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Dwayne1m
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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:27 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| vwracerdave wrote: |
Maybe if he were driving the Red VW the truck driver might have seen him. The human eye focuses on the color red first. Red cars get the most speeding tickets because that is what the human eye see first. It's is the scientific reason stop signs are red. |
That's interesting. Is it possible that many see the color red as a "power" color since often times you see politicians wearing a red tie? Or possibly the red tie makes them standout more. |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:01 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Red is a high visibility color... a power color. aka "arrest me red".
But in my situation... it wouldn't help. It was a matter of physics. a 60,000lb vehicle traveling at 35mph needs way more distance than a all wheel drive compact car.
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modok
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Glad you are ok, and no VW's ere harmed.
I suppose we can pretend we didn't see any subaru.
IMO that falls under the don't ask don't tell policy. |
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16CVs
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Some one is going to say it, so I will "that'll buff out" Did you buy all those Honda's new and put those miles on yourself ?
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:30 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| 16CV's wrote: |
Some one is going to say it, so I will "that'll buff out" Did you buy all those Honda's new and put those miles on yourself ?
Stacy |
No, the 84 had 60,000, the 99 had 81,000 and the 01 had 106,000.
Already ordered a replacement and should have it in a few days.
I like the darker color better but that's the only grey they offered.
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gt1953
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Glad you walked away. Subaru is a safe vehicle, does not matter which model. Trash company should buy you the new one.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Trash company should buy you the new one. |
I wish it worked that way but it doesn't.
I put the claim through my collision and they're cutting me a check today. If I waited for the town to pay me, it will be the next model year. They gave me a fair payout, $4000 less than i paid for it. That's not back since i put 27,000 miles on it. If it was a lease, it of cost me more.
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andk5591
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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glad you are OK....But I gotta forward this to the guy that I have been going back and forth on about my feeling that classic bugs are not the safest things around.........
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EverettB
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| gt1953 wrote: |
| Trash company should buy you the new one. |
I wish it worked that way but it doesn't.
I put the claim through my collision and they're cutting me a check today. If I waited for the town to pay me, it will be the next model year. They gave me a fair payout, $4000 less than i paid for it. That's not back since i put 27,000 miles on it. If it was a lease, it of cost me more. |
Yes, the insurance will get it from the Trash company - their job is pay you and take care of things on the back end.
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:36 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| I'm glad you're OK, Glenn. I can vouch for the Impreza (at least the 2016 model). My daughter has one and it's been a great vehicle for her. Lots of room without taking up a lot of real estate, unlike my extended cab Toyota T100. |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Floating VW wrote: |
| P.S. I would also like to express my profound relief that no humans or VW's were injured in this accident. You dodged a bullet on that one! |
Agreed...
Replacing one "driving appliance", with a newer one.
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Glad the white tags didn't get smooshed. I dislike the yellow ones.
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rustfree1967bug
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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Glen it sounds like your hondas died early on you. Got vw's with more miles on the original engines with more miles and still going strong. And how do you know for a fact you'd be dead if you were in your vw?
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Glenn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| And how do you know for a fact you'd be dead if you were in your vw? |
60,000lb. truck going 35mph, pushing me into a 4500lb truck..
What do you think?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| rustfree1967bug wrote: |
| And how do you know for a fact you'd be dead if you were in your vw? |
60,000lb. truck going 35mph, pushing me into a 4500lb truck..
What do you think? |
I agree. While the rear end damage may be similar. the Subaru took the frontal impact whereas beetles have a 60 year history of "submarining" when smashed in to taller vehicles ahead.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:01 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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I had food poisoning a time or two..I guess I should stop eating every day.
my old 600+ hp prostreeter got rearended once, I changed the rear quarter my self and painted it it was at the track 3 hours after the paint gun was cleaned, a few years ago it sold for over $36000.00 , and yes I drove it daily.if a car is worth building correctly it's worth driving. |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| mark tucker wrote: |
I had food poisoning a time or two..I guess I should stop eating every day.
my old 600+ hp prostreeter got rearended once, I changed the rear quarter my self and painted it it was at the track 3 hours after the paint gun was cleaned, a few years ago it sold for over $36000.00 , and yes I drove it daily.if a car is worth building correctly it's worth driving. |
What's your point?
Was your "prostreeter" rear ended by a 60,000lb truck? I ASSume not, since it just needed the rear quarter changed.
And the insurance company decided it was cheaper to total the car, 17 months old and no airbag went off, than repair it. (not like i wanted it back).
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Bob Loblaw
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Glenn wrote: |
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| some unintelligible muttering and ranting |
What's your point?
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C'mon. You know better than that.
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ROCKOROD71
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Here's a reason not to drive your Beetle daily |
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| Glenn wrote: |
The Subaru has 26,000 and I already told the dealer to price a Impreza replacement and maybe.. a WRX.
Anyone know a Vanagon that needs an engine? The engine runs and nothing leaked so I bet its still good. |
Contact Skills in the baywindow forum. He can put it to use!
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