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HMVWNAB Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2006 Posts: 1089 Location: Sunshine State
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:19 pm Post subject: Gimmicks you are ashamed you fell for |
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How many of us have fallen for gimmicks like the Metwrench set or the Tornado for your carburetor? (which was allegedly endorsed by Sam Memmelo of the old Shade Tree Mechanic show) _________________ What are the last 2 words of the National Anthem?
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12854 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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& im sure some butthurt greeny is going to mention "clean diesel" _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:58 am Post subject: |
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sam momello.......have you watched him?? that alone should be enough to get you to stay away..... PCH ( publishers clearing house) you have won a zillion dollars!!! just go through all out shit 345678903453 times for200 years and we will be ariving at your location to give you another pile of shit to start over with but you are defiantly a wienner!!!! we have generated your address and have a map to your home!!! crap they know where I live now. |
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Malokin Martin Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2007 Posts: 3099 Location: E-burg
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:05 am Post subject: |
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Not me personally, but I worked with a recent Asian migrant that got taken in one of those, "Send me money Nigerian prince" scams. They cleaned her out. This was like 2005 |
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awreed Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2010 Posts: 1268 Location: Kirkland, WA
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I bought a new pair of beetle running boards from Mid America many years ago for something like $15.
When I got them a few weeks later they were slightly thicker gauge than a pop can- I probably could have rolled them up like burritos with my bare hands. The quality was just plain pathetic. Would have cost me too much money to return, so I ended up just giving those pieces of crap away for free at a swap meet much later.
Lesson learned. |
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daven Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: Dayton OH
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Salad Shooter - nuff said. |
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Enkiel Samba Member
Joined: October 21, 2004 Posts: 2771 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: |
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giving 5k$ to my mother for my father's funeral... before she inherited of 100k$....
how much i got? 0$
feel like a nigerian princess just ripped me off... |
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B Ramsey Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2006 Posts: 477 Location: Ramona ca.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Empi. |
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marklaken Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2004 Posts: 2416 Location: fort collins, CO
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:58 am Post subject: |
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solar panels. Maybe not a gimmick, but even propped up with heavy government incentives, my "return" on my $5k investment is nowhere near the performance of an equal investment in a roth IRA stock index fund invested in 2010. _________________ Wish List:
1967 Wesfalia SO-42 Parts Needed: Kitchenette, Cot Poles
'65 rear left beetle fender
15" Bus Wheels in fair condition
Mark Laken
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31373 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Gimmicks you are ashamed you fell for |
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HMVWNAB wrote: |
Gimmicks you are ashamed you fell for |
"I'm gone if we don't get married by........"
but only twice - so far !!! _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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My parents buy these for me sometimes. Maybe not the "name brand" version, but Aldi variety. Those Germans always make good stuff.
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69 Jim Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2004 Posts: 6264 Location: Chickengeorge's Neighbor
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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This thread... |
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sixfootdan Samba Smartass
Joined: February 13, 2002 Posts: 4848 Location: \Lo*ca"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of locating.
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:53 am Post subject: |
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hazetguy wrote: |
My parents buy these for me sometimes. Maybe not the "name brand" version, but Aldi variety. Those Germans always make good stuff.
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If any of you are fans of The Whitest Kids you know show there is a very funny spoof on the Shamwow called The Jizzle, You can youtube it. _________________ Schrodinger's cat walked into a bar and it didn't.
GO SEAHAWKS!!! |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Snorklestang t-shirt... _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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Merlin Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2004 Posts: 2103 Location: South Africa
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:01 am Post subject: |
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79SuperVert wrote: |
Snorklestang t-shirt... |
_________________ the3rdrock.com - …musings, discoveries and postulating, by a restless itinerant in search of enlightenment.
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far rider Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2005 Posts: 771 Location: Rutland, VT
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Leased a Subaru. Let me say at the get go, I NEVER go for any of the aftermarket add ons. But This being a keyless ignition car I went for the insurance on the key. Naturally it was part of a package that included polish, wash, interior conditioner, leather cleaner etc. $1200. Now every month I beat myself up for agreeing to the snake oil. _________________ 67 zenith blue sunroof
Contentment; when what you have is what you want. |
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OB Bus Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2003 Posts: 2541 Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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massachewtits got distrucked??? dam was it isel?? I think we be safe... we got's the mouse. and nobody effs with the mouse, not even mini....she's effing goofy ( pluto was taken the video..) |
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HMVWNAB Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2006 Posts: 1089 Location: Sunshine State
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:57 am Post subject: |
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Was looking for gimmicks as related to automotive products, not Nigerian Prince and double your investment scams and the like.
For instance, my mechanic at the time called Split Fire spark plugs a gimmick, but there are probably people who swear by them.
Another one that comes to mind is the magnetic something or other you put around the fuel line I think it was. _________________ What are the last 2 words of the National Anthem?
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:18 am Post subject: |
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crap....well witch was it the something or the other????? witch do I need to remove???? I have incompleate instructions and vauge shit.... hmm I think my chrysler hemi was a spit fire shit fire, fart spark's!!! save matches. |
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