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 strex
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 posted on August 27th, 2002 at 11:33 PM |
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VW Factory during the Floods (Photos)
As you know there were huge floods in Europe last week ... Somone sent me these photos ... I just had to share them with you ..
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| posted on August 27th, 2002 at 11:38 PM |
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Re flood shots
Lots of cheap VW's "flooding the market " soon!!!:o:P:o
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| posted on August 27th, 2002 at 11:41 PM |
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If they were still built on the original Beetle floor pan they would be bobbing up and down all over the place. :o
Oh but they arn't beetles anyway...
[Edited on 27-8-2002 by Saurus]
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| posted on August 27th, 2002 at 11:44 PM |
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good one, luv to see that. A river of Beetles. :o:o:o
These smilies are cool! 
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| posted on August 28th, 2002 at 08:26 AM |
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Trust u to think of that clint! |
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| posted on August 28th, 2002 at 08:50 AM |
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Looks like when a group of us are over there in 2 weeks we will have some cheap rental cars to thrash around in?
Not long now
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| posted on August 28th, 2002 at 05:39 PM |
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The all new VW MINI SUB.
you'd need more than auto activating wipers on that day.
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 posted on August 28th, 2002 at 11:04 PM |
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I was wondering if the floods reached there, now I know.
Looks like a black beetle trying to get on the truck in the background
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CHEAP VWS
LAST CHANCE dont let this offer float away
recycle, restore, enjoy
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| posted on August 29th, 2002 at 06:43 PM |
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Well the floods were on the Elbe river in Germany, which would have affected the Dresden factory. Dresden is in south-east Germany. I don't think
Wolfsburg (and the Museum) was affected as that's in the north-west of the country.
And the water would be fresh, not salty, but muddy and destructive nonetheless.
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| posted on August 30th, 2002 at 02:46 PM |
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These are actually Skodas, or rebadged VW's.:o
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| posted on August 30th, 2002 at 03:47 PM |
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Sh#t! The Factory at Dresden has been closed and will be closed for repair when we are over there in 2 weeks due to the floods, So we will miss the
tour and a chance to see the transparent factory. Jeezus what a jip! what a PITA this is. We will have some consolation as we will probably stay in
Wolfsburg for an extra day.
NOT HAPPY JAN!
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| posted on August 30th, 2002 at 05:26 PM |
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where did you here this? i will be over there in a month how long they closed for?
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| posted on August 30th, 2002 at 06:12 PM |
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That's a shame, talk about bad timing.
Still, there's always the Wolfsburg headquarters to see, and I imagine you could spend a week there without blinking. And VW also has factories
at Emden and Hanover, and component factories at Kassel and Salzgitter. Not to mention the Audi factories at Innusbruck and Neckarsulm. Don't
depair, still plenty to see!
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| posted on August 30th, 2002 at 08:30 PM |
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Factory Closed
What a bummer the factory is closed .. But do yourself a favour .. If you go to Munich .. You must do the four hour BMW Factory tour .. I did it about
7 years ago and it was the best engineering masterpiece I have ever experienced .. You see rolls of steel eventually being driven out of the factory
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 posted on September 3rd, 2002 at 08:54 AM |
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Hooray!!!
Looks like we will be able to go to the Dresden Factory afterall
It will reopen the day we get there, so we are in luck, I was starting to get stressed about it but we will still get the chance to check out this
really cool transparent VW factory.
[Edited on 2-9-2002 by Aussie BLKBUG]
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| posted on September 3rd, 2002 at 02:36 PM |
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I've never even SAT in a water cooled VW (must have air in my veins I guess) and these have more water cooling than most!
There's only aircooled beetle I know if in more trouble than these VWs. It's a 59 bug which is at the bottom of the sea in 70 meters of
water about 15 miles from Mawson Base in Antarctica. If was taken there by Mark Forecast, an Observer for the Bureau of Meteorology (yes -
that's his real name!) in 1967, and it fell through the ice when he and a friend drove it over the sea ice to see a glacier. Luckily it DID
float long enough for them to figure out how to get out - dressed in there Antactic "Michelin man" suits is was difficult.
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| posted on September 3rd, 2002 at 03:35 PM |
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wet,wet,wet.
another shot.
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