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Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:31 am

Not to sound desperate or anything, but how about a personals forum? Just want to know if there are any single dub ladies out there?

Josh-JHC

Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:14 am

I'm married and not looking, of course, but I like the idea. Has risks like any personals forum, but we can hope everyone uses it in good faith. Ought to have separate login or response "PO Box" to prevent embarrassment. Sixty-two, I know only too well how frustrating it is to be labeled "desperate" when all you're trying to do is see what is out there. But finding someone who likes VW's sounds like a good start to a possible relationship.

Mon Jan 13, 2003 11:59 am

Thank you supervert. I was kind of hesitent about posting that one. but what the heck.

Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:30 pm

ROFLMAO..... it would work just fine till all the guys in the R&R found out about it. Then all hell would break loose. Just my 2 cents though

Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:47 pm

Thats the first thing that I thought too Mowser.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 7:43 am

That's why it would need some safeguards. Like box numbers for responses. Oh, yeah, this is definitely a tough crowd. But the number of people who regularly post, especially in the R&R's, is a very small percentage of the number of people who visit the site. There's a "silent majority" out there.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:13 am

There used to be a VW personals site on the web, I think it failed.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:51 am

Actually I guess that makes sense...first of all there's many more guys than girls into the hobby, just because cars are more of a guy thing, so there aren't a lot of girls on the site to begin with. Second, how many girls looking for a potential mate are going to look in a site devoted to spending all your hard-earned cash fixing up old cars just for the fun of it? Doesn't seem like a lot of potential husband material there. At least not ones with some money left in their pockets. Now, I'm not saying that girls are looking just for guys with money. But girls looking for a serious relationship want someone who looks like they are going to put their money into something useful, like a house, or investments, something that can support a family and build a future, and not into old cars and beer.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:33 am

Good point 79SuperVert, in general, but I know plenty of VW guys who are in a serious relationship and put their hard earned money into useful things like a house, furniture, investments, occasional non-VW vacations, as well as VW cars, parts, and fun stuff like that. Basically, VW guys are a good catch. Although, when I first started dating Everett in college, he said his priorities were "car, you, then school, but at least you're second!" LOL.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:22 am

i guess i'm one of those guys that put the wife- well than girlfriend first and sold my '55 sunroof oval...stupid- stupid-stupid-

now i have a wife, 2 boys, a dog, a fish, a house and a deserted panel that sits in the garage with a sad look upon its face.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:13 am

I know a lot of VW people (myself included) who are obsessed with VWs AND have managed to buy houses, make investments and raise beautiful, healthy, socially well-adjusted Dalmatians and other pets (kids would take too much of my VW money!).
I must say that I never would have used online personals, and certainly would not have shaken-down the VW hobby community for a mate...scary!
Overall, VW guys may be a good catch but VW ladies sound scary to me, unless they have their own tools, then I suppose it could work (assuming that the American standards of personal hygiene are present).

Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:14 am

ha ha, what do you mean billy? vw girls=crusty hippies? lol!

Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:53 am

I'm not ashamed to say that 21 years ago I placed a personals ad in the Village Voice. It's one of those things you do when you want to take a chance or forever regret not doing so, to answer the question "what if". Out of 4 or 5 responses I made one life-long friend, but no marriage prospects. And no one who responded was weird or crazy. Would it be just as chancy today to answer an online personal? Maybe more so because so many more people who have nothing better to do will see it and answer it with dishonorable intentions. To the guy who started this thread, my advice is, don't spin your wheels looking for someone. You're just wasting time and energy. Do what you want to do and be good at it, enjoy yourself, and people will come to you.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:44 pm

79SuperVert-

Totally understand, just tryin to find some VW girls. But your point is totally true.

Thu Jan 16, 2003 2:24 pm

I acutally found my wife and best freind of 4 years online. Yeah I met alot of chikas on line and never ran into the weird phsyco type. Got alot of hotties and hell even alot of loving! lol
Its not all bad its the same as dating in a bar. You never know what the person looks like to you see em and in a bar you don't really know what they look like till off come the beer goggles!

Thu Jan 16, 2003 3:43 pm

you waited 12 minutes to come back and say that? dumb

Thu Jan 16, 2003 4:25 pm

"Bring it on"?
Did you crush an empty Pabst Blue Ribbon can on your forehead as you typed that?

And would these personal ads be categorized by "year" and "type" as well?

Thu Jan 16, 2003 4:39 pm

hehehe-

hey jeff- e-mail me @ my work addy- (friday)

psinclair@rowlanddesign.com

Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:56 pm

nothing wrong with PBR... Consumed on a regular basis over here.

Thayer

Fri Jan 17, 2003 7:34 am

Picture this- "SWM in search of SWF with slammed split. send picture of car."