My family still has the '74 Super my mom bought brand new off the lot back in the day so I naturally inherited a beetle when I got my license.
Originally I wanted to go Cal-Look, EMPI's and all, but. . . .
The Silver Arrow 1968 Beetle that rode on 18-inch TSW Hockenheim R's was my first and is still my main inspiration. I was gonna go in that direction. The "old" Germanlook website also really got me going.
Somehow along the way I found out about Aircooled Technology and have drooled over a monster TIV since. Especially after some moron w/ his girlfriend in a 96-99 Mustang Cobra toyed with me in my Beetle one night.
That little event is what keeps me going. I will never be satisfied until I have a moster engine and absolutely WASTE the same car someday on the street. I always figured if I were to spend the same amount on my Beetle as others do on their Honda's, Mustangs, etc., I would have far superiour automobile that is original, unexpected and absolutely bad-a$$.
And that is what excites me about the German Look. It gives me a reason to have a Super Beetle. It will be more original than 99% of the import and domestic trash that is out there, it will perform better, look better, and make non-beetle owners look foolish. The motto "form follows function" is perfect. Its something that a lot of things lack these days.
I live close to and work in Redmond, Washinton. The home of Microsoft. I cannot wait to pull up next to some filthy rich dude in his $50k whatever car, and have me, a 21-year old kid, blow his doors off in my VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. Its the ultimate slap in the face. Then he can go home and realise what just happened, hide it from his friends and be haunted and have nightmares about the rear-end of my car dwindling in the distance in front of him. Someday...
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