Leaked image of VW's first self-driving car.

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Photo of a ridiculously buffoonish clown who makes his living by being hilariously idiotic, and a photo of Buddy Hackett.

@MostlyHarmless I totally forgot how much i enjoyed the idea of a sentient car as a child <3 <3 <3
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@MostlyHarmless Here's Pontiac's first self driving car
@Ghryphen @MostlyHarmless Here's Plymouth's first self driving car.
@Ghryphen @MostlyHarmless And mustang's first self driving car that still actually looked ok. The new electric mustang is a travesty.

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Herbie, the Love Bug! Shut up and take my money.

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Rumor has it a competitor has an even more impressive rival project, codenamed "CC!!"
@MostlyHarmless (nods approvingly) I get that reference 😄
@MostlyHarmless lol..thx fo making my day!!
@MostlyHarmless (Caption: a photo of Herbie the love bug, with the characteristic stripes and circled 53 racing number)
@MostlyHarmless But I’ll admit this car looks dope af
@MostlyHarmless So special they made movies about Herbie. You ain't nothing special, Elmo. 😂
@MostlyHarmless I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
@MostlyHarmless nobody in my class knows Herbie 😭
@MostlyHarmless back when I was in Seattle a UPS truck came to my office. The truck number was 110101 on the side and a coworker asked me why I was laughing so much. I said I'd just seen the most obscure Herbie joke ever.
@MostlyHarmless Herbie drives like a maniac!!
@MostlyHarmless I'd trust that over a Tesla
@MostlyHarmless it still has some bugs to iron out
@MostlyHarmless yeah, I wonder how many of current generation know that VW had a self-driving car in the 1970's. Unfortunately only the prototype was ever made.
@MostlyHarmless That's a really nice Herbie replica... I'm curious as to what they did to the suspension; those wheels are NOT stock...
@MostlyHarmless Not VW, but this one’s self driving and virtually indestructible.
@MostlyHarmless does it come with a diamond
@MostlyHarmless normally I wouldn't boost without alt text but the joke is given in the replies
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Alt text: Herbie, a fictional sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, originally from the 1968 movie The Love Bug
@MostlyHarmless lol Herbie the Love Bug! Prefer him over Kitt anyday, lol.

@MostlyHarmless oh, that's nice, it's had its suspension dinked with too (those are not stock VeeDub wheels, which means what's attached to it isn't stock either...)

Now, if it was _electric_...