Is this normal?

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 3 Nov 2015, 9:11 am

#1020541

Today while driving along in the beetle with the roof down on a beautiful Queensland day I turned on the sound system to listen to the ipod, after about a minute I realised that I actually prefer to hear the engine! My choice in music is obviously 'my choice' so there's nothing wrong in that department, it's just I find it reassuring, even relaxing to hear that little beat going on at the back. So is this normal or am I weird? Please be gentle with me 🤓

Carl and Emily Officially Full-On Dubber

349 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 3 Nov 2015, 9:38 am

#1020542

Most of us drive air cooled vw's so perhaps we are not one's to ask if you are normal.😂

but in answer to your question.

YES!!! Absolutely!! it's perfectly normal.🤓

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Nov 2015, 11:21 am

#1020546

When I was 16 I went away for the weekend with some friends in a 67 1300 deluxe Beetle, I fell in love with the Beetles sound then.

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 3 Nov 2015, 11:38 am

#1020547

Yep, that's why even in freezing cold whether you rug up, and put the windows down just so you can hear more of the engine 🙂

lou0060 Wolfsburg Wizard

568 posts · joined Dec 2010 · 3 Nov 2015, 6:07 pm

#1020562

yep, was a 4 yr old when the my dad brought home his first VW, a 59. Reckon I can still here the 6 volt generator whirring away.........

living for the day I get my 63 ragtop back on the road with its 40horse Judson........

1971 karmann ghia Cabrio - Cruising 👍
1963 beetle Sunroof - gathering dust 🥲
1968 race beetle - twin turbo Subaru - stress relief 😁
1960 beetle - old school low & slow 😏

lou0060 Wolfsburg Wizard

568 posts · joined Dec 2010 · 3 Nov 2015, 6:09 pm

#1020563

oh hang on, just realised that my tinnitus ringing in my ears.....🤪 .🤪

1971 karmann ghia Cabrio - Cruising 👍
1963 beetle Sunroof - gathering dust 🥲
1968 race beetle - twin turbo Subaru - stress relief 😁
1960 beetle - old school low & slow 😏

wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 · 3 Nov 2015, 6:14 pm

#1020564

Worse is you get to know it so well that the minutest disparity in how it normally sounds brings out a cold sweat and makes you think about pulling over to find out why, then you realise you're in a road cutting!😂

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Currently suffering from delusions of sanity!