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KhakiMan Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2011 Posts: 39 Location: Sonoma, CA
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:42 pm Post subject: Funniest question about your Ghia? |
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At the gas station filling up:
"Is that a V8?"
Hard not to laugh at the guy. _________________ -----
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88 E5PR1T Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2012 Posts: 123 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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I've been asked "is it fast?" more often than anything else. Even with my license plate they still ask
_________________ Rob
'64 Karmann Ghia "40HP VW"
instagram.com/40hpVW |
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ghia4mea Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2007 Posts: 478 Location: Largo Florida
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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I guess the funniest question I have been asked was at a gas station as I was filling up:
"Is that a Maserati? |
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Era Vulgaris Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2012 Posts: 1662 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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I had a drunk dude outside a bar one night proclaim loudly, "Dude, an MG Midget! I haven't seen one of those in forever!" _________________ Currently own:
66 Karmann Ghia, L390 Gulf Blue, under construction, here: www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=760505&highlight=
99 Mazda MX-5 10AE, Sapphire Blue Mica, 6 speed, LSD
Previously owned:
98 Porsche Boxster, silver, 2.5L -- 67 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1500sp -- 98 BMW Z3, Atlanta Blue Metallic, 2.8L I6 -- 75 Porsche 914, Laguna Blue, 2270cc -- 72 Porsche 914, Signal Orange, 1.7 FI -- 74 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1600dp -- 74 Triumph TR6 with O.D., sapphire blue |
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OLD VW NUT Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2011 Posts: 2776 Location: High Desert of Washington 98823
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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"What is that"? _________________ 71 Ghia Coupe - stock body - no rust! Powered by a 2110 W/Dual HPMX 44's - Rancho Pro Street Transaxle - A/C by Gilmore
Other car - 2013 VW Golf TDI |
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Bones 53 Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2005 Posts: 661 Location: Reno NV
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Blew off a Jag XKE from a 40 MPH roll up to about a hundred. I knew the guy (lawyer dude with driving gloves) so we stopped and he swore I had a Porsche engine. I said no a Porsche engine would cost a lot more and not be as fast- you just got owned by a VW. He still doesn't believe it. |
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Kmolenda Samba Member
Joined: June 18, 2013 Posts: 309 Location: Cottage Grove Mn
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Last weekend at one of the shows, I won a door prize in a drawing, K Molenda with a 1974 karmann Ghia. They tried to shield the mike, but the gal who literally sat in back of the car all day, says "what the f@ck is a Karmann Ghia?" As I accepted my prize, she says , what kind of car is that? To which I reply, "it's not a car, its's a Volkwagen."
This weekend a kid slugs his dad in the arm and yells slug bug, the dad looks at the kid, looks at my car, that's not slugbug you dipsh1t, that's a MG, then smacks the kid in the back of the head and walks on... Pretty funny stuff.. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13942 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Jeromerino Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2013 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Who makes that? _________________ 1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Beetle Sedan |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:05 am Post subject: |
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OLD VW NUT wrote: |
"What is that"? |
So your wife says that to you to, huh?
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aero3113 Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2013 Posts: 196 Location: Setauket, NY (Long Island)
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:19 am Post subject: |
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I drove through the lot of a car show once and a woman saw the VW emblem on the hood and as I rolled by I hear her say "That's not a Volkswagen" |
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tisius Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2011 Posts: 1570 Location: Rotterdam,NL (+Chicago,IL)
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:00 am Post subject: |
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at gas stations: "Is it for sale, can I buy it from you (what's it worth, what did you pay for it)?"
:fist:
my answer so far has always been: "More than you're willing to pay for it." _________________ drive it like you just robbed the bank
you don't have to be crazy to be into VW's, but it sure helps!!
.... if it ain't dutch, it ain't much!
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sactojesse Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2006 Posts: 2655 Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Ghias were once quite common in California, so most people over the age of 35 know what it is. Last week, several early 20s guys were checking out my car and one of them said to me, "Dude, that is a shag mobile!" _________________ 1966 Karmann-Ghia convertible |
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volken65 Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2006 Posts: 171 Location: Palmdale, Ca
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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I was once asked, "isn't that the same car they used in the movie COBRA?" _________________ AV Aircoolers |
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toddb_67 Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2003 Posts: 1313 Location: Hansville, WA
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SoCalJes Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2011 Posts: 1093 Location: Broward, FL
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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When I was towing the bear metal body and pan to the body shop I had a guy insist "that is a nice Porsche!". He was so exited I just replied thanks... _________________ Jesse
71 Ghia
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Just because it didn't come that way, doesn't mean it shouldn't have. |
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Era Vulgaris Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2012 Posts: 1662 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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SoCalJes wrote: |
When I was towing the bear metal body and pan to the body shop I had a guy insist "that is a nice Porsche!". He was so exited I just replied thanks... |
Haha, I had something similar happen to me too. It was a older woman parking attendant in the booth as I was leaving a parking deck...she said, "Is that a Porsche?"
I said, "No it's a Volkswagen."
She said, "Are you sure it's not a Porsche?"
I replied, "I'm pretty sure."
She didn't looked convinced.
Also, I just remembered this one. I've got the mid 60's tank in my 74, so I have to lift up the front trunk lid to fill up. I had a guy at a gas station walk up to me with a concerned look and ask why I was putting gas into my radiator. He seemed completely baffled by the notion of a rear engine car! _________________ Currently own:
66 Karmann Ghia, L390 Gulf Blue, under construction, here: www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=760505&highlight=
99 Mazda MX-5 10AE, Sapphire Blue Mica, 6 speed, LSD
Previously owned:
98 Porsche Boxster, silver, 2.5L -- 67 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1500sp -- 98 BMW Z3, Atlanta Blue Metallic, 2.8L I6 -- 75 Porsche 914, Laguna Blue, 2270cc -- 72 Porsche 914, Signal Orange, 1.7 FI -- 74 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1600dp -- 74 Triumph TR6 with O.D., sapphire blue |
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e&m_ghia Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2011 Posts: 418 Location: NoVA
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Had at least 5 people come up and ask "Do you drive it?" yesterday.
We were at Redskins Rides, on the Washington Redskins training field. Someone suggested there was about $25 million worth of new cars out there. Might have been an underestimate. Lots of car trailers out front. Maybe those Maserati's and Bugatti's don't get driven much... Or, maybe it was the shiny '57 Chevy's and muscle cars that came in the trailers...
But, VW's are meant to be driven and enjoyed... (A trailer queen she ain't.)
We've also had the "Nice Porsche!" comment, starting from the first day we got her. Better than yesterday's "I had a Corvair just like that one!".
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Marlonius Samba Member
Joined: October 06, 2004 Posts: 398 Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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"Is that a real car?"
I think she meant as opposed to some fibreglass kit car, but it still made me laugh. |
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Moogs Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2013 Posts: 156
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Mine wasn't really a question but a response, from an 8 year old kid literally hanging out the back of his parents SUV yelling "that is a cool car! Cool car man!" With the rock on hand signs... etc. etc.. over and over again.
There is hope for our youth. _________________ '66 White Karmann Ghia Coupe |
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