Monday, February 28, 2022

Ewan McGregor has a 54 Beetle for a daily driver in LA... I love that.



His 1st car was a South African market 78 Beetle, and his search for it went all out, even making a Jimmy Kimmel late night plea for help finding it  https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/1966/ewan-mcgregor-millionaire-actor-really-wants-a-78-vw-beetle

 At sixteen, McGregor purchased the late-production Bug for £500, exactly the amount he’d stashed after two years as a dishwasher.

His marriage of 22years resulted in him losing a 6 million dollar LA home, a half mil in cash, child support, and all but 30 of his car collection.... she got 5 choice picks. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ewan-mcgregor-keeps-30-vehicles-from-his-collection-in-divorce-settlement-147454.html Ouch

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  1. The article says that he had the Beetle converted to electric power after it broke down once in LA.

    Another article on that site says that McGregor and a friend rode Harley LiveWire electric motorcycles from Argentina to LA back in 2019. They made a documentary series that appears to be on Apple+.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=611fw81BN98

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    1. I read about that conversion, even saw the photos of him pushing it. In addition to riding from Argentina, he's most famous for riding across Asia, I think it was

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