A Jet Powered Beetle?!

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:24 pm

bicostp wrote:He probably used Photoshop to scale down the pictures for his website, change white balance and gamma, stuff like that.

Logical explainations, blah blah blah. I'm dying for a good conspiracy theory so shh!

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:29 pm

1. What poliece officer would let them take a picture of him trying to charge someone?

2. Look at the picture "VW_Side1_PScopy.jpg". Something is not right

Don't you agree?

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:39 pm

And the cop doesn't have a badge.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:41 pm

Ok so one picuture out of 10 looks slightly, maby Photoshoped a little, perhaps. Even then it's not like hes the only one to do it, there has been many a car that has had a jet straped to it's back.

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:44 pm

That's what I thought too, buth there's still the code fragment things.
He has a PhD, so he's no slouch at photoshop.

If I had to give a final, no givesies-backsies answer, I'd email him asking for a video.

Post by **marshallh** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:21 pm

I saw this on wired, and on here as well:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... =printable

I strongly doubt it's fake, as all the reflections in the metal match up, the lighting matches, and so on.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:05 pm

I wouldn't have posted it if I thought it was fake. Haven't you guys seen Monster Garage? You can make this kind of stuff.
Now forget your superstitition and join me in making rocket car noises. "VROOOM-FWOOOOSH!!!!"

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:07 pm

i was working on a valveless pulsejet engine in my shop class, didnt have time to finish tho

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:57 pm

G-force wrote:I wouldn't have posted it if I thought it was fake. Haven't you guys seen Monster Garage? You can make this kind of stuff.
Now forget your superstitition and join me in making rocket car noises. "VROOOM-FWOOOOSH!!!!"

G-force is always good for a laugh.

im_an_alien · Post by **im_an_alien** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:06 pm

VROOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!! VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!

lol. I don't think it's photoshopped, btw.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:02 pm

there's a video of it, it's very real. sounded a bit more like "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!" than "VROOOOOOOOOM!! FWOOOOOOSH!"

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:47 pm

photoshop kills all cool almost fake looking tings

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:54 pm

If you go to marshells link there is a video.

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:26 am

man that is one cool car

however it does remind me of one of the darwin awards where someone did something similar, except them ended up taking off and crashed a couple of hundred feet up on a cliff face

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:03 am

Extreme_Jesus wrote:man that is one cool car

however it does remind me of one of the darwin awards where someone did something similar, except them ended up taking off and crashed a couple of hundred feet up on a cliff face

I remember that too, but the guy who did that was a moron with no technological know-how. The engine he aquired was even stolen. But the storie's more of a legend since there were no human remains except for a tooth in the steering wheel (which was the only part of the car found).