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LedFloyd
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Joined: August 12, 2004
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Location: Somewhere outside Barstow
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 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:39 am Post subject: I Just Had To Tell This... |
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| The Friday after my 18th birthday I drove from a city called Woodstock, GA up to Chattanooga, TN to pick up my first bus, 71' Bay. When I showed up and first spotted her I could not stop smiling. Very decent paint, white and green two-tone, rustless you could say. The last owner really took care of her. My test drive was more than I expected, it slid into each gear, and the engine was like new (and after I did a compression check that weekend I discovered it was very recently rebuilt!) The guy who owned it was friends with some guy who was head of a club chapter in the area, so he showed up and we talked for probably 45 min or so. Anyways, he went on about the VW disease and the culture, "There's nothing else like it." He told me the disease will get you, "Worse than dope." Damn, I thought. Working on these things is more of a mind set than getting a little high. These must be fantastic cars, I thought to myself. So, I decided she was the one, and I paid my $2500 for a car I plan to keep forever, hopped on I-75 and headed south in my new VW Bus! Well, about 2 minutes after being on the freeway, I hear a frantic sonding horn, " BEEP BEEP, BEEPBEEPBEEP, BEEP" and as I turn my head to my left, I see another longer haired fella, like myself, giving me the peace sign from the drivers seat of his Westy Vanagon. I don't think I ever stopped smiling on that ride home and I will never forget that day I bought my very first VW Bus. |
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timp
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Joined: June 19, 2004
Posts: 548
Location: Lancaster, PA
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:27 am Post subject: |
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i feel ya man... i love the attention i get from other vw drivers.
there's a nice westy for sale over here... i'm seriousely thinking about getting it...
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vwjosh6070
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Joined: August 24, 2003
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Location: not camping...
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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hey right on man!!! was anyone of those people you talked to named mike by any chance?? the club president of one of the clubs im in lives up there, he has an orange bay westy. anyway, thats cool man. i cant wait to get rita goin again so i can get a trip or two on her before bulli brigade.
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Jessica
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Joined: June 07, 2003
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Location: Clinton, Iowa
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 6:02 am Post subject: |
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That's awesome! I love it when I see other VWs on the road while driving my bug. Definitely a great feeling. 
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justmeandmycar(s)
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Joined: December 04, 2003
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Location: New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Any time I see another vw on the road (older on, that is) I wave. Altho around here, the Vanagons seem not to wave to us Aircooled fanatics... at least the watercooled ones don't. But it's like getting welcomed into this huge hapy family to own a VW. But, as in every family, there are a number of sour grapes...
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