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63ziggy Samba Member
Joined: June 19, 2005 Posts: 1100 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Got a couple this afternoon at the grocery store.
first one from a man roughly in his forties/
"thats good looking and it has a VW 1600 engine". at first I thought, hey he knows his stuff. then I figured he was aware of it having a VW engine in it but did not realize it was a VW Thing. He was thinking kit car the best I could figure.
second one (a young man 18-20 yrs old) who immediately followed up on the heels of the first man.
He said, "What is that?", I replied a VW Thing. Next question, "What year? "I thought it was a Jeep at first". He then asked, "Does it drive like a Jeep?", I replied well it has no power steering, no power brakes, all drums all the way around. At that moment, I realized this young man most likely had never experienced any thing but disks on all four corners and power.
Couple quick fun conversations. |
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locky Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 573 Location: Nelson, British Columbia
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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"Hey, who owns the thing out front"
"Me"
"I almost lost an arm in one of those things in Vancouver. Lady t-boned us and I had my arm hanging out, Awesome car man, it was yellow too." |
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bolvon72 Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Courtland, VA
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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I was visiting my parents and their neighbor came over and asked "How do you like your Scout?"
But my favorite passing compliment was when I was driving down the highway and look to my left as the lady in the passenger seat of the Porsche going by was taking a picture. |
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mtwrench540 Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: monterey,va
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:33 pm Post subject: things |
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all of the above plus over the pasy 13 years!!!!! _________________ 87 wolfsberg,74 181w/1915 and lots of patina! learned to fix vw's from hot vw mag in 1964,VWOA instructor,DSM,69 to73,service mgr at different porsche-audi dealers etc,etc,now retired!!! first vw new 64,transplanted 356 eng in 65,400characters are not enough space!! |
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For181 Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2011 Posts: 12 Location: Woodstock, Illinois
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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"Is that a Golf?"
"What the hell is that thing?"
and yesterday
"Does it float like the originals?" |
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hooliganrick Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2011 Posts: 1 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Is that the kind that goes in the water? |
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Lettuce Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2009 Posts: 749 Location: Socal
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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"Thats the kind of jeep Mike has"
"Nice... a thing" |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:28 am Post subject: |
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I get the ability to float comments a lot. I just nod and smile. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race
Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.
Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone |
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sdwalter Samba Member
Joined: June 08, 2008 Posts: 90
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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joescoolcustoms wrote: |
I get the ability to float comments a lot. I just nod and smile. |
I usually reply with 'Until just before it sinks' |