Just curious:

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?

every day of the week!..........straight cut gears, 48mm duals and phat boy, LUV IT!

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.

I drive a GEKO but the radiator is aircooled so does that count ?

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

I drive mine everyday.......thats everyday that there isnt somthing wrong with it
Simon

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.

Here is My beetle which I drive every chance i get

it doesn't get driven every day

but most days and weekends..

Lee

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

Everyday through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.

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.

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

i still think the geko is cool!!

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.

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..

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)

drive my beetle everyday until the buggy is on the road...... use the 4wd for towing cause its too slow too drive often

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

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.

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.

here's my daily though its not usually this loaded up !!

Looks like you would be able to see a lot with that driver side mirror phatratpat
Simon

when I have the swamp cooler on I use the force when changing lanes !!

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

Quote:

Originally posted by Baja Wes Quote: Originally posted by trickysimon What do you mean miss the luxuries? Climate control? Try quarter windows! Or install climate control

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

if all goes to plan by the end of this week my 69 fasty should be on the road and will be driven daily

My 65 Orange Smoothie

1916 engine fuel injected as me questions