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bandi
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Joined: August 24, 2005
Posts: 1084
Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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"Your car needs a paint job!"
"I hadn't noticed. Want to pay for one?"
That usually shuts them up.
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'60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '66 Bus, '69 Sunroof Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '73 Super, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S. And some Fieros. |
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irvanm
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Joined: January 09, 2008
Posts: 610
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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"I bet that thing on the rear window came from Walmart"
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
Posts: 70789
Location: Phoenix 602
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VeeDubn
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Joined: May 31, 2019
Posts: 131
Location: Olympia, Washington
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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"Is that the new Jetta?" (note passenger side emblem)
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madmike
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Joined: July 11, 2005
Posts: 5298
Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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At the Gas station, ,I hear, WOW ,
This summer at our local Drag Race,, Good friend ,Real Car Guy sold a old Lincoln Motor to Chip Foose 
Came up to me after this Race, said : You Do Realize You just Beat a $75,000 Hellcat
with a Volkswagen Bug!!!!!! ,witch I replied,I sure Did 
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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" |
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mg50
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Joined: August 30, 2022
Posts: 745
Location: Southeast
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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| I was pumping gas into the Beetle and some lady drove by, practically falling out of her car window giving me the peace sign. |
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scottyrocks
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Joined: August 19, 2016
Posts: 2810
Location: Long Island, NY
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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Now that's shiny, my Beetle gets even more compliments and smiles than before.
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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.”
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Shonandb
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Joined: January 12, 2019
Posts: 1673
Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: Things people have said about your car |
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Years ago driving my 73 Bus. "I've seen these things driving down the highway barely doing 45 mph, some with clouds of smoke pouring out, but I have never seen one doing 80 mph". "What do you guys have in this thing, a Porsche motor"?
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Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
Previous 1973 Panel Bus:
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