What is it with bloody Beetles?? Every VW website you find is full of beetles.....every VW magazine you find is full of Beetles....every model shop only stocks VW beetles!!!!!!!
Isn't it obvious that they are nowhere near as cool as Kombis!! It's time us Kombi owners make a stand!!!!
Maybe we should have our own forum so when you see a topic like "my 58" you don't race there all excited to find they are only talking about a bloody beetle!!
Bigger is better in my book - so this proves kombis are better!
Why don't bloody beetle drivers wave back?
Am I alone on this????
HE HE HE HE HE HE HE
baybuscamperkid ·
nope, ur not the only one. there is nowhere near enough kombi content out there, not to mention peoples views on kombis! have you noticed just about anybody can drive a beetle, some people even find it highly fashionable, but you have to be a pot smoking hippy to drive a kombi!
GL1972 ·
surfkombi,
I have been building a 72 super for the last 18 months but lately I've been wondering how I'm going to fit my 6.0' kneeboard in the back.
Ocassionaly I catch myself looking wistfully at '68 to '70 kombis. Maybe the 2110 will push one nicely to the beach at 6:00am......hmmmmmm.
:jesus
vw54 ·
Sorry 22 million carnt be wrong...
robnjo ·
we are the base of that bloody great pyramid😎 (o\i/o)
duncombemu ·
This is all silly. Why make it 'us and them'. We all have a passion for VW's, no matter if they're Type 1,2,3,4, what ever engine, air, water, N/A, turbo, F/I, what ever. Anyway, I always wave to anyone with a VW, it doesn't matter. Get a grip guys. We all love our VW's, both big and small.
Regards,
Mark:thumb
Babybug ·
I am lucky too have both Kombi and beetle
And like you've probably heard before size doesn't matter. :P
silver ·
Well I've got one of each! to me it is the best way! and after all they are all VeeDubs
surfkombi ·
I must admit - ever since I have owned the Kombi - I have started looking more interestingly towards beetles. I have found they are useful - you can wreck them and use some of the parts on the Kombi!!!!!!!!!
I am looking forward to getting a copy of the new aussie VW magazine to see how much kombi content there is - all of the UK mags I have seen have one ot two pages at the back dedicated to kombis.
I don't really want to segregate VW owners into 'us' and 'them' - I just wish there was as much Kombi material in the world as there is beetle stuff.
PS When is a movie studio going to make 'Herby the Love Bus'??
Go Bongo Vans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Midlife crisis ·
If you think the kombi is hard done by, try having a type 3. We wave to Kombi's and beetles, but only the diehard Veedubbers who recognize a type 3 wave back.
And there a even less Type 3's than Kombi's in magazines.
surfkombi ·
I am definately going to the VW jamboree in Melbourne on March 28 - I hope to meet some Beetle Drivers and find out why they love there cars!!!!
I reckon Type 3's are very cool! One lives around the corner from me - buts it's owner won't wave!!
I have also found that owners of 'wedge' (82 onwards) kombis don't wave either!!!!!
Babybug ·
Maybe they can tell you don't like them so they don't wave. Maybe you give them the evil eye :o
robnjo ·
sorry duncombemu,I ment to put "LOL" at the end of my post..............................................
surfkombi ·
I don't dislike beetles or their owners at all!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am just very jealous that they get all the attention!!!!
PS I never have been a pot smoking hippy - but ever since buying the bus I have though about growing a beard!!!! What's happening to me!
Babybug ·
Jion a VW club and you will meet lots of kombi owners and I am sure the beetle will wave if you do.:kiss
byronbus ·
I always wave at my kombi when i drive past in my beetle 😀
Cruzin in a Golf ·
I couldnt agree more SurfKombi, Beetles are everywhere, but lets think about it, it was all those bastards out there that bought em all, what you should be complaining about is that those same bastards should have bought a Kombi not a Beetle regardless of whether they need 4 seats or 8. Golfs are even more marginalised than the Kombi or Type 3. But its our own fault for not buying more of em and spending our hard earned on em to make em look sick like countless bug owners do. I not saying other owners dont tho cos we do, so its sucks when you have a rareish car.
Cruzin in a Golf
surfkombi ·
I plan to join a VW club very soon! I have looked at the Vic Clubs site but a fair bit of it seems to be down at the moment.
