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Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:40 pm

I was curious as to how many use thier thing for offroad use and who uses them for around town driving. I also didn't like seeing this forum being the only one without any threads.
Ours is primarily used for offroading, and as of yet has done extremely well. What about yours?

Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:55 pm

I can't beleive Brian let you beat him to the punch on the first thread on here! :shock:

Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:57 pm

Oh yeah, The only time I've got to drive things was on the street, of road / trail hopping must be fun... maybe I should get me one! :wink:

Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:15 pm

Ya you should. Driving them is "almost" as much fun as putting the bed in the Westfalia to good use. :twisted:

Wed Aug 06, 2003 9:00 am

keifer, i thought i would let tim have the honour (?) of having the first post here. if you don't drive your thing off-road, you don't know what you are missing. of course, if you have never "used' the bed in a westy, you don't know what you are missing there, either!

The best of both worlds- towing your thing to a secluded camping site behind your westy!

Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:35 pm

I want to be able to take on anything with my Thing thats why it looks like I am going to have a total of 12 wheels and tires for my 181. 4 Yokohama y356 SuperVan 195/75R14s on the stock rims for the street/highway, Mickey Thompson mini mags front and Mickey T. Baja belted on back for the dirt. And a set of sand tires yet to be determined.
My last Thing could go anywhere with a stock engine, trans, and tires. So I figure my current 181 when complete with the high performance engine and trans with the proper tires for the job will be my dream vehicle. No wait my 181 is my daydream vehicle my 67 Westy is the dream vehicle, yes a Westy at night can be more fun than a 181 during the day! Buses, Things and Sandrails complement each other like burgers and beer!
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/101853.jpg

Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:13 am

I drive my Thing - more exactly Typ 181 - offroad.

You can see some pictures and videos on my website
http://www.geocities.com/pj2macua/balade_2002.html
http://www.geocities.com/pj1macua/cevennes_2003.html
http://www.geocities.com/pj1macua/jura_2003.html
http://www.geocities.com/pj2macua/morvan_2002.html

Regards
Pierre-J MACUA
www.volkswagen181.com

Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:04 am

Reply to offroad or street i drive my thing on the street ....you'll see why from the pictures..
http://www.germanaddiction.com/THINGS/RobertC/robertCthing.htm

Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:37 pm

Our intention was to get a Thing for off-road. After I found my perfect Thing (is there sucha thing?) there was no way it was going off road. We are looking for another that will be for off-road only. We race off-road so we get our fix on a monthly basis. The new one will become our prerunner.

Sat Aug 16, 2003 3:30 pm

That's a pretty cool avatar Pierre.

Tue Aug 19, 2003 5:11 am

timgud wrote: That a pretty cool avatar Pierre.

Maybe I'll make some T-shirts with this picture.
I love it too.

Regards
Pierre-J MACUA

Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:31 am

It would make a good framed 8x10 on the wall too.

Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:53 am

I'd buy one.

Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:14 pm

bljones wrote: I'd buy one.

Same here. Did you ever make those shirts?

Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:28 pm

Here are three votes for off road and as personal water craft (watch the videos).

http://socalbajas.yuku.com/topic/454/t/The-Mojave-Road-Run-April-25th-26th.html?page=9

Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:32 pm

Nice

Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:21 am

TimGud wrote: bljones wrote: I'd buy one.

Same here. Did you ever make those shirts?

I think he didn't. And he's in vacations right now. But Pierre-J has some other t-shirts in his "boutique" (store) :

http://www.181spirit.com/portail_phpBB/index.php?page=4&sid=0d384c0d56985d3c47fe72290bb16f49

Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:34 am

On, and Off road.......of course, is much fun driving it off road........

Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:08 am

Not quite as exciting as the Bat Thing, but here's where I take my Thing off the road:

This was the engine after running around in that stuff for 5 days:

Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:23 am

I've taken it off-road a few times here in Central Wisconsin, nothing too exciting around here, but it was still fun to do!