How many of you drive your air cooled VW's as your daily driver?
And how many of you prefer a modern comfortable vehicle for daily driving, and leave your VW for the weekends/fun?
hellbugged ·
every day of the week!..........straight cut gears, 48mm duals and phat boy, LUV IT!
rose ·
I do I have a choose of company cars either Buz or Beryl as my daily drivers.lol
And this for my weekend fun bug.
Brad ·
I drive a GEKO but the radiator is aircooled so does that count ?
Joel ·
my bug these days is just a fair weather weekend show pony but for a few years i drove it daily as it was my only registered car
but i must be getting old cos i gotta have my powerwindows, climate control, powersteering etc for daily use
plus the ford can be replaced in a heartbeat if anything happend to it the bug cant
its funny tho beetles and kombis and the odd type 3 are about the only 70s cars i encounter daily around here
gotta say something for good old german engineering standing the test of time
trickysimon ·
I drive mine everyday.......thats everyday that there isnt somthing wrong with it 😠
Simon
CB CRAIG ·
I have a Country Buggy that i drive daily if the weather is good as it has no roof yet,other wise i get around in a Pajero.
68AutoBug ·
Here is My beetle which I drive every chance i get
it doesn't get driven every day
but most days and weekends..
Lee
Bizarre ·
Yep - except when i go to soccer and then i take my T3 bus
Its my company car. Others have Land Cruiser, Lotus Elise, Prius, BMW etc etc
Mainly a commuter but also does site trips and buisness trips
_me_ ·
Everyday through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.
🙂
dj_daniel88 ·
So do you guys ever miss having all those luxuries available in modern cars?
I have a dilemma... I no longer have room for two cars. I initially wanted a Beetle for weekend driving and fun, and to keep my Golf gti for daily driving. Now that I only have one car space I don't know! To sell the Golf and buy a Bug seems like taking a massive step backwards, and even though it would be fun at first I'd probably miss the comfort of my Golf.
Simon, by the way awesome car. Love the paint job on it, hope you get that fixed soon.
hellbugged ·
🙅
trickysimon ·
Cheers man 😁
What do you mean miss the luxuries?
Climate control? Try quarter windows!
Power Steering? No weight in the front anyway!
Car too loud? Turn the stereo up! 😂
Simon
jigga ·
i still think the geko is cool!! 👍
Fatso ·
I drive my Daihatsu daily but the Notch isn't registered yet, as for luxuries there's not much in the Sirion apart from the radio cassette that'd be missing in the notch.
h ·
i have a 76 panel that ive been using as a daily lately but my usual daily is a T4 wasser pumper.. air n steer etc.. spoilt..
vwkg ·
Drive my 56 every day to uni and work.
Not a huge drive (km wise) every day, but I'd rather be doing it in the dub than anything else. Even with the temp going up an up (gotta love Darwin weather)
Adsman ·
drive my beetle everyday until the buggy is on the road...... use the 4wd for towing cause its too slow too drive often
matt ·
well it was my 1978 300d merc untill desiel prices through the roof. So know unfortunatly (not) i have to drive the manx when its not raining 😎
matt
penguin ·
Drive Osama (my 71 square) every day, and on weekends as well 🙂
Wouldn't swap him for my Subie (sold it now) or got back to a toyota either. You'd be surprised how quickly you forget about the so called required aircon, power windows, central locking etc.
mscabrio ·
I used to drive my 2003 NB Cabrio daily but then got a job in the city with a dodgey car park so parked the cabrio in the garage and bought a cheapie Daewoo. Daewoo way to slow so sold that and bought a Polo GTI. So now Cabrio sits in the garage alongside my 1974 Bug which was fully restored last year, both rarely get driven unfortunatly.
phatratpat ·
here's my daily though its not usually this loaded up !!😏
trickysimon ·
Looks like you would be able to see a lot with that driver side mirror phatratpat 😂
Simon
phatratpat ·
when I have the swamp cooler on I use the force when changing lanes !!👍
Baja Wes ·
trickysimon wrote:What do you mean miss the luxuries?
Climate control? Try quarter windows!
Or install climate control 🙂
1500S ·
Well the Notch has been quite a good standby this year since giving up the daily grind of work and Sydney traffic but some 40 odd year parts started to show fatigue. The front tranny mount being the main one.
After driving early Bugs and Type 3s from 1964 to present, I must go along with Joel and rather the modern nice bits. The VW aircooled gave way to the bigger watercooled stuff in 1979 for the main vehicles and I've never regretted the move especially the safety features. My main concern these days is finding parts, especially panels for early Type 3 vehicles so the less I drive it, the less chance of damage. It' still only travelled around 60,000 km in its life since 1964.
But isn't it nice to keep the old VW dream alive!
DH
trickysimon ·
Baja Wes wrote:
trickysimon wrote:What do you mean miss the luxuries?
Climate control? Try quarter windows!
Or install climate control 🙂
Pfft take a teaspoon of cement and harden the f@#k up! 😂
Simon
Joel ·
yes chopper.....
it not hard to install the mod cons in a vw
i got gen5 celica seats for comfort, power windows and central locking, the A/C is in progress and once my rack and peanut conversion is finished thats as good as power steering
oh yea and a working heater...😂 which i havent used since i put back in
all that still wont make me drive it daily tho
till all the other idiots on the road learn how to drive safely
butidontunderstand ·
if all goes to plan by the end of this week my 69 fasty should be on the road and will be driven daily 😁
vw54 ·
My 65 Orange Smoothie
1916 engine fuel injected as me questions
hewey ·
I've got a mechanically standard '72 beetle, currently doing 500km a week commuting to work (an hour each way, every day). After 2 years Im a bit over it, and the bug will make way for a new modern daily driver,and Ive got an old Ford to play with. On a nice sunny Spring day like today its a really nice drive. Its the days when you've had a s*** day at work, then you have an hour drive home in traffic with skinny tyres on standard wheels in the wet, with a slow wiper and a window that fogs up, when its just not fun! 🤪
vwsteve ·
i was rotating driving 3 karmannghias dailly untill i got my company car around a year ago, the fuel card is the best and the aircon is great, i sometimes miss the kgs but they are always there for a weekend or something😎
greasykitchen ·
hewey wrote:Its the days when you've had a s*** day at work, then you have an hour drive home in traffic with skinny tyres on standard wheels in the wet, with a slow wiper and a window that fogs up, when its just not fun! 🤪
It's this sort of thing that made me want to get something a bit more modern than the Beetle (a MK1 golf isn't exactly new and luxurious but it is compared to a Beetle). It's also this type of situation which brings the dream of driving an aircooled VW down to earth. And if you haven't the money or space for two cars, then the impracticallity of the beetle meant it had to go (that and the rust and all the other repairs it needed).
Bizarre ·
rexy wrote:i was rotating driving 3 karmannghias dailly untill i got my company car around a year ago, the fuel card is the best and the aircon is great, i sometimes miss the kgs but they are always there for a weekend or something😎
I took the car allowance
Drive a beetle
Every one talks to me cause i have a cool car
I pay my mortgage off quicker
Winner all round 😂
AnnaBee ·
Driving my new (to me! 1973 1600L) Beetle to work is what keeps me going at the really rather poo temp job that I'm doing at the moment... Admittedly it's not a long drive but looking out of the window at the bug every two minutes is all that keeps me going at the moment!! I know winge winge, but really I'm singing the praises of my new favourite toy 😁