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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Some of you are losing focus of this thread. You must remember most folks dont see a lot of typ 2's....so in essense there a bit of novelty to ave joe family.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Mary and I went to Winnipeg in 2019. The first two stops we took had some interested pedestrian coming up to us and recalling that they "had one of those too" and rolled it when they were driving drunk. I think this explains the lack of split windows in our part of Canada.

When someone tells me they camped in one when they were a kid, I always ask if it was yellow or lime green. Most of the time they are talking about a seventies Westfalia. "Yeah! It was green and it had a sliding door."
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

When I get the "Did you cut up a Bus to build that Truck" line I tell them " Yea, I used a Chainsaw, came out pretty good, don't ya think ? " Laughing Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

I recently had a young girl at a coffee drive-thru excitingly asking me if I live in my van. And though it seemed a slightly offensive question, I told her, "I wish".
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Maybe she had visions of going camping in one Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

I mostly get asked what year is mine. 2nd most asked question for whatever reason is "Is it the original engine?". Once i explain no and give a brief story about the bus, i try to end the conversation because i am not a social butterfly. If they are truly into VW's i'll talk to them otherwise.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Driving my lowered og paint 1965 21 window on real fuchs, safari windows and westy wood slat. An old guy pulls up next to me at a light and asks if I would take $4,000 cash for it right now. I said sure pull over at the next gas station. He does, I go flying by.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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Driving my lowered og paint 1965 21 window on real fuchs, safari windows and westy wood slat. An old guy pulls up next to me at a light and asks if I would take $4,000 cash for it right now. I said sure pull over at the next gas station. He does, I go flying by.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:25 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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Driving my lowered og paint 1965 21 window on real fuchs, safari windows and westy wood slat. An old guy pulls up next to me at a light and asks if I would take $4,000 cash for it right now. I said sure pull over at the next gas station. He does, I go flying by.




Laughing Good one!

The last guy that yelled "I got cash-money for that, $1500 right now!", in my old single cab, at a traffic light. I told him "shit, I just gave $2000 for it yesterday! His eyes got big!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:17 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

I was moving mine down an alley with my friends on rollers and tow straps; it was a shell with no windows, motor, doors, etc. Someone goes "Does it run?" from the bar at the end of the alley.

Yea...no.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:11 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

I get Greatful Dead questions all the time. I usually respond with a line from a Sloan song. I don't hate the bad, just their fans. The Snapcase and Quicksand stickers are lost on most of them.

I get the is it for sale question all the time. My wife will rattle off a a semi correct amount and they walk away.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:26 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Jeez you guys are making me dread getting mine back on the road!
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:02 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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Jeez you guys are making me dread getting mine back on the road!


Haha, nah! People are people for better or worse. At least they’re interesting enough to interact regardless of how asinine their comments might be. I get people asking me questions and taking pictures at the gas station at 5am. Fuck, let me wake up before an interrogation haha. I let kids hop it (no keys in ignition) to honk the horn haha.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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vwuberalles wrote:
Jeez you guys are making me dread getting mine back on the road!


Haha, nah! People are people for better or worse. At least they’re interesting enough to interact regardless of how asinine their comments might be. I get people asking me questions and taking pictures at the gas station at 5am. Fuck, let me wake up before an interrogation haha. I let kids hop it (no keys in ignition) to honk the horn haha.



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:48 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

So nobody gets this one at cruise nights-“ I bet u wish u had the little windows on top”. I feel like saying saying- I bet u wish your Cutless was a 442 DB. I told my buddies who are new to the bug seen that this would happen to me and we weren’t there 5 minutes and it happened. All I said was and there it is and walked away. My buddy who’s borderline comedian explained how rude that was.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:56 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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So nobody gets this one at cruise nights-“ I bet u wish u had the little windows on top”. I feel like saying saying- I bet u wish your Cutless was a 442 DB. I told my buddies who are new to the bug seen that this would happen to me and we weren’t there 5 minutes and it happened. All I said was and there it is and walked away. My buddy who’s borderline comedian explained how rude that was.
This happens all the time... " bet you wish you had one of those (insert random number between 18 and 30) window ones?" Uhhh, no.

As I have og paint buses, I also get "when are you going to paint it?" Uhhh, no.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

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So nobody gets this one at cruise nights-“ I bet u wish u had the little windows on top”. I feel like saying saying- I bet u wish your Cutless was a 442 DB. I told my buddies who are new to the bug seen that this would happen to me and we weren’t there 5 minutes and it happened. All I said was and there it is and walked away. My buddy who’s borderline comedian explained how rude that was.


I own a 1965 standard with the factory sunroof. I get people at local car shows tell me you know you could add the skylight windows and make it a 21 window and then it would be worth big money.

I also used to get the guys who tell me that my double cab almost looks like the truck bed was done at the factory. Then they proceed to tell me that Volkswagen never built a truck, but the conversion was done pretty well.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

donald.lemay wrote:
So nobody gets this one at cruise nights-“ I bet u wish u had the little windows on top”.


"Nah, the sun shines right in your face while you are driving, it's annoying"
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:55 am    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Non VW peep are naive...... I get a lot of " I use to have a 69 vw" or feel in the year.
Yea yea yea...lol
Just friendly conversation.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Funny questions from passersby Reply with quote

Once they asked "Is it 1969?" And I said, "Um, it's currently 1989" (Which was the year at the time)

Once was in Sue's 63 23 window, which was just back on the road. We drove to run an errand, with the only glass the safari windows, the only interior the front seats, just a shiny painted shell with running gear, trim, and bumpers, no sunroof yet. First drive in over 15 years, since it was taken apart.
A guy asked "Are you going to put windows in it?" Sue was stumped by the ridiculousness of the question, so I said "It's a work in progress."
What an odd thing to ask.

Generally, whatever words they actually use, it seems they usually just mean "cool bus", so I don't think the answer is too important.
Sometimes they say dumb stuff, or make cheap offers, (as much of the above), so I just tend to say, "That's nice."

Once met someone whose family used to have a 58 westy with propane fridge.

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