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Is it possible that in the distant future, President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, might be viewed as one of the greatest American Presidents?

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Now THAT is an Engine Upgrade

Comment comment by VnutZ on 06 May 2006

Of course, there is always the other option of saying 'to hell with fuel efficiency' by installing a jet engine into your VW Beetle. I like how the DMV and Highway Patrol each had no clue on the street legality of such a machine. But builder Ron Patrick describes it best: a jet-boosted run will "pin the speedometer and that's at 140." He thinks that when it hits 160 mph -- he hasn't seen that ... yet -- the car will start lifting off the ground ...

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