem with 1303 suspension systems. It's currently in my garage being re-incarnated into a half-beetle Herbie-replica trailer

  • Very hard to watch.

  • weld it and drive it again

  • crying for 3 min wont dry for weeks...this song rocks

  • Iused to have a 1974 vw bettlle

  • PAINFUL! =(

  • 0:34 that bug looks like a sad face

  • any other car i dont care but to see beetles smashed up seems very wrong and sickening

  • My fucking bitch of a mother totaled my Beetle. BITCH!!

  • engine rebuild kit win

  • that was 3 mins of hell!

  • @102Help ikr

  • I want that split window at 1:31 it would be badass to drive.. mobster beetle :D

  • please remove the pic at 2:10 as it is of double fatality that happened just around the corner, and must cause the family some grief

  • Mass produced crap. Nothing to be sad about ;)

  • @pulegutt retard

  • @rammsteinfan30 why you so mean to me? :'(

  • who is this song by?

  • @JadeMurder Presidents of the United States of America

  • love the engine rebuild kit lol

  • This Is Motorstorm!

  • Im about to cry!!

    There were some good bugs destroyed

    R.I.P (0\ ! /0)

  • 2:15 a vw in its natural state on fire

  • Wow super beatles are so gay. I have a 66 and it's a great work in progress. It's a shame for all these bugs. Fact is most of them will sit in a junkyard the rest of their lives and rust! (o\_!_/o) VW.

  • That hurts wanna rescue what possible

  • VW fanatics are kind of like urban hipsters: completely brainwashed and utterly loyal to a movement controlled by elitists that dictate what is cool, what is allowable and what will be tolerated in bespoke movement.

  • @zapwatt Oh my God, thats pretty much how I feel, they're mostly brand dead sheep that all do the same junk to their 30 year old classics, ironic considering how unique the Beetle was visually.

  • @zapwatt This statement couldn't be further from the truth. From what you're saying, I take it you've never actually been to a VW show, or taken a look through a Hot VWs magazine and seen the diversity amongst some of these rides. We're not all sheep who follow the same "trend" or think there is only one way to restore a Volkswagen. Do us a favor and try researching the VW hobby a little more before you run off at the mouth about something you know completely nothing about......

  • @n2vdubz Hey man, I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. The person that doesn't know what they're talking about is you because you don't know anything about me. Unlike you I live in the VW customizing capitol of the world, the West coast! A very close friend of mine is a mechanic at the most esteemed VW shop in Seattle: Wolfsberg Motors. I know all about the "patina" polishing, pseudo-original hypocrites in the scene. let's face it, there's nothing too unique about doing up a VW in the 1st place.

  • @zapwatt Well I'm glad to see you have atleast "some" knowledge of the VW scene, all be it a small part of it. The whole "patina" Hoodride look may be what seem like it's the only way to do up a Volkswagen, but there are a vast number of styles that you seem to be overlooking. Cal Look, Resto Rod, Rat Rod, Mulholland Look, Fully Restored, Baja...... Maybe where you're at it seems like the Patina look has over run your area, but you shouldn't base your opinion just by your geographical location.

  • Im ok with trashing a new pos one but not the old school ones

  • damn people, you have to be stupid to get your beetle wrecked like this. stop driving fast!!!! shit

  • ...poor beetles

  • That really sucks! BTW, Hitler only put out the proposition of a car for the people and offered a shop, money, equipment, employees, and government backing. It's not Hitler's car. Mercedes, Tatra, and a few others tried but Dr. Ferdinand Porsche won the deal. It's Porsche's car!!!!

  • My dad has a 1970 and i think a 1963 his 1970 is possibly the one he is putting together now it might have: VW 4cilinder engine ,super charger, and a 32 gallon gastank if im correct.

  • i think im gonna be sick

  • High tech looking engine rebuild kit thier lol.

  • Ahh Hitlers creations gone bad my pleasure

  • @m1klutch

    Beetles are awesome

  • @rainermmaria I don't like the NEW beetles, only the old ones!

  • same here