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StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#398696
Just bought the 1.9L TDI version to add to my VW delivery fleet.. Anyone else got one?.. They handle really well..

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ByronBug High Priestess of Unequaled Coolness & Flower Child

1,446 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#398697
:sandrine
I saw them on the road for the first time last Sept when we travelled overseas.
We visited the Van Gogh Musuem in Amsterdam (I think)& right outside was a
security officer for the place loading his 2 german shepard dogs in one.
I went over & had a good look at it....
Only now I am seeing them here....
Judy 🙂
59 Microbus Kombi (MERCY)
64 Microbus Kombi (CHANNON)



Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#398843
I am amazed at how big these things are. In pictures I thought they were about the size of the holden combo. When we saw them in Germany with rear seats in tha back and everything, they were huge. Heaps of room behind the rear seats even. Should be a great delviery van.

Yogie

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#398855
They are a lot bigger than they look.. based on the new golf platform though so great handling..
I don't think they come with rear seats but i bet someone will think of that before long..
My one is due in to OZ this week (off the boat).. I should have it by end of month.. On road 27900.. which I think is good value

silversur4 Casual Dubber

37 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#398859
StenGuns
Were you at the nationals with your yellow twin cab in the swap area and I had a chat with you about your tyres that you had on the ute and you said that you did a lot of miles on the tyres and that they were same as taxi cabs used.
Was that you or some other Yellow twin cab owner.

R
Scotty
Scott J
74 Twin Cab - Silversur4

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#398866
That was me.. Funny coincidence you should bring that up.. I got a nail in the tyre yesterday and went back to the tyre shop.. The tyre has 40,000+ on it and the tread is still excellent.. Apparently cabbies get 100,000 + They are a great tyre (forgotten the brand) ..

silversur4 wrote:StenGuns
Were you at the nationals with your yellow twin cab in the swap area and I had a chat with you about your tyres that you had on the ute and you said that you did a lot of miles on the tyres and that they were same as taxi cabs used.
Was that you or some other Yellow twin cab owner.

R
Scotty

silversur4 Casual Dubber

37 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#398870
It would be great to find out the brand and model that you have been using as I have to replace the 4 tyres on the new van I bought just recently.

R
Scotty
Scott J
74 Twin Cab - Silversur4

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#398889
How cool would one be with the optional dual slider, some windows punched in the back and mayube extra seats...

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#398901
There is a silver one at Barlo mascot with a door either side! I looked on the german/euro site and the do exactly what you say!.. Windows and a back row of seats.. Also they throw a performance chip in them and race them!!!

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#398929
Champiro 128 GT Radials.. Thoroughly recommend them>>

silversur4 wrote:It would be great to find out the brand and model that you have been using as I have to replace the 4 tyres on the new van I bought just recently.

R
Scotty

crazyfiggi Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#398996
We had one of these in at my old work that had been smashed. They are such a cool little van, i would love to get one.
Alex.

Octa veedub recluse

406 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#399151
last celtic warrior wrote:The "new" Fridolin... Cool as.
Man, you beat me to it. As soon as I saw it I thought the same thing. Get some wheels similar to the wide five five spoke (like this ones form MB) and lower it, add a cool graphic for your business and you are set... modern day frid :thumb
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VW no more... sigh.... well, at least it's a cousin

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#399161
Cept those Frids were Butt Ugly!!

ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#399164
i was thinkin the same thing also. :cussing

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#399174
When I last spoke to a dealer, they said the version with seats will be coming in to Australia. I think they said later this year. It will have all the windows and things. Looked cool when I saw it. Also saw a factory campervan in the same building at the museum based on the transporter. They have sent it around the world as a show car apparently.

Yogie

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#406863
Its such a great vehicle for the money.. the 1.9l turboed diesel is so torquey.. the front wheels lose traction at take off if your a biit heavy on the pedal.. 3.2cu metres of space in the back.. Hard to compare to the berlingo or combo as they are so much bigger..
I love it!!! Congratulations VW

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#406998
Isn't the name ironic. It is a vehicle that carries things around called a caddy. And it is based on golf running gear. Put 2 and 2 together and does that mean there is someone in VW with a sense of humour?

Yogie

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#407005
the gti version....

personaly i prefer the original caddy gti's few and far between but very nice... still this aint a bad looking car...



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ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#407053
i know volkswagen are highly intellectual when it comes to their advertising, so i may be missing something, but can someone tell me why there is someone climbing a wall behind the caddy?

i thought they would do a golf joke...

karmen Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,648 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#407076
how much them champrio tyres man ?

Bob Jane or ??
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StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#407347
The Caddy also comes in a 7 seater with rear windows.. (Although I thought not yet available in OZ).. Perhaps this is a factory option when purchasing but I don't remember being offered windows

Fossil Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,649 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#407776
hate to say but looks like similar to the holden combo van
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Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#407800
Fossil wrote:hate to say but looks like similar to the holden combo van
When I first saw a picture of one, I thought the same thing. In real life though, they are MUCH bigger.

Yogie

DutchAussie Learner Dubber

9 posts · joined Apr 2006 ·

#480141
Hi,

I will be buying a VW Caddy next month. I have searched the Internet for pictures of the 1.9TDI engine and can't find any detail. Also the suspension details. Do any of you have pictures you would like to post?

Anyone using Biodiesel?

Regards,

Arie
2007 VW Caddy Type 2KN
1.9 L TDI with DSG.

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blue_bug Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined May 2006 ·

#484874
StenGuns wrote:Just bought the 1.9L TDI version to add to my VW delivery fleet.. Anyone else got one?.. They handle really well..
We dont get them here where I'm at.Good thing to...we would see those riced out 😂
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ragtopp Wolfsburg Wizard

456 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·

#484981
The reason that the holden looks similar is all the van section bodies come from the vw plant in poland and are farmed out to the various manufacturers.
The previous model caddy and combo were exactly the same from the rear of the front seats backwards for the same reason.
There are heaps of the holden variety getting around with windows cut into them so its only natural some fools out there will do the same to the vw.
Supose its why the old panel vans without windows cut into them are so rare.

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#487569
read the specs on these ages ago, recon they are the real new kombi, same sort of storage specs, same sort of engine sizes, based on the small VW car of the day... reasonably priced.
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