Stuck on the side of the rd! Not going to be home soon, wife not happy!

vvwbeetle Officially Full-On Dubber

234 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 13 Mar 2013, 5:04 pm

#947442

Thought I'd take the car to the office today, hadn't driven it for 10weeks,
Now sitting the side of the rd not driving!

Fan belt decided it was going to break.

Hoping a mate is coming to the rescue.

Wife not happy that I won't be home soon and she has to look after both kids and get them off to sleep.

Somebody is sleeping in the kennel that is as long as the dogs don't kick me out as well

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Mar 2013, 5:58 pm

#947451

And what are you buying tomorrow? A spare fan belt and a flea collar

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 13 Mar 2013, 7:06 pm

#947460

Well on the plus side we all know to get the new one on all you gotta do is fire it up and throw a screw driver at it, bam! belt on 😉

Stinkbug Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 13 Mar 2013, 7:31 pm

#947469

then count your fingers straight afterwards😂

Stinkbug Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 13 Mar 2013, 7:32 pm

#947470

at least it didnt catch fire😁

vvwbeetle Officially Full-On Dubber

234 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 13 Mar 2013, 7:52 pm

#947477

Thanks guys,

A mate that lives close by managed to get me a belt after hrs, and came to my rescue, I'm just glad I noticed it straight away, no damage done.

Got home and the wife was not happy!

Trying to diffuse the matter, before the words " time for it to go" come out of her mouth.

Kids bathed, dishes done, just about to make a cuppa and give some chocolate. Hopefully all that helps!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 13 Mar 2013, 9:34 pm

#947491

lol 😂🙅🥲

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Mar 2013, 12:15 am

#947509

vvwbeetle wrote:Thought I'd take the car to the office today, hadn't driven it for 10weeks,
Now sitting the side of the rd not driving!

Fan belt decided it was going to break.

Hoping a mate is coming to the rescue.

Wife not happy that I won't be home soon and she has to look after both kids and get them off to sleep.

Somebody is sleeping in the kennel that is as long as the dogs don't kick me out as well

Lucky You noticed the broken belt/ alternator light come on..

I always carry two spare belts.. just in case...
as the alternator or generator belts aren't expensive..
[glad I don't have a fancy belt]

back in the 50s and 60s You always saw a spare belt sitting in the centre of the spare wheel..

I don't know if they came with the car when new but they were always there..

after not driving it for 10 weeks...!!!!
women just don't understand... lol

Hope the Dogs understand... lol

cheers

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 14 Mar 2013, 8:14 am

#947528

68AutoBug wrote:back in the 50s and 60s You always saw a spare belt sitting in the centre of the spare wheel..

I don't know if they came with the car when new but they were always there..

Dad said his '59 came with a spare belt when he picked it up from the dealer, and they used to check it was there and what shape it was in at each service !!!

Two things I know with the belts:
- always carry a spare AND the tools to change it
- good, better, Bosch. I had two brand new Gates belts fail in two weekends driving (ok... events)... now had 4 really big weekends on a single Bosch with no probs.

Two things I know with women and VW's:
- women are more fun, but cars are more reliable long term
- I've had my VW now for 20 years, and she's more fun now than when I first got her... never yet kept a woman that long, and never heard of a woman become more fun with years !!!

Plus they're making new women all the time so you can always update/upgrade (within moral, ethical and legal standards)... while VW stopped making Beetles a few years back now and the options are geting more and more limited all the time...

😂

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 14 Mar 2013, 8:33 am

#947533

time to go cause it needed a $5 fan belt LoL
i give you $500 for the car to make your wife happy.

😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 18 Mar 2013, 7:31 pm

#948136

ian.mezz wrote:time to go cause it needed a $5 fan belt LoL
i give you $500 for the car to make your wife happy.

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