Im not even sure if there is only one club in VIC - but someone will let me know which is best!
byronbus ·
I drove halfway around the world today in a kombi to look at a beetle, you'll be glad to know it was a rusted wreck
surfkombi ·
Why spend your money on a beetle when you could buy another Kombi!!!!
byronbus ·
I have another...
Babybug ·
But I wasn't happy :cry
byronbus ·
No, either was i really, im really keen on that 60 beetle in sydney...you guys want the oval?
Babybug ·
Do you really have to ask. Rob would die to get that beetle.
duncombemu ·
I hope you're joking BYRONBUS, about finding a 'rusted wreck of a Beetle' after driving around. If you weren't, then think about what you just said to a lot of Beetle owners. They would find that a bit of an insult.
Why can't we see the VW sign on a car and be happy that the VW, what ever type, still lives on. The less 'rusted Beetle wrecks' about, the more the VW name will live on, hopefully forever.
Regards,
Mark:thumb😀
DoNkEy ·
Its all supply and demand..more beetles more beetle parts and info. U also gotta remember that when people think VW's they instantly think of a beetle, its what makes vw's vw's. After a little more thinking they do although think of tree hugin hippies in kombi's! and herbie (a beetle)
:P
But i do love kombis and i hope to get one soon..beetles have class but kombis have class and SPACE!
First thing i hope to do when i get a kombi is drive past a hippie protest and shout out my window "bloody hippies!"... All jokes ofcourse 😀
Babybug ·
Hey if you get a Kombi you can come on the nimbin convoy and yell all you want.....🙂 :sandrine
DoNkEy ·
lmao!😀
Oasis ·
I'm gonna do a beetle to kombi conversion. Keep the pan and add a couple of panels. What do you reckon? Anyone done this? 😀:o
Starbug ·
surfinkombi... ive found the opposite... i wave to EVERY old skool vw i see (beetles, kombis, bajas, buggies, type 3's, golfs, ghias)
and ive found the majority of kombis i wave to dont wave back.
tho every type 3 i have waved to has waved back🙂
VWFOOL ·
i agree
kombi owners hav never waved to me, i dont bother anymore with them,
but most type 3s hav waved back.
then again, u wave to some bug owners and they look at u like
"wat the f*** do we hav in common? why r u waving?"
Robo ·
Hi PPL
I spose mostely it comes down to whether or not the person driving the car/Kombi is a VW person, I had a Beetle and a kombi at the same time for ten years, I always wave to another VW whatever the model. There is a lot of PPL driving VW's that wave to no one, I have waved to other Kombi's and been totaly ignored or had looks of "Who the hell are you" thrown at me.
If you are a real VW person, that loves VW's you would wave to the driver of any VW. so lets all make an effort to have unity in the VW FAMILY...🙂
Rob...😎
Stanley ·
Well i'm going to the darkside and looking at buying a notch......will ppl still wave at me or will I have to go and get the beetle.....😉
Babybug ·
Ill wave to you, I love all Volksie's..😉
Jodie..:kiss
ibmoknegawsklov ·
Try driving a country buggy.......the entire world seems to stop and stare in disbelief when you cruise past with the windscreen folded down. Any body would think it was a UFO....lol. Oh yeah try finding a country buggy model anywhere.
But i wave at most volkswagens some wave back some look at you wondering if your staking them...........well maybe if they were driving a splitie...........but i must admit water cooled dub owners in general just don't get the sub culture we all enjoy. Keep on dubb'n
Babybug ·
I have alwways wondered what the term lmao means , I can,t work it out can someone please inlighten me :alien
justdubbin ·
L M A O = laugh my A$$ off
it all takes time, the one I couldn't understand from a US VW die cast model forum was RAOK I thought WTF!!!!!
it means random act of kindness
Ohh if you don't know what WTF means I'll leave that to some one else :P
Rob.
Jay_1965vw ·
Most kombi drivers I see don't wave at me either.... I've given up mostly.
kroozzn63 ·
and i still wave back "i do get funny looks though"
i love all the volkswagen family and miss driving them
i thought this site didnt have enough beetles i was amazed with the kombie following ,and everyone wants to swap a beetle for a splitty in here P.S a bongo van from memory was a mazda van 1000cc 60 something
blutopless2 ·
i guess it depends on what suits the individual as to whether they have a beetle or a kombi. i have never really thought of owning a kombi but still appreciate the effort some put into their drives. After seeing some Kombis up close recently i can see what the attraction to them is. As for the wave debate.... i guess if you keep waving at people all the time and don't quit then eventually it should catch on to all VW drivers.
