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Grifter
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:45 am Post subject: What image says "vw" to you? |
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Besides the obvious/overt things like the logo, or the silhouette, what image would be recognizable to you as uniquely VW? Something any aircooled enthusiast could look at and know to be a reference to VW?
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drscope
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80W-90 gear oil in your hair and arm pit.
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| Something any aircooled enthusiast could look at and know to be a reference to VW? |
VW got many things right with the Beetle. The defogger/defroster wasn't one of them. |
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KTPhil
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:24 am Post subject: Iron Cross |
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For some reason I have always associated the Iron Cross with the VW culture.
oh yeah........
and any time I see RUST
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drscope
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| Something any aircooled enthusiast could look at and know to be a reference to VW? |
VW got many things right with the Beetle. The defogger/defroster wasn't one of them. |
Looks like it's working perfectly to me!
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crofty
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*Darren
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wtf, big boobs, a leering glance & a smile mean VW to you? Crofty, you be twisted as a pretzel. |
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Randall
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: What image says "vw" to you? |
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| Grifter wrote: |
| Besides the obvious/overt things like the logo, or the silhouette, what image would be recognizable to you as uniquely VW? Something any aircooled enthusiast could look at and know to be a reference to VW? |
Even though you said besides the silhouette, I had to include it since not everyone thinks of the Doyle Dane Bernbach ads when thinking of the word silhouette in relation to VW.
... and this one
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Joey
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I think we have a winner. Remember its not an oil leak. Its sweat from all the horsepower. |
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Mike Fisher
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The PG/SG split bus.
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KTPhil
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Is that Linda Vaughn, of Hurst Shifter fame? |
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my59
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Forget image- the smell of the interior....
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crofty
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| KTPhil wrote: |
Is that Linda Vaughn, of Hurst Shifter fame? |
Pretty sure.
That's Dean Lowry of DDS as well; pretty F'n VW to me. WAY more than John Muir...
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cseay1
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Dr OnHolliday
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| crofty wrote: |
| KTPhil wrote: |
Is that Linda Vaughn, of Hurst Shifter fame? |
Pretty sure.
That's Dean Lowry of DDS as well; pretty F'n VW to me. WAY more than John Muir... |
Lowry owned more than VWs - as a teen he had a 1929 Ford roadster pickup hot rod that he competively drag raced that was to die for...
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:44 am Post subject: Re: What image says "vw" to you? |
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Oil spots... the Vw smell... the sound.... all damn good ones...
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| Forget image- the smell of the interior.... |
Yes, that coconut "VW smell" |
and coconut hairs under the seats...
..... carbon monoxide poisoning , and owner and passenger induced smoke and piss.... or what the hell ever... 
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| Something any aircooled enthusiast could look at and know to be a reference to VW? |
Thats a pretty broad range of years, lifestyles and people...
There is really no one true answer for all... but I like the idea of this topic...
So.. I treated this as first 2 things that came to mind..
#1 The "Straps"..
#2 Tie Dye..
To me... (possibly anyone born before 1985) if you say or see tie dye...= a Hippie in an old VW "Microbus" pops right in the mind..
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Miklo
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Just about any Peter Aschwanden drawing or diagram.
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