http://ronpatrickstuff.com/

 

Wow that's just great. I'd love to light that thing off when someones drafting me down the freeway.

 

yeah, I saw a video about this guy and his car
on TV a year ago. Pretty insane.
The policeman pic is my fav

 

the police officer is priceless in the picture! If i was the cop i would probably just walk away haha

 

 

just wondered though. Why a Beetle? Since the guy is a rocket scientist he may have been inspired by the Geek Squad no?

 

Meh - I could take him...






...in the corners & curves.

 

I haven't seen him around here. and I think it would be pretty easy to spot. But then, all the new beetles look the same!

Matt

 

this man is insane. I love it

 

i still cant get over this

 

that's just insane

 

Give me your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free....

I love America!

 

the guy does extremely clean work!

Matt

 

here is the video of it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Xo5GY4kDXg

 

Forget national security. That thing could literally, even if accidently, maim or kill someone in the blink of an eye. Jeesh, they should get it off the streets. There must be a loophole in a law somewhere.

 

IT's the fact that the jet was added, but none of the original engines emmision controls were modified....

But really, while this is a potentially more explosive mix than a jacked up pickup, one could argue that 34" tires on a 16" lift doesn't make a controllable vehicle, and yet you can do that and drive on the roads....

And at least he SEEMS a responsible guy!

Matt

 

All I know is that if that thing went off in front of me and melted my front clip, the driver'd have a tire iron embedded in his head in short order.

 

why do you assume someone would do that? It's a geeks tech project, well executed at that. Think of it as a show car.......

As for the tire iron, see this thread

Matt

 

I remember seeing this at Autorama, here in Detroit. It was quite sweet, but seems more like something to start a conversation than something actually useful.

Medic

 

But that standard can be applied to a huge amount of options and mods currently done to cars.

Points to consider.

1) No animals (that I know of) were killed in testing this.
2) It didn't involve (that I know of) any black market commerce.
3) It didn't involve substance abuse, spousal abuse, or pet abuse!
4) While somewhat nerdy, and potentially explosive, it's less risky that cheating on ones wife!
5) It's really, really cool!

Matt

 

haha good points

 

I just read this and thought others that missed it should take a look as well!!!

Bump

 

I am very impressed with this guy's engineering capabilities, did you see the pic of the motor scooter for his wife, with two jet engines on it? hah!

 

Thats neat but it's also retarded as Hell. Props on the engineering, though.

 

A good read. Just e-mailed him suggesting going to a NOPI show and frying the ricers on the 1/4 mile.

"You are toast!"