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Is Dub spotting really a mental health issue?

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wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·

#1016040
Driving through Adelaide this arvo to pick the Missus up from the airport. Spotted a Square back in a yard. Next saw a Lowlight Kombi in a shop carpark, (looked like a sister to ours, same central pop top above the sliding door.). Then in a yard I spotted a semi Baja'd Beetle and then a few minutes later a sweet red KG.
Hell the dog jumped and stared when I yelled "full set!"
Is this normal behaviour, or is living in a country town with few Dubs a possible diagnosis. I'd ask the Missus be she already thinks I need a padded room.
Is 7 air cooled Dubs in 15 minutes anywhere near a record for Dub spotting?
DUBS BY THE RIVER 2021 Morgan SA - Sept 18-19 2021

Currently suffering from delusions of sanity!

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1016045
😂
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#1016046
Today, in the Midwest (population 5000 for 40000 sq km, and I rekn they're joking for sure..........) I saw a bright red fat-bummed whale-tailed Beetle on shiny gold 8-spoke alloys.
It was on a trailer, and it looked so "show ready" I almost pulled past him and yelled to ask to have a good look it was that nice.

What are the odds, VW Bush Week! 😂

wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·

#1016121
👍😂
I almost stopped to see if i could find the Kombi owner and ask them about it.
It's a disease
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Currently suffering from delusions of sanity!

wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·

#1016170
Its Baader-Meinhof if its new to you. But if youve been a Dub fan for years, it's definately a disease or obsession. As a Holden junkie I still have the same problem spotting pre Commodore classics.
DUBS BY THE RIVER 2021 Morgan SA - Sept 18-19 2021

Currently suffering from delusions of sanity!

eXraycer Seriously Crusin Dubber

166 posts · joined May 2012 ·

#1016203
I'm pretty sure I'm right. That article I referenced before was poorly written click bait that got it's info from an equally bad Wiki page. Baader Meinhoff is otherwise known as the Frequency Illusion. It's classified as a cognitive bias. Here's another questionable link. http://wordspy.com/index.php?word=frequency-illusion
Btw, keep dub spotting. There are worse things to be doing like spotting Hondas or Hyundais.

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#1016204
You never ever grow out of this condition, I've got it (along with a sheet load of other old[er] codgers) with sweet young things, though I've noticed that it seems to be morphing onwards to old(er) sweet things. 😂
Oh, and dubs of all varieties too.🤪
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

Perezoso Commited Dubber

59 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#1016224
My two year old yells TOMBI way before we ever see a kombi rolling down the street, she then fist pumps and claps her hands. My four year old boy is just as crazy. They make it very infectious.
72 super beetle
74 rat panel van

bugmaniaar Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#1016237
Im starting to tremble...need to see a vw soon.......

wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·

#1016244
I've been watching the first season of CHiPs lately, its like late beetle porn!
😂👍
DUBS BY THE RIVER 2021 Morgan SA - Sept 18-19 2021

Currently suffering from delusions of sanity!

volk hogan Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined Jul 2011 ·

#1016821
sounds normal, the people that don't get excited over air cooled dubs are the ones with mental health issues..🙅
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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#1016831
Richard Holzl called it HIV-w
Keeping it real !

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#1016867
bugmaniaar wrote:Im starting to tremble...need to see a vw soon.......
lol

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#1016868
I do tend to notice the cars I like and can spot them easy, but I dont go nuts trying to spot them.

I mostly spot type 3s, pre 95 Porsche and pre 95 Commys except for VLs , coz they're shit lol.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE