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(154,021 posts) Mon Feb 13, 2012, 02:11 PM Feb 2012

VW Beetle Police Car Wins 20 Mph Chase In Elizabethton, Tenn. [View all]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle – at about 20 mph. The beetle won.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/vw-beetle-police-chase_n_1272958.html?ref=weird-news

GO BEETLE!!!!! (And yes that is a DUI}

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VW Beetle Police Car Wins 20 Mph Chase In Elizabethton, Tenn. [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 OP

Beetles are so crunchy. pintobean Feb 2012 #1

Supper dooper crunchy! n/t zappaman Feb 2012 #2

Crunchy is a good thing right? Webster Green Feb 2012 #6

That story is poorly written and makes no sense whatsoever. Brickbat Feb 2012 #3

Take it with the paper, and the HP nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #5

Nah, we are going to bitch about it here, this is a non story.. snooper2 Feb 2012 #10

Well since the message gate keepers are all over nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #12

Me, me, me, me, me. zappaman Feb 2012 #14

I can't follow half sentences--- snooper2 Feb 2012 #15

Whatever, you knock yourself silly with the red pen nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #19

I don't have a red pen, but you should, you are the journalist snooper2 Feb 2012 #20

Well I guess you will also make fun of Leader Pelosi nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #35

"and I know this is driving you guys even more crazy than usual." zappaman Feb 2012 #36

I don't know what Pelosi or Feinstein have to do with this thread... snooper2 Feb 2012 #42

Alas we are talking of different people nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #43

Someday we will all get it, time for some changes snooper2 Feb 2012 #44

cool! zappaman Feb 2012 #45

You have to be curios pintobean Feb 2012 #21

you still have time to fix that snooper2 Feb 2012 #23

I don't claim to understand. pintobean Feb 2012 #26

Punishing DU for calling you out on a confusing, poorly edited story that you wrote by posting Brickbat Feb 2012 #16

And I love you too nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Feb 2012 #22

And speaking of cyberbullies nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Feb 2012 #62

Why post here at all then? Chorophyll Feb 2012 #24

I spin the magic wheel each morning and it tells me where to go snooper2 Feb 2012 #28

We are being punished zappaman Feb 2012 #29

Go here for news, it's more accurate anyway :) snooper2 Feb 2012 #30

yes, but is it "crunchy"? nt zappaman Feb 2012 #31

Check it out, yes, "crunchy", with the added benefit snooper2 Feb 2012 #32

I know that the gate keepers want that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #33

I don't know what you are saying zappaman Feb 2012 #38

Um... okay. nt Chorophyll Feb 2012 #56

I sent off a complaint to Hewlett-Packard. zappaman Feb 2012 #11

yeah its weird Enrique Feb 2012 #58

Ah I see that I was more than correct on function from markings nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #59

Too cute to crunch? nt MADem Feb 2012 #4

And the most interesting headline of the day award goes to... LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #7

Damn she was on Aerows Feb 2012 #8

That she was, but I am not completely shocked nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Feb 2012 #25

Well, to be fair Aerows Feb 2012 #48

"ramming the Beetle" pintobean Feb 2012 #27

LOL Aerows Feb 2012 #47

but at least she used the metric system Enrique Feb 2012 #60

Dressed appropriately for the occasion it appears Broderick Feb 2012 #13

Hardly wierd these days Mopar151 Feb 2012 #17

What the fuck is Carter County Sheriff's Dept doing with a VW Beetle? taterguy Feb 2012 #37

Email the dept, but what is says on the side is your answer nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #39

Why would I waste time emailing the department? taterguy Feb 2012 #40

No, according to some on DU I know shit nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #41

I don't have time to do a picture puzzle taterguy Feb 2012 #53

GOOD nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #54

Osterberg! zappaman Feb 2012 #55

You're welcome taterguy Feb 2012 #61

Either that, or they should have a pillion seat muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #46

Apparently Aerows Feb 2012 #49

They needed to pack kriminals into a vehicle.... whistler162 Feb 2012 #57

Beetles are such cute cars. Terra Alta Feb 2012 #50

The officer was lucky. Recovered Repug Feb 2012 #51

I am not supposed to know shit, but modern day Beetles nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #52