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 Der Kafer Trieber
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| posted on August 5th, 2006 at 06:04 PM |
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Gotta love a heavy backside!
where would i be without a rear engined car?
well i'd be bogged on the side of a hill at raleigh raceway today is where i'd be,
the rain had made the whole hill so wet and muddy i was spinning my wheels like never before!
but i got out of there!! with some VW power and a little crowd support, if you were one the people cheering, thank you!
how many times has the rear engine gotten you out of a sticky situation!?
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| posted on August 5th, 2006 at 06:24 PM |
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Or into trouble sort of, everytime it rained i would get my kombi sideways into and out of corners, and my beetle also, nothing better than looking
through the passenger window when your going forward sliding through a corner. And then getting the thumbs up from other drivers for the mad display.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on August 5th, 2006 at 06:52 PM |
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hehe, i second what 66delux says, would have loved to see the other drivers experssions as i took the hoddle St Eastern Freeway on-ramp sideways a
couple of weeks ago in the rain lol 
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Notch Nut
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| posted on August 5th, 2006 at 07:38 PM |
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posted by baybuscamperkid
hehe, i second what 66delux says, would have loved to see the other drivers experssions as i took the hoddle St Eastern Freeway on-ramp sideways a
couple of weeks ago in the rain lol
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david777
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| posted on August 5th, 2006 at 11:09 PM |
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I drove my first beetle up and down some pretty rough fire trails on outings with friends who drove 4WDs.
I particularly remember one day on a trip to the Glow Worm Tunnel near Lithgow in NSW.
As I drove the beetle down and up a 3 metre dip in the road where the track had washed away recently, on the opposite side were the shiny new 4WDs
that had just parked because the owners didnt want to try and drive through the dip.
My mate hung out the window and yelled to them all as they watched, 'Volkswagen Power!!'
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Der Kafer Trieber
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| posted on August 6th, 2006 at 05:49 PM |
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haahahaha, i like it david777, yeah i agree with you 66deluxe as well sideways action is scary but crowd pleasing for sure!
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penguin
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| posted on August 7th, 2006 at 09:03 AM |
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Yeap,
and my little 76 beetle used to get me through the snow much further without chains than the 4wd drivers (who were to stupid to put them into 4wd!!)
with their wide tyres.
'Ah, whatever................'
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| posted on August 7th, 2006 at 02:37 PM |
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I remember canberra in the early 80's when we all had cb's (not mobiles) at the top of mt Ainslie there was a little track to the summit at about 40
degrees. One of the only cars that was able to climb the hill was a little beetle (f'n veedub). We were in v8 holdens. At least we could do
burnouts!... Funny how you see the light 20 years later....!
James
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