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Blue Baron
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Sarah Silverman
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finster
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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celebrity chef jamie oliver and his 67 cabrio
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NJ John
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Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Sarah Silverman
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Sara can drive my VW anytime she wants.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Dan Gurney
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bandi
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Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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A few "behind the scenes" shots from The Shining.
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KTPhil 
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Joined: April 06, 2006
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Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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| NJ John wrote: |
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Sarah Silverman
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Sara can drive my VW anytime she wants. |
And I'll adjust her valves any time.
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chickengeorge
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:32 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
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bandi
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Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
I'm really not sure what was going on here!
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NJ John
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Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Maybe they doubled for actual driving scenes.
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FarmerBill
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Stunt doubles? I don't remember them taking that bug off any sweet jumps. |
I'm really not sure what was going on here! |
Might be stand ins. They use stand ins to set up scenes, lighting, camera angles, etc. So the stars don't have to stand around all day. |
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NJ John
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Like Kramer and Mickey.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Emma Watson
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BSQUARE
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Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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The Count from Sesame Street
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Fish
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Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 6:23 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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the late giorgio armani with his triple white vert. apparently he sold the car in 1975 to help fund his company and bought it back in 1996
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KTPhil
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My man!!!
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finster
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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Nena von Schlebrügge - who is she? uma thurman's mother - in a type 34
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:20 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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not quite slow horses...sir gary oldman and his runge rs
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sportin-wood
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2025 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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| Hollywood legend Diane Keaton has died at age 79, People has reported. |
Ms. Keaton driving her Super Beetle Cabrio in New York City with Woody Allen as passenger, movie "Annie Hall" (1977).
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finster
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Celebrities with VWs |
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^ is that the film where she parks up and Allen quips 'don't worry we can get a cab to the curb' 
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