#modified Volkswagen

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Volkswagen Type 2 Splitscreen Articulated Camper, 1963 (2023). A restomod VW created from two Type 2 models is for sale in the UK. The front "truck" is powered by an Audi S3 5-cylinder turbocharged engine. The rear camper section has a double bed and a period Westfalia-style elevating roof and roof rack. Bidding is currently at £23,500 but the reserve has not been met, the auction has 3 plus days to run.

sales listing

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V12 Volkswagen bay window bus

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Golf Gti Race Car at High Octane Car Party in penticton bc

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Geparda, 2024. This is not, as far as I can tell, an April Fool's joke. In Germany it is possible to start driving from the age of 16 but young drivers face limits in the size and power of cars they can use until they turn 18. Step forward German company Geparda who are converting the now discontinued VW Up! by fitting very narrow track rear wheels (it's not a 3-wheeler) and de-tuning the engine to 20hp. The company claims to have already delivered cars, which cost €20,000. Geparda is German for "cheetah"

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Golf Mk1

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From high octane car party

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My 09 MK5 Rabbit

Decided to make a quick overview post of my 2009 MK5 Rabbit. Bought this car back in March of 2022 with around 96,000 miles on it at the time. It needed a little TLC but for the most part it was one owner with very low mileage. Pretty sure the car was only driven in the warmer months considering it had 0 rust. Bought it with the intention of being a daily. Has a 2.5 5 cylinder which is one of VW's most reliable engines ever, mated to a 5 speed manual. Perfect spec IMO. Now, onto the list of things I've done since owning it

Started with general maintenance. Oil change, spark plug change, needed new rear tires, just an overall overhaul on simple things.

After that I drove it and got used to it, just figuring out what else needed done.

Restored the headlights with Griot's Ceramic Headlight Restoration Kit (which I highly recommend).

Replaced the dogbone mount insert for a video for work.

Bought a set of Radi8 R8T12's speced at 18x8.5 +40 with some 215/40r18 Hankook's. Ran these with stock suspension for a month or two.

Finally got coilovers and dropped the car as low as I could reasonably go.

Threw on my MOMO Prototipo steering wheel that I had from my previous car.

Replaced engine and transmission mount.

Drove the car a bit, took a trip to Gatlinburg, just tried to enjoy the setup.

Front suspension needed an overhaul after the coilovers, so I got new aluminum LCA's with polyurethane bushings as well as new ball joints and tie rod ends.

Found a set of Audi A3 wheels that I decided to use as winter wheels

Ended up finding a APR Carbonio intake for a MK6 Golf that ended up fitting my car. Man I love NLA parts

Currently that's where the car sits. Going to work on redoing the interior this winter as well as getting a different set of summer wheels. I'm not stancy enough to really enjoy these Radi8's. Going to post more updates of this car when I can. If you want to see anything particular just let me know.

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One Piece Spring Break Race-to-the-Beach AU. 

The race starts at 11pm, goes through five states, ends at a beach house large enough that it was once filmed on MTV. 

The prize? Glory. And gas money. 

The cars are as follows;

The Merry. Usopp’s beat up Volkswagen Jetta with Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji. 

The Sunny. Franky’s modified school bus with Franky, Robin, Chopper, Brook and Jinbei. 

The Punk. Kid’s 30 year old red jeep, with just Kid and Killer. In it for glory.

The Tang. Law’s perfectly clean Audi. Contains Law, Bepo, Penguin and Shachi. 

The Phoenix. Sabo’s smart car with Sabo, Ace and Marco.

Hour 1; 11pm 

The East Blue immediately starts in the wrong direction. Nami is screaming at Zoro. He does not get to drive anymore. 

The Punk cuts off The Tang getting onto the interstate. There’s cursing on both ends. Law swears revenge.

The Sunny is playing Coldplay exclusively, as Franky says it’s “tradition”. 

The Phoenix is taking “a shortcut”. They may be lost.

Hour 2; 12am. 

The East Blue: Zoro and Sanji are asleep. Luffy has eaten all of the road snacks. 

The Sunny: Chopper is also asleep. Robin is reading aloud from her book on decomposition. 

The Punk: has hit 100mph. Killer is on cop-watch.

The Tang: has delegated a sleep rotation for maximum wakefulness. The rotation has already fallen apart as Shachi has revealed the crate of Monster energy. 

The Phoenix: shakes when it gets over 60mph.

Hour 3: 1am. 

Cars have entered The Mountains. 

East Blue: Luffy drives for 15 minutes before Nami bans him for going too fast on curves. 

Sunny: does not do well on inclines. Jinbei does not go over the speed limit. 

Phoenix: has found the secret tunnel THROUGH the mountain.

The Punk: has received their first speeding ticket. Kid’s plates are expired. 

The Tang: currently in first, because Penguin slammed two monsters and sped past the Punk while they were pulled over.

Hour 4: 2am. 

