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 Lady D
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So how much can you fit in a kombi or a bug?
Picking up from a previous thread
...I don't think it's possible to put ***too*** much in a car (if it was too much, it wouldn't fit). Mind you that where my little car
- ghost - got the nickname of 'mobile handbag'. The cheek of some people.
Hmm That sounds like a new topic...
So how much can you fit in a kombi or a bug?
In my uni days we squished 8 students into a vw to get to the pub for happy hour... What about you?
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| posted on February 9th, 2003 at 10:59 PM |
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i had 7 in my squaerback, 2 in the back under a rug 'just in case'
- just in case we were pulled over and the cop was blind !
8 in a bug is pretty good - riding on the bump stops !
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| posted on February 9th, 2003 at 11:06 PM |
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And just for the record, there is such a thing as 'too much'. I don't think the bumpstop rubbers are supposed to act as a full-time
suspension system!! :o
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| posted on February 9th, 2003 at 11:14 PM |
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yeah not full time col, just 'till u get to the pub
then its all good !!
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 06:48 AM |
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My brother and I shifted some large building blocks in his '89 Vanagon ute, we just kepy piling them on. When we got home (~80km away) we
weighted a few and estimated just over 2 tonne. :o:o
We put 60psi in the tyres to stop them bulging
It loved it.
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 07:19 AM |
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I put a load of firewood like that in my Kombi, it was a nightmare drive through town 'cause it just wanted to keep going straight ahead |
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 10:41 AM |
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we had 15 people in a '72 Kombi camper to get from Newport to Avalon to a party 
I once saw someone with an early kombi turn up and have a full pallet of bricks put in before scraping his way back out of the yard and down the
road....very dangerous....
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 11:12 AM |
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Not VW, but I was once in my mate's Fiat Niki with 7 adults plus camping gear going up Arthur's Seat. Beat that!!
Ooh, suits you sir!
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 08:11 PM |
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Was too stoned to count and too long ago to remember :o |
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 09:45 PM |
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I'am to young and sensible to do something like that. So I asked my father what stupid things he did in the 70's, so far, 20 ppl transported
in/on a beetle, ten inside, ten outside and drove 500m. but the best hes done is driven a mini from cooloongatta to palm beach with 12 ppl and a xmas
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 10:07 PM |
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Makes 13 in the Kombi look too easy
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 10:19 PM |
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LOL
Ah the '70's
Well, we used to drive fairly slowly (possibly paranoid), admiring the scenery (like wow, look at that! Man....) and take lots of munchy breaks along
the way 
Really nothing crazy or dangerous
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 11:31 PM |
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once at my girlfriends 21st we crammed 13 adults into my 68 bug (2 were in the boot though)
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| posted on February 10th, 2003 at 11:37 PM |
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Did I mention we also went down Arthurs' seat and the Niki's brakes were dodgy?
As far as passengers in my car go, I never take more than 4, cause that's all my car can (barely) push.
Ooh, suits you sir!
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 12:50 AM |
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How the hell can you people DRIVE with so many people in a beetle???
I had trouble driving the beetle with 5 big burrly blokes in it (me included) and it was on the bump stops, but still drove nicely.
:alien
Photo's please!!!!
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 07:58 AM |
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I think just owning a niki is scary enough!!
I tried to drive one once and my foot got stuck on the clutch pedal under the radio console...LOL
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 09:40 AM |
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ive put way too much in and still had much more room. I thought id store some pavers in a kombi. There's 2 pallets in there and you could easily
fit another 2, probably 3, maybe 4.
I dont know how heavy it was but it twisted and wrecked my 2 1/4 tonne trolley jack when I tried to get the tyres off for more air.
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Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 09:49 AM |
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it was so hard on the bump stops I couldnt turn the wheel. Was about a 20 point turn to get it from the the footpath to the driveway. Quick lowering
job.
Ive also put 4 bags of cement under the bonnet of a fastback and had a similar effect even though its only 160kg. hmm and I towed a 4m long cubby
house on a car trailer with the fastback too. Trailer alone is 410. Wasnt game to go over 60kays. As for people cargo well I'm not sure. Not
nearly as many as you lot. Definitely wouldnt be more than 10 in the kombi, but maybe 6 in the back with no seats (I wasnt checking out any views
though... was at warp speed through the back blocks of caringbah)
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 10:18 AM |
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What a cool way to lower a Kombi. If you line to floor with them you also get good sound, heat and cold insulation!!
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 03:31 PM |
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I used to keep a bootful of firewood in the squareback, just to plant the nose better. I found it really helped with the crosswinds, and turned in
much nicer than it had without the extra weight. The ride was better too.:thumb
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 08:42 PM |
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As much as i want
Well, this is the reason i got this van, i can stuff a lot of things in this baby
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 08:46 PM |
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room for more
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| posted on February 11th, 2003 at 10:35 PM |
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love that van silver
everything else just sounds like crazy fun !!
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| posted on February 12th, 2003 at 12:20 AM |
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what type of van is that?
is it the same as the one in your avatar
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| posted on February 12th, 2003 at 02:23 PM |
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Yep Azz thats it. its a container van. it measures 2.7 long 1.83 high 1.8 wide if you allow for the engine deck it's still 7.7cubic metres of
cargo area
or about 50+ surfboards
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| posted on February 12th, 2003 at 03:53 PM |
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Surely that's gotta be more than 1.83m high? Looks cool by the way
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| posted on February 12th, 2003 at 04:08 PM |
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Such a nice van
So do you move surfboards around in it?
What's been it's biggest load? |
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| posted on February 12th, 2003 at 06:38 PM |
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the van is 2.250 high from the road but inside its 1.83 or standing height. I always have one surfboard in it strapped to the roof just in case. i
use it to carry props for tv commercials its been filled to the roof a few times but the biggest loads have been when i have helped friends move house
we usually do it in two trips even the biggest fridges can stand up in it. it will make a great camper on day, maybe..................
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