When I got my first bug at 17,I didn't know anything about them, I was drawn to them because the were unique, and always stood out amongst other cars, both in shape and sound ( ahhh that sweewt whistle, and some what rough sound).
So what did I do? I contacted a club, by letter (to cut a long story short), the whole club turned up at my house lining both sides of the roads. I had no idea there where people out there like this WOW. It sounded like 50 Harleys pulling up.
That was nearly 20 years ago, and it just keeps getting better.
wel, i wanted to travel, i wanted a unique looking car, and i had sh1t all budget. cant stand (or afford) new cars, just too easy to drive. i like challenges, like a 86 laser with 3 people plus luggage and an unserviced 3spd auto at 100kph on the freeway, or an 84 subi doing 70kph in second so the engine wont stall after dousing the electrics in high pressure water. i cant stand to drive boring easy cars, i like a challenge. it is also cool the response i get from people. most of the peopel at school think i am nuts driving 'that thing', but my best friend, a holden nut loves it (see, by owning a VW you dont have to worry about ehat ford/holden thing!)
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
I LOVE EM HAD VWS OVER 30 YEARS FUN TO DRIVE EASY TO WORK ON WOULD NOT HAVE ANY THING ELSE HAVE 8 NOW AND STILL LOOKING FOR MORE I HAVE IT BAD :blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah
1) They're affordable... cheap to buy, cheap to maintain (You don't think so? Check the prices against newer vehicles, or even older european makes)
2) My kombi will take me nearly anywhere, without the high running costs of a 4x4
3) I like the character of VWs, particularly kombis
4) When maintained, they are SUPER reliable! And when something does go wrong, they are simple to get back on the road to limp home (again, compare them to a newer vehicle that costs 10 times as much)
My kombi can carry me and eight scouts (with all their bikes or camping gear, or BOTH!!), a metre and a half of firewood PLUS trailer, me the girlfriend and three kids AND all our camping gear for a week or more without a trailer (and still has an empty roofrack for extras). Normally, I have three seats in the front and three at the back, which leaves me enough space in the middle to cart large objects for friends - I was asked to pick up three windsurfers because I have a full-length roofrack, I just opened the tailgate and loaded them in on my way home from work! I still had an empty roofrack, and a towbar!
But the BEST thing is when I'm out in the bush camping or just taking the 'family' for a drive, and 4x4 drivers say "How the f#ck did you get here???"
I don't think there is any other vehicle on the road that is capable of being such an all-rounder in such an individual and stylish manner as a kombi, and on my budget. :thumb:thumb:thumb
Kruizin Kol
Comfy at the drive in too. Lay the bed down, open the rear hatch, turn up the surround sound and enjoy.
Good for those drive in nights where you pay by the car too. Can get quite a few people in, and deck chairs for thenm to sit on, and the esky and the BBQ and wait theres more. A free set of steak knives. 🙂🙂
I just love the power..
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The smell is pretty good too.
Only because my brother got one as his first car.
- I hated the look of them, hated the noise
hated the image.
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If I had not gone for a ride in the little Beetle with the
1600 TP & Holley Bug spray,
I would still hate them.
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Now, cant imagine driving any thing else,
1. They are Light.
2. They are Strong.
3. Motors can be modified to produce 3 times
standard HP.
4. Very surprising to other motorists.
5. Different - Unique.
etc
Regards,Glenn>
i like the way kids punch the crap out of each other
when i drive past.
......cause somebody bought the Ferrari I wanted.:thumb
oh yeah; the accelleration as well
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Mental disease or defficiancy.................i keep forgetting since the labotamy
"class"
ok so i play guitar...
i fell in love with this purple guitar
then over the road was this beautiful purple beetle it had a carrera kit i was inlove.
Then i had sworn "gotta get a beetle"
and now im a obsessive.
It all evolved ha!
A VOLKSWAGEN IS NOT JUST A CAR, ITS AN OBSESSION.
Well you have to admit there is no other car like them. Volkswagen have always had sensible cars, never been influenced by fads or trends. And with proper maintanence do the job they were designed to do for decade's.
Theres heaps of them, and they get under your skin like no other car can. Once you drive a VW your hooked for life, you may come and go, but you will always Love them.
Thats why I have three of them, and I always will!
Plus you meet great PPL who own them every where
"Volkswagen the worlds most loved car"
Rob...😎
Boxer Power
Member of DMLRK.....Die Mittler Lebuns Resto Komeradschaft
ive grown up with them and i like how everyone that has one is so freindly (like on here) the littel wave u get as u drive past and i like 2 b diffrent
🙂
Because VW's are a lifestyle and I like that lvestyle
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
