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Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:48 pm

'72 Standard Beetle, La Mesa CA 2/27/24

Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:16 pm

At the In-N-Out Burger in Santee, CA 2/28/24

Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:46 am

I did a biz trip from Palm Springs to Riverside to Irvine to Carlsbad and back this week, and saw not a one air cooled VW on the freeways.

Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:49 am

Seeing an air cooled VW here is the automotive equivalent of fossil/arrow head hunting. This time of the year they are all frozen in place and covered with snow even if you do know where to look. Even in the summer you need to be well educated as to their whereabouts, in the right circle of peers and you can unearth small groups of them gathered in out of the way places.

As for chancing upon them in the wild... in the summer... just random sightings... by accident... it does happen but it is very rare now. The ground has been well picked over for loose ones out on their own for many years now!

Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:50 am

Abscate wrote: I did a biz trip from Palm Springs to Riverside to Irvine to Carlsbad and back this week, and saw not a one air cooled VW on the freeways.

Just like at your house :wink:

Maybe you forgot to put your glasses on again?

Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:24 am

Missah Magloo!!

Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:42 am

Abscate wrote: I did a biz trip from Palm Springs to Riverside to Irvine to Carlsbad and back this week, and saw not a one air cooled VW on the freeways.
Similar on the Arizona highways. I drive a 1988 Mazda B2200 truck as a daily driver, and haven't seen a 1986-1993 Mazda truck on any road anywhere in the last 1.5 years.

The Mazda truck is the one on the right.

Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:36 pm

Spotted this JavaGreen 67 this afternoon coming out of the post office.
I've seen this car before and it is extremely nice.

Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:48 pm

Xevin wrote: Abscate wrote: I did a biz trip from Palm Springs to Riverside to Irvine to Carlsbad and back this week, and saw not a one air cooled VW on the freeways.

Just like at your house :wink:

Maybe you forgot to put your glasses on again?

I’ve been raising cars and lowering them too much, again.

Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:00 pm

Showed up on the block, only half a Herbie, the drivers door has no 53.

Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:36 am

Found this Eurovan parked next to us at the grocery store.

Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:02 pm

Passed him going down the interstate here in Knoxville the other day.

Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:33 am

Nice Bug! Hopefully he can get it running again.

Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:45 am

Anyone notice the beetle tail lights on the trailer?

Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:46 am

Sweet!

Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:19 pm

At the Trader Joe's in La Mesa, CA 3/25/24

Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:22 pm

In the North Park neighborhood of San Diego 3/25/24

Nice FJ55 as a bonus! :D

Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:36 pm

Santee, CA 4/17/24

Based on the taillights, deck lid and steering wheel, appears to be a '72.

Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:00 pm

OldSchoolVW's wrote: Santee, CA 4/17/24

Based on the taillights, deck lid and steering wheel, appears to be a '72.

FWIW, that's an 80s or newer vintage Brazilian decklid as evidenced by the wide middle spacing between the sets of vents.

Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:38 pm

mukluk wrote: OldSchoolVW's wrote: Santee, CA 4/17/24

Based on the taillights, deck lid and steering wheel, appears to be a '72.

FWIW, that's an 80s or newer vintage Brazilian decklid as evidenced by the wide middle spacing between the sets of vents.

Thank you! Yes, something seemed odd about the deck lid, to me, but I didn't give it much thought ... figured 4 louvers = '71 and later. Thanks for pointing out this detail.