Your Volkswagen Pet Peeves

[Chickensoup]

[sethhope]

I drive a Bradley GTII kit car built on a '73 beetle

"Why dont you get a REAL sports car like a mustang or corvette?"
"Ohh! My dad/uncle/fairy godmother had one of those!"
"Why would you drive something so small?? Isnt it dangerous??"

My peeves:
No parts!!! Gotta make it all myself pretty much.
Original builder's wiring failing with clockwork regularity
Access panels? What are those? Just remove the body!


Anti-peeve:
Had a guy go absolutely nuts because he had never seen a bradley kit in person and loved the car.
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1976 Fuel Injected beetle
Bradley GTII built on '73 Beetle 1600dp

[Ceckert64]

[madmike]

put a V-8 in it? they say,"Why would I want to Slow it Down?"
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[AutoMechanic]

I don’t really get bothered being asked about it. My big pet peeve though is when these random people always show up on my property asking to buy it. I’m like do you see a for sale sign? If not then no it’s not for sale. I had a guy last two years he has stopped by offering $200 for it I’m like not happening dude. He buys and flips cars I’m not letting that happen to mine.

One I try not to let bother me is people with non stock Volkswagens or any car for that matter. It drives me crazy to see one modified but I know everyone likes something different. To me that decreases the value by a significant amount.

[madmike]

$200 ? ,,I'd tell him sure !,,"which hubcap ya want"?
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[sportin-wood]

My pet peeve is the use of the word "dizzy" in place of distributor. Just always thought it sounded stupid. That's all.
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Paused 66 project bug
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"Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it." --- Jeff Spicoli

[Abscate]

[60ragtop]

^^^
yeah someone beat you to it more than a decade ago

Posted 3-23-2007

[sportin-wood]

[KTPhil]

Ahhh, c'mon, give him a brake break.

[56Cabrio]

[Iowa Mark]

I have a problem with people reminding me that "I saw one just like yours sell for $400,000 on TV the other day! Except it was red and I think it was one of those factory super charged models.......or super something. Did you see that show?"

[scottyrocks]

There have been a number of comments about VW folks being less than kind to other VW folks. It doesn't just happen on line, either. Sometimes it's local.

I don't often get weird/uninformed/ignorant/oh, let's call it what it is - stupid comments from folks. Most communications toward me about my car have been positive. And the often repetitive ones are not horrible - I just answer with a smile. It's nice that people notice.

Most of my peeves have to do with the lack of time I have to fix something when it does go wrong. If I could get to it right away my car would be on the road way more than it is.
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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[67rustavenger]

Let's face it. We all get a scrape, cut, knuckle busted once in a when working on our cars.
You get an adhesive bandage to staunch the bleeding. Only to have that bandage soon come loose and let the blood flow again.

Why can't we get good, well adhering adhesive bandages that stay in place, when applied over a cut, scrape, busted knuckle?

I really liked the American bandage company first aid kit bandages. They stayed stuck in place for day's. Even after washing.
Sadly they are no longer available at my local worksite.
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[scottyrocks]

I wear gloves.
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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[Abscate]

J&j fabric bandages stay put m skip the plastic crap. Use superglue and staples if it’s a through and through

Nitrile and work gloves stop the damage proactively though.
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.ssS!

[KTPhil]

[Chickensoup]

I second surgical super glue. Works fantastic. Even when you can see the bone
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"

[Manfred58sc]

At the gas station "those were good cars"???????????? When did they stop being good cars. Go drive your Prius elsewhere.
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Fat chick owner/operator