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Wed May 27, 2015 9:42 am

hugheseum wrote: just wait until electrics catch on (my bet is 5 yrs most will be running them)......it will change everything,then new laws,mandates.......the days of driving outdated vintage cars is numbered and for good reason........go enjoy the day or moment,drive your garbage...um "treasure"

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams!

Wed May 27, 2015 10:08 am

hugheseum wrote: just wait until electrics catch on (my bet is 5 yrs most will be running them)......it will change everything,then new laws,mandates.......the days of driving outdated vintage cars is numbered and for good reason........go enjoy the day or moment,drive your garbage...um "treasure"?

the next gen will collect only the most special versions and only for parade or museum type situations........gonna be interesting to watch for sure

Highly disagree. Classic cars hold a heritage and story that new cars can't hold. petroleum isn't going anywhere, and even if it did, we would find new ways to keep these busses running. I do not want a fully electric vehicle myself. Classics will always be classics.

Wed May 27, 2015 10:08 am

oh im sure your right.....nothing will change......and there is a god

Wed May 27, 2015 10:27 am

Our time using wood as a fuel source... few thousand years (but is still used around the world)
Our time using coal as fuel (upgrade) .... Several hundred years (but still used around the world)
Our time using petroleum... only ~100 years

You really think we're getting off petroleum any time soon? (Laugh)
We have a very hard time weaning ourselves.

Wed May 27, 2015 10:28 am

Electric is the future, but we have not had that penultimate 'lightswitch' moment that lets technology take hold near universally. Elon Musk is trying hard, but we're not there yet. One day no one heard of the internet, next day, we couldn't live without it. It happens quick and when the switch comes to electric, it will seem soo obvious. Same for self driving cars. (And like all technology first adopters, there will always be the neo-luddites who eschew it).

...and there is a god, he's just absent. But I know for a fact that there is no such thing as an atheist. Just pretenders :)

Wed May 27, 2015 11:18 am

Imitating Forest Gump - "Sorry I had to jump in the middle of your party"

But check this one out!!! If I pay $2,500 for a bus the ad better have the long form year, Rusty '67 Kombi how about Rusty 1967 Kombi.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793743

I'm the comic relief today, I hope.

Wed May 27, 2015 1:30 pm

I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton :( ... :cry: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

Wed May 27, 2015 1:49 pm

Quote: I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton ... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

first 50 years rotting away in a field...."nope, not for sale".

next 50 days trying to get 40k.... "ya, but the one on Barret Jackson"

this song and dance is played out just like patina itself.

Wed May 27, 2015 3:08 pm

broozebrothers wrote: I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton :( ... :cry: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

I agree completely. "One owner" cars usually sell for a premium because it is assumed that the original owner took care of it better than having multiple owners and an unknown history. This POS is so wasted that being a one owner bus is irrelevant. But down't waste the seller's time with low ball offers. :roll:

Thu May 28, 2015 10:26 am

Ad has been deleted. Anyone know and care to share the details?

tarzan271 wrote: broozebrothers wrote: I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton :( ... :cry: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

I agree completely. "One owner" cars usually sell for a premium because it is assumed that the original owner took care of it better than having multiple owners and an unknown history. This POS is so wasted that being a one owner bus is irrelevant. But down't waste the seller's time with low ball offers. :roll:

Thu May 28, 2015 11:08 am

Sh*tBird wrote: Ad has been deleted. Anyone know and care to share the details?

tarzan271 wrote: broozebrothers wrote: I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton :( ... :cry: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

I agree completely. "One owner" cars usually sell for a premium because it is assumed that the original owner took care of it better than having multiple owners and an unknown history. This POS is so wasted that being a one owner bus is irrelevant. But down't waste the seller's time with low ball offers. :roll:

Still there, different ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1788508

Thu May 28, 2015 11:17 am

you guys are saying gas will be around a long time well they are trying to change how much ethanol is in the gas to 15% from 10% so i don't know how they are going to run on that.

Thu May 28, 2015 12:40 pm

ok so you see an add with something you want at a good price, no pic. You email the user right away, "I'm interested, send pic".

You get email back day later saying add updated with pics....and oh by the way I jacked the price up by 250%.....$200 OG now $500.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793407

Bad form Kid, bad form...... member since 2003.....shame.

seacrest out......

Thu May 28, 2015 1:34 pm

galencurrington wrote: you guys are saying gas will be around a long time well they are trying to change how much ethanol is in the gas to 15% from 10% so i don't know how they are going to run on that.

I guess pay $1 more a gallon for 100% gas if you are lucky to have a station nearby that sells it. You can still get real gas in a lot of towns/cities, at least for now.

http://pure-gas.org/

Thu May 28, 2015 4:47 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1737619

This always makes me laugh. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this story.................... :lol:

Thu May 28, 2015 4:58 pm

unclespanky wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1737619

This always makes me laugh. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard this story.................... :lol:

A couple people have reported this guy is a time waster.

Not the first time I have heard that from wanted ads either...

Thu May 28, 2015 6:34 pm

dawerks wrote: Electric is the future, but we have not had that penultimate 'lightswitch' moment that lets technology take hold near universally. Elon Musk is trying hard, but we're not there yet. One day no one heard of the internet, next day, we couldn't live without it. It happens quick and when the switch comes to electric, it will seem soo obvious. Same for self driving cars. (And like all technology first adopters, there will always be the neo-luddites who eschew it).

...and there is a god, he's just absent. But I know for a fact that there is no such thing as an atheist. Just pretenders :)
Here's Tesla using diesel generators to recharge its cars at a "Supercharger" station. Hey, the energy to charge those electric cars has to come from somwhere!

Thu May 28, 2015 9:42 pm

When will this crap end?? 15k for this turd? The amount of rust I can SEE is unbelievable for the price he is asking. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1794472

It's also on flea-bay... looks like it's barely halfway to his samba asking price
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291472929590?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thu May 28, 2015 10:53 pm

62DoKaGuy wrote: Sh*tBird wrote: Ad has been deleted. Anyone know and care to share the details?

tarzan271 wrote: broozebrothers wrote: I'd rather have a bus that had 5 owners that gave somewhat of a shit about it then a 1 owner bus that the owner left out in a field for dead and now trying to get rich off the skeleton :( ... :cry: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1793928

I agree completely. "One owner" cars usually sell for a premium because it is assumed that the original owner took care of it better than having multiple owners and an unknown history. This POS is so wasted that being a one owner bus is irrelevant. But down't waste the seller's time with low ball offers. :roll:

Still there, different ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1788508

From what I can tell, it was a one owner car when the current seller bought it.

and dragged it onto his trailer:

Now it is on its second owner.
You can be the third owner.

Fri May 29, 2015 12:51 am

I love this add....

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1785630

"1964 Grateful Dead Bus"
-- didnt know the dead were marketing VW Buses now

"A true colorado bus."
-- you do remember that VW plant in Colorado right??

"One of a kind patina, comes with all parts to make complete"
--except rear and middle seats
-- no engine
-- no title

"Have a bill of sale from mechanic garage."
--will it have the price you paid for it so then i can see $8,000-$9,000 profit you are trying to get

"I am pretty firm on price. Compared to all the rotton pos buses in Arkansas, Georgia, N. Carolina, Florida, NY."
--never buy a bus in any of these states cause they all are POS..!!

"my bus is a Colorado bus that is way more solid,"
--all the good buses are in colorado

there should be a class "creating a VW Bus Ad 101" for some people .... plus now anyone that has a bus thinks they own gold...geez