The East Blue: Usopp is the one driving when they hit The Deer. No one is hurt but the car is Totaled. Usopp is in tears and Luffy is trying to cheer him up by reading from riddles dot com. 

The Sunny: gets the distress call.

The Punk: gets a second speeding ticket. Killer takes over because Kid speeds more when he’s angry. 

The Tang: Shachi and Penguin have a meltdown when they realise Biscuit World is closed. Bepo says they have biscuits at home. 

The Phoenix: Ace is upset they won’t let him drive. He has narcolepsy.

Hour 5: 3am. 

The Sunny: Nami takes over driving. Franky refuses to stop playing Coldplay. Brook is offended about this, he brought his whole mixtape collection. Usopp is in mourning. Luffy is so happy to be around more friends.

The Punk: killer gets a speeding ticket. 

The Tang: shocking everyone, Bepo hits 110mph going down the mountain. He is screaming. Law bans him from driving. 

The Phoenix: Stops for gas and picks up a hitchhiker named Teach

Hour 5.5 

The Phoenix: Marco physically removes Teach from the car. The car is, at the time, doing 60 mph. Fuck that guy.

Hour 6: 4am. 

The Sunny: has stopped for gas. Luffy is walking in circles around the bus, humming offkey Coldplay. Zoro, Usopp and Chopper are watching him with worried eyes from inside the bus. Sanji is inside buying all the beef jerky they have.

Punk: hits a cow and flips. Kid and Killer both wear their seatbelts very responsibly (??) and are fine. 

Tang: passes Punk. Shachi is driving. Turns back. Law is screaming that he won’t let them in his car. Law is overruled because Penguin and Killer have a Stardew farm co-op.

The Phoenix: Marco and Ace are making out. Sabo regrets this passenger combination.

Hour 7: 5am. 

The Sunny: Jinbei and Brook and Nami are asleep. Chopper has mistakenly drunk an energy drink and has stopped blinking. Sanji and Zoro are arguing in whispers as Nami is asleep on the bench next to them. Luffy licked a window when it fogged up.

The Tang: Law is driving. Bepo is shotgun. Penguin is sitting on Killer’s lap, and Shachi is squished between Killer and Kid. Law is FUMING. He and Kid are in an intense argument about toll roads versus back roads. 

The Phoenix: Ace is asleep again.

Hour 8: 6am. 

The Sunny and the Tang are in the flat states near the coast. The Phoenix is taking backroads and has lost GPS signal.

Hour 9: 7am. 

A firefly has been squished on the windshield of the Sunny, and Luffy, Usopp and Robin are OBSESSED. There’s glowing goo all over the windshield. Sanji is cowering behind Zoro at the back of the bus. Nami is, thankfully, asleep.

The Tang has broken the sound barrier, because Law is still driving and he needs to get OUT OF THIS CAR. Penguin is straddling Killer. Shachi and Kid might start hate fucking soon. Bepo is asleep. 

The Phoenix has stopped at a 24 hour antique shop.

Hour 10: 8am. 

The sun is rising. The Sunny is in the middle of a Britney Speaks sing-along led by Brook, even though Franky won’t turn the Coldplay off. 

Robin is driving. At a red light, she sees The Phoenix at the opposite side of the intersection. She says nothing.

The Tang stops for gas, and Law stumbles out and onto the ground like a man at an oasis in the desert. He goes inside and buys gas station sushi because a strong man chooses how he dies.

Hour 11: 9am. 

The Sunny is in the right state! The end is near! Zoro has fallen asleep in Sanji’s lap and Sanji seems to be having a crisis. Franky and Robin are holding hands. Luffy is attempting to crawl onto the roof at every red lighy.

The Phoenix and the Tang pull up next to each other at a stop light. Ace is asleep on the back seat but Marco and Sabo wave. Law gives them the middle finger and Bepo apologises. Penguin’s fingers are under Killer’s mask and no one wants to talk about it.

Hour 12: 10am. 

The Sunny drives over the bridge to the island where the beach house is located! There is rejoicing!! They’ve made it!! 

…except it turns out the island is still a 20 minute drive from one end to the other. Nami spots the Tang right behind them out the window.

Nami screams at Franky to Floor it. Franky Floors it. Law, who has not slept at all and needs to get away from whatever is happening in the back seat, also floors it. 

Luffy manages to get the emergency hatch at the top of the bus open and crawls onto the roof, waving wildly

Yelling for Torao to look at him as Zoro grabs onto his ankles to keep him attached to the bus. 

Kid sees Luffy and starts yelling at Law to speed up. Law yells at Kid that it’s a single lane road. Penguin is making out with Killer’s mask. Shachi’s hands are… somewhere.

They race down the waterfront road as the bus shakes from exertion and the Audi purrs like a kitten. Everyone is screaming. 

The Tang drives into the opposing traffic to try to overtake the sunny just as they reach the beach house at the very end of the lane

There’s a squealing of tires as they both brake to a stop on the lawn, mere inches from the front door. 

