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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:05 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

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When you drive around the block several times just to get another look at another vw parked along the street.


To play off of this--

When the route you drive is dictated by "known" VW locations.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:54 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

When you have to make a rule that the kids can't play "punch buggy" or "slug a bug" when they get within sight of the house or shop.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:07 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

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Nuff said..
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

Nuff said..



...not to mention the NINE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE posts!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:18 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

You know you are a VW nut if The Samba is your Home Page Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:57 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

When your best friend gets a new driveway and says:" you gotta park in the street", so you never go back.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:57 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

I dont consider my self a vw nut. but the wife&kids do say Im nuts. so..... Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:34 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

...there is only air cooled VWs in the garage and it's full
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:14 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

You reach to turn down the Radio/cd ect. when coming off the highway, to listen for noises, when your NOT driving a ACVW.....
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

When you know the valve lash clearance on your ACVW but can't remember your anniversary date...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:43 am    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

Good one!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:29 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

crukab wrote:
You reach to turn down the Radio/cd ect. when coming off the highway, to listen for noises, when your NOT driving a ACVW.....
hmm... first..why arnt you driving a acvw? 2nd you might need somebody to fix your car so you dont have to worry about it. next..valve lash hot or cold?witch aniversery? my garage is full too...with more than just vw stuff, but there's plenty of that...possiably too much if there is such a thing.and I only have 1 car to drive.(the other 2 havent been finished or titled ...ever)
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:54 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

... If you have the waiter put your romantic dinner with significant other in containers to go and eat it in a parking lot in an industrial zone because the shop just called to say the car is ready, it's friday and you don't want to miss a weekend of driving... Guilty Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 3:46 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

Your wife slug bugs you first and she dosnt even own a vw.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:11 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

You come close to picking up a toy vw but decide against it because it isn't stock looking enough.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:38 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

Done that!! ...lots of times!! Closest I've come to a 'stock' miniature of my 66 is a Johnny Lightning ....but it has the wrong wheels! lol
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

When you know the location of every vw tucked into a Barn or the bushes within a 10 mile radius of your house.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:54 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

.....60 miles. And you cruise by on a semi-regular basis, just to confirm. Done that.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

... when your latest VW arrives to a full garage, and the vehicle you kick out to the elements is worth 4x what you just bought.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:37 pm    Post subject: Re: You know you're a VW nut if ... Reply with quote

When you keep getting threatening letters from the city to keep the noise DOWN and ignore it Twisted Evil

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