VWFOOL ·
wat about new beetle owners?
dont they understand their roots?
(no offence andrew)
Starbug ·
new beetle owners on the sunshine coast wave to old beetles (yes... it surprised me too! so out went the hand and waved it did!)
they know their roots!
typ-fre ·
MAN ALL PPL KNOW IS THE BEETLES
i tell ppl i have a type 3 and they are like.......... wat beetle????
my GOD!!!
dom
twoguns ·
hey oasis. youve been beaten to the punch on hte conversion...
and it is funny explaining a type3. people see i have a thing for vws. i tell them yeah i have a 62 kombi, a 64 twincab, a shortwheel base beach buggy.... yeah the fibreglass thing, and a typ3 notch! then the conversation goes astray as i try to explain what that last thing is. ' ah yeah its a two door sedan that ahm. yeha it came as a wagon and a hatch... oh youve never seen one. you say your 60 and nope never in your life... huhh! 😀
OvalGlen ·
...I own an Oval and TWO Kombis.!
Of course Kombis are better.!
I wave to all TYPES... (but apologies to the Type 3 that waved to me last wed - I was on way to drags and well full Tilt on a corner changing gears - thats why I missed returning the wave ).
Babybug ·
How could you not love Beetles they are so cute they have their own personality😉
kombi_kid ·
i have a split personality (get it ha ha🙁) i couldnt really care less what VW i drive or wave at and whether they wave back or not cause today was my first day to drive a kombi and boy is it a new world up there compared to that of a type 3 or type 4!!!!!
cheers
rhys
Babybug ·
I would have to agree wiTh that. I love driving my kombi. 😀
$2.63 homebrand baja ·
I would wave to you all but due to technical difficulties in fourth, and navigational responsibilities, I find myself unable to participate in friendly exchanges as I don't have a third hand 😉
.....beetles are easier to park?.........
mscabrio ·
I find it interesting that some of the Kombi drivers find that they are " left out " of the Volkswagen world. How do you think that I feel ? I am the owner of a new beetle, owners of the original beetle think that I am a stuck up yuppie !!!!!! (which I am SO not !) I wave to all VW's sometimes my waves are under the dashboard so that people don't think that I am a total loser ! Maybe we should put stickers on our cars which say " we are wavers " so that other VW drivers know that we are VW nuts and will wave ????
kOMBI KARMA ·
I like the " we are wavers" sticker idea lol
Ive been a kombi owner for 6 years and I thought I was one eyed kombi, they were the best .....then 6 months ago I needed to get a small economical run about car to put the kombi into restoration..of course i had to stick with the same family so I bought a 67 beetle, its fab, runs on a smelly rag and flyies.....I never thought Id say it but I love it just as much as the kombi now. .......Recently my son was purchasing a car and had the choice of a kombi, bug or fasty, he chose the fasty, Ive driven that a few times and bugger me dead if I dont love that just as much as my kombi and beetle now....
So Ive come to the conclusion after tasting all these volkswagons I love em all, Im totaly in love with all volkswagons !
Ree
Babybug ·
I think If you just keep waving at any type of VW you spot around your local area they will eventually get it and wave back. And I agree all vw's are cool
blutopless2 ·
typ-fre wrote:MAN ALL PPL KNOW IS THE BEETLES
i tell ppl i have a type 3 and they are like.......... wat beetle????
my GOD!!!
dom
but what is the comparison in the number of cars produced between each model??? i think that is where your answer is.
surfkombi ·
I like the sticker idea too. Also - I also drive a nissan x-trail for work - and when I see other VW's I want to wave! But they would all wonder why an X-Trail is waving to them!!!!
Maybe we should have stickers to put on our non vw cars so people know where our hearts lie?
twoguns ·
thats funny surfkombi. as i ride bikes and drive vw's. on bikes we all nod at each other as we pass. and in vw's we wave. so many occasions, i have been in the vw and nodded at a biker. they turn with a strrange look. or ive been in a neither of the above vehicle and have waved and nodded respectively. its become like instinctual habit. the woman jsut laughs as sometimes i dont even realise that i have just nodded.
HotRodMatt ·
PS When is a movie studio going to make 'Herby the Love Bus'??
I think someone did... but it certainly wasn't Disney!
(think dark curtains and Paris Hiltonesque camera work)
helbus ·
We went the easy way out and have a kombi and a beetle too. 😀
