Vw the new volvo drivers

Notch Nut · 2009-02-02T10:59:17+00:00

Not reffereing to enthusiest v dubbers out there but has anyone else noticed that since VW is a "safe - European" type car, that the marque has attracted the likes of the "I can't drive for shit" type person that buys cars based on their safety record or fuel economy. As opposed to the person who owns an aircooled vw and likes the things that a modern car has to offer while enjoying the vw badge. Just venting my spleen cos I am sick to death of F***wits in new model golfs that can't stop at a roundabout or indicate etc. Normally I am fairly forgiving of those in a vw car as I own one but on a motorbike, these C**ts are just as much of a danger as those dickheads in commodores etc. Like I said, I am sure it is not the genuine enthusiests of the marque that are the problem but the dickhead that buys a european car cos of it's safety features to compensate for their shithouse driving abilities. IF YOU BUY A CAR COS OF IT'S SAFETY FEATURES IT MEANS YOU CAN'T DRIVE FOR SHIT. GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE YOU KILL SOMEONE OR THEY KILL YOU.😬😬 Don't think of it as road rage. It is merely motorcycle awareness.😎 A mirror is replaceable, a husband to my wife is not. (in my lifetime anyway). I don't wish to drive a wedge between Vw communities, but I have NEVER encountered as many F***wits in aircooled dubs as there are in modern watercooled dubs. Like I said it's not the enthusiests just the dickheads that buy off the showroom floor that are the problem.😬 Just venting cos I am sick of trying to figure out what goes thru the mind of the average motorist (judged average by their motoring ability). - Adam

The Beetle was pretty good in its day in fact; Beetles were the first Australian-made cars to be fitted with seat belt mounting points, years before they were mandatory. 1968 Beetles had safety collapsible steering columns and safety switches. The Superbug was designed to meet US safety regulations and the nose does act as a crumple zone to some extent. Look at the other cars of the day - Morris Minor, Mini, Simca, Vanguard, Toyopet etc and Beetles come out well.

The MK1 Golf is a unitary body and was designed with safety crumple zones. It was state of the art in 1974 and I would still rather be in one of them instead of say a Kia Rio in a crash. Each Golf generation is further improved, and yes the current ones are five-star. You can't do better.

Even VW's Transporters have been superior to the competition. The T2 Kombi had a front crumple box and 'y-frame' front crossmembers 20 years before Toyota thought of them. The T3 Kombi was even better. The German TUV tested all the front control vans on the market in 1988 - VW, Hiace, Urvan, Mitsubishi etc and only the Kombi passed the test. The Lite-Ace was particularly unsafe.