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 Bob down
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| posted on May 26th, 2012 at 04:51 PM |
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how cool is it
when u cruise to the seven eleven to buy your daughter a ginger beer and a dude twice my age walks past and tells me his 1st car was a beetle and
compliments you on the condition of your dub. just thought id share 
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bugmaniaar
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| posted on May 26th, 2012 at 09:35 PM |
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Yep had the same thing happen earlier in the week,just before the whitewall took off to the moon..
Maybe thats what all the people were looking at.........
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narumi
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| posted on May 26th, 2012 at 10:19 PM |
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quite a usual thing since I do pizza delivery in mine
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| posted on May 26th, 2012 at 11:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by narumi
quite a usual thing since I do pizza delivery in mine
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You're a crazy man! I did Australia Post parcel delivery in my bug once, but only once! My other car was out of action that day, so I took the bug.
Cramming it full of Post boxes was hard work, with no rear doors or bootlid! The front luggage compartment is too shallow to take an Australia Post
box, so they all had to go inside the car. It couldn't hold anywhere near as many boxes as my usual car, so I had to go back to the depot for a
second trip!
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Ollie
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 12:29 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by narumi
quite a usual thing since I do pizza delivery in mine
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You're a machine. I did pizza delivery in an mx5 for a couple of years. So nice in summer, but how you could do it in a bug is beyond me.
But Yes, the servo compliment is always appreciated, makes you feel like you're making people happy
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 02:44 AM |
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You're a machine. I did pizza delivery in an mx5 for a couple of years. So nice in summer, but how you could do it in a bug is beyond me.
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Why? They're reliable and easy to drive. I would have thought that the MX-5 would be a lot worse for pizza delivery because it's so low, climbing in
and out of it all the time would be much harder than getting in and out of a bug.
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bugmaniaar
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 05:21 AM |
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My old boss started a pizza joint years ago with one of his uni buddies with a bug for delivery.
They pulled out the passenger seat and put in racks for pizzas.
Now the mother %#%^ is a multi millionair playing golf most days.....
But he aint a bad bloke.
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Bob down
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 06:41 PM |
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| Quote: | But Yes, the servo
compliment is always appreciated, makes you feel like you're making people happy
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the looks and waves u get are incredible, if only people knew how easy and how much fun it is to own a vdub!
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narumi
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 10:44 PM |
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well I could take my dad's car for delivery as long as I fill up
but most of the time I start work before he comes home
and I didn't really like magna since it's bulky and has bad speakers
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| posted on May 27th, 2012 at 10:57 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by waveman1500
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Ollie
You're a machine. I did pizza delivery in an mx5 for a couple of years. So nice in summer, but how you could do it in a bug is beyond me.
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Why? They're reliable and easy to drive. I would have thought that the MX-5 would be a lot worse for pizza delivery because it's so low, climbing in
and out of it all the time would be much harder than getting in and out of a bug.
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umm... my beetle is quite low lol, I can barely make a coke can.
while I do enjoy people liking the car... problem lies with the fact that they'll remember the car.. which is bad if I deliver cold pizza 
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| posted on May 28th, 2012 at 11:32 AM |
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Always have to leave early as filling up at the servo usually takes half and hour because there is ALWAYS someone that wants to tell their story.
I would love to know how many people have a photo of El Concreto on their phone, we are forever getting photos taken when driving or parked up.
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
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2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on May 28th, 2012 at 11:42 AM |
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Hi
My 1st car was austerity model 63 bug , yes I'm an old fart, I bought it 1971 for $500, it seemed like an old car then but was only 8 years old.
I often get bailed up in servos or talked to in traffic by people, they often say my 1st car was a Beetle, I can so was mine.
Steve
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| posted on May 28th, 2012 at 12:36 PM |
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Just filling up yesterday, I had an older (70's)dude come up to me and say what a terrible car a Beetle is. Too dangerous with the petrol tank in
front!
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MISS VDUB
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| posted on May 28th, 2012 at 12:47 PM |
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I would have said how dangerous it is having 70 odd year old men on the road, you know, with their failing eye sight, hearing and slow reaction time!
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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Bob down
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| posted on May 28th, 2012 at 06:31 PM |
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lou0060
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| posted on May 29th, 2012 at 05:58 PM |
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don't be cheeky Miss VDUB, if it wasn't for all those old farts we'd just be eggs!!!
1971 karmann ghia Cabrio - Cruising 
1963 beetle Sunroof - gathering dust 
1968 race beetle - twin turbo Subaru - stress relief 
1960 beetle - old school low & slow  |
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