Chopper stumbles out onto the sand, having lost years off his life in the last few seconds of that race. 

Law gets out and starts throwing rocks at everyone in the back

Then, the front door of the beach house opens and Ace walks out, roast beef sandwich mid bite. 

Everyone stares at him. 

“Hey,” Ace says. “What took you so long?” 

Nami wails. 

Luffy scampers all the way onto the Sunny’s roof and jumps at Ace. 

Ace does not catch him.

Killer and Penguin are making out on the sand, killer’s mask partially up. 

Zoro and Sanji are… in the back of the bus. Doing… something. 

Jinbei starts unloading luggage. 

After recovering from his fall, Luffy jumps over to Law and drags him in to pick rooms.

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Can we see More about your racing AU please?

Looks so amazing and i love It so much

I do suppose I could share the character design line up!

I really just need to finish designing all the go karts, (atleast most are done!) and then I can make proper cards for them and really get into the written details.

To be honest it’s a little hard to just ramble about info and details without specific questions to go off of, so I’ll try my best hhh

for starters, the tent? Not a tent!

It’s actually a stadium, the amazing digital race!

And rooms? Sort of tweaked, they are more like each character owns a personal garage, a large open space where they store their vehicles and then have a loft above that showcases their cozy safe havens. Bed, entertainment, basically a small room in a much larger one.

I haven’t revealed Ragatha, Zooble or Gangles karts yet but I’ll go ahead and just talk about all of them!

Caine:

Caine has a motorcycle, specifically one inspired off of the motorcycle I’m saving up for this summer, a Kawasaki Eliminator. It’s a cruiser, I’m thinking he has a 600cc model but considering Bubble is his right hand man and operates as the races pit crew- he’s definitely tinkered with Caines bike, making adjustments and improving the engine. God only knows what the little psycho did, but it’s a damn good bike that’s not supposed to rev as loud as it does.

Pomni:

Her kart is inspired off a Volkswagen Beetle, seemed very VERY Pomni to me. Her car mimics her outfit design a lot, I might do some color changes to be honest but it will be super minimal, it’ll be final when the cards are done! She definitely stops at the pit the most often despite her placement in a race, are my tires okay?? Do I need my oil?? I know you just filled it but it went down- is anything damaged?? Sweetie you did one lap..

Jax:

Jesus Christ he has a giant supercharger on the hood of his car, and he is absolutely one of those annoying mfs that reva their engine OBNOXIOUSLY loud all the time like he’s super cool. If you’re wondering who most of the skid marks on the track are from, that’s also Jax. Hes the best as drifting, and he loves to show that off. His car isn’t based too much on an actual vehicle?? I stared at Mario karts and pieced it together, but also gave it a very sports car look, the wing on the back fr fr I think Jax would dig that.

Kinger:

OHHSOSK I was so creative with his little wagon,,, it’s castle shaped!! And the best part? Operates like a rocket. In the back past the battlement (the crown looking thing you see atop castle pillars) ARE GIANT exhaust pipes and yes, they do spit fire !! Operates like a rocket. It’s very cool! (Also he has a great muffler because unlike Jax he’s considerate of others hearing 💔) Oh also, he has one of those silly horns, I forgot how to describe it but you can just look at how I drew it on his kart and you’ll know heheh!

Zooble:

Our second motorcyclist, owns a trike! If you don’t know what that is, picture a bike with training wheels but super badass. 3 wheels! It’s inspired off the Harley Davidson freewheeler, I like that design a lot but it’s def not actually a Harley because istg when you buy those bikes your just paying for the fancy name brand- expect it to be in the shop all the time, smh not good- BUT ANYWAY!! The looks are inspired off it though and I can’t wait for this one because it’s just as crazy kooky as Zoobles design is.

Gangle:

Her kart is based on my favorite car, classic style but not too cool because you can bet she has anime stickers on the back and a decal that says “please let me merge before I start crying.” It’s similar to a karmann ghia convertible, 1963. Cherry red (so so pretty) She always has the top down, unless competing because damn you gotta go fast. That car itself is really slow, top speed normally is 68mph, however people have modified them enough to get up to 120mph. Thats still pretty slow compared to others, but her kart only reflects the appearance of the ghia! It’s much faster and I assume Bubble works on all their vehicles if asked to.

Lastly, Ragatha:

Our 3rd motorcyclist. 4 Karts, 3 cyclists. Her bike is a futuristic style, if you want a good idea then look up “icare bike”! Not so much a straight forward posture, she leans over ofc, you’ll likely get the idea when you see her bike. I’ll be honest, I haven’t gotten too into her design yet because I haven’t started drawing but!! Dark blue leds,, everywhere yes yes so cool ❤️

Sorry that’s so much 😭 but yeah! Just need to finish 3 kart designs for you guys and I can make official ref cards 👀