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WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW

824 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·

#398633
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Thought some of you might be interested in what I collected today...


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:puke






I think one of the coppers might have overheard me when he said,

"Well the engine's in the BACK so that's where the fire would have started"...

And I mumbled,

"IDIOTS"...!!!!


:jesus
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....

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

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#398637
At least real beetles don't have body panels MELT!

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#398665
Oh dear

who has the marshmellows....

and a BIG stick for the dopey cop making the statement...lol
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#398668
gee i thought the guards were steel. shows how much i know 🙂
Jon

helterskelter400 Fahrvergnugen

900 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#398673
jeepers. if they doing it in perth winter. wait til summer. new beetle bbq everwhere.

son asks.. "daddy.. why does that new beetle smell like a deisel?"
"cause its plastic and its on fire"... dad replies
:thumb

HGFS Wolfsburg Wizard

531 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#398737
The number plate is wrong, as by the looks of it plastic doesn't toast. Melt may have been more appropriate. Hey at least the passenger side window can be salvaged 🙂

Did anyone see this months Volksworld, one of their previous cover cars has been burnt to the ground. Something like an owner mistake in his shed causing fuel to squirt all over the interior, then something sparked it from memory. Would have to be the worst feeling, you would have the whole street asking you what happened as well...
1954 Oval long term project going nowhere
1958 Beetle drag car project
1959 Beetle project I need to sell one day
1969 Squareback

Craig Paton Wolfsburg Wizard

620 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#398758
There's another shell for a RACECAR!!!! :thumb

mscabrio Cabriolet Queen

2,308 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#398760
HotRodMatt wrote:At least real beetles don't have body panels MELT!


hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Real beetles don't don't have body panels ...... real beetles are animals!
🤘

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#398769
hey grab me the finger guards!! 😉
see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#398838
blutopless2 wrote:hey grab me the finger guards!! 😉
If you want a set of finger guards (and lots of other stuff), Rocky Mountain Motor Works sell them new.

Yogie

zac_smits Coolest Person Ever!

3,634 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#398893
mmmmmm that was one HOT beetle :P
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vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#398934
The reason for the plastic panels is this:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/27/wheels.beetle.crash/
Albert King, a crash-test expert at Wayne State University, said the Beetle performed well because its bumpers contained energy filters, which work on the same principle as shock absorbers. Energy filters in the Beetle's bumpers compress during a front impact
"This is the first time I've seen zero in pole impact. It's really amazing," he said.
The movie of the 5 mph (8 km/h) test:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/27/wheels.beetle.crash/beetle.240.20.mov

They save your lives in an accident and they suffer little to no damage when you bump into poles (to about 15-20 km/h anyway).

thanks,
Andrew

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#399179
That is great to see. I love the $0 cost to fix on the beetle and $1,174 on the elantra after the same test.

Still, don't think I will try it myself.

Yogie

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#399203
Hmm.. some one should have told that tit bit of info to the panel beaters who repaired my brothers NB after some one put a scrape in the rear bumper in a parking lot. Hard to actually see the damage, but coupla grand to fix!!! Lucky for insurance is all I can say!!!!

vanderaj wrote:The reason for the plastic panels is this:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/27/wheels.beetle.crash/
Albert King, a crash-test expert at Wayne State University, said the Beetle performed well because its bumpers contained energy filters, which work on the same principle as shock absorbers. Energy filters in the Beetle's bumpers compress during a front impact
"This is the first time I've seen zero in pole impact. It's really amazing," he said.
The movie of the 5 mph (8 km/h) test:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/27/wheels.beetle.crash/beetle.240.20.mov

They save your lives in an accident and they suffer little to no damage when you bump into poles (to about 15-20 km/h anyway).

thanks,
Andrew