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 helbus
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 03:24 PM |
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Bad luck Beetle
Yesterday when Fleur was coming home on the Eastern Fwy, one of the tailpipes decided to eject from the back of the Beetle.
Not only did the car sound (as she put it) "like her brother Jeremy's rotary RX4", but the pipe hit the windscreen of a following
car!!!!!
So now it is going to cost me $40 bucks for tailpipes (will get two with new clamps}, but also $150 for the guys window. He was cool about it, as it
was an old dunga '81 XD he was just glad no-one was hurt. :cry
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 04:50 PM |
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I'm glad that no one was hurt! And realistically, you're so lucky it wasn't one of the new metal laminate windscreens that costs a bomb
for a new one
Andrew
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 Herbie Down Under
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 06:24 PM |
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I think what Andrew is trying to say is lucky it was an XD!
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kustomkool
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 07:53 PM |
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Thats why they are called pea shooters.
Atleast you know her motor has plenty of compression.Man make sure you tighten those clamps before she goes on a VW cruise.
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Herbie Down Under
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 08:16 PM |
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You gotta admit its a great solution to tailgaters!
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| posted on July 12th, 2003 at 09:56 PM |
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I had a Tail Pipe fall of my Beetle once on the Adelaide hills. So Herbie ran it over and the Dude behind him stopped to pick up.
When he gave it back to me he also showed me the Burn he got from it.
hahaha :P
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| posted on July 13th, 2003 at 06:48 PM |
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Got the new tailpipes. They are better ones, they are German, the other ones were Brazil and rusty after 12 months.
It sounds different now, a little louder, yet deeper. The chirp chirp that was present at some revs is now gone.
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| posted on July 13th, 2003 at 10:26 PM |
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hehehehe its the new military beetle with tail pipe launchers  |
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| posted on July 13th, 2003 at 11:19 PM |
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couldnt you just offer to buy the falcon off him for $100? save you
$50 heheh
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| posted on July 14th, 2003 at 12:20 AM |
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I have always lived in fear of that happening!!!!!:cry
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| posted on July 14th, 2003 at 12:25 AM |
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I lost a tailpipe from the 1500 Beetle recently, but mine shook itself off on a really rough dirt road. I settled on the cheap $15 replacement and
used the old clamp.
I'm curious though, Helbus, what are the German tips worth? (if you don't mind saying)
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on July 14th, 2003 at 05:51 PM |
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Helbus,
That sucks. At least no got hurt.
I still remember you were just telling me
how your tailpipes just got pushed in without clamps...
Ron
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