Good Old Volkswagen Myths

Proud_Dad · 2007-03-04T04:59:32+00:00

Last night as I was sitting the couch sharing a beer or two with the brother in law he turned to me and said "did you know volkswagen means 'peoples chariot' in german. I quickly told him " Ahhhh no mate, its peoples car." to which he replied "No its not, the ZOO mag i just picked up say's its 'Peoples Chariot'" and showed me. Later that evening, we were watching pimp my ride. They we redoing a VW thing. The silly woman that owned it told the host "Adolf Hitler designed my car!" i think she even rambled something about it being in the war two.. (mind you she also payed 5g for it to....) So theres a couple of good myths going round already. I've heard a couple more. Some like they used jews to make the upholstery, you know good old fashioned bizzare and stupid ones. Anyone heard any others?

liltimmy1300 Commited Dubber

70 posts · joined Jan 2007 · 7 Mar 2007, 3:58 pm

#577488

pete wood wrote:Then there's the paint myth...

"Dr Porsche designed the shape so they could be dipped in paint and it would run off smoothly!"

NOT true. They were always spray painted.

And then there's the 356 myth.

That myth might have come from the fact that in Wolfsburg beetles were dipped into a dip tank for their primer coat. I have a photo here with an oval being dipped through one passing through the stages of production line.

Tim

MY68VW Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 7 Mar 2007, 5:52 pm

#577520

90% of serial killers have owned a VW.

I heard this through a mate who heard it on a doco.

Tuned Type IV power - shaking out the rust.

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 7 Mar 2007, 6:30 pm

#577539

MY68VW wrote:90% of serial killers have owned a VW.

I heard this through a mate who heard it on a doco.

Yeah but 95% of people you talk to have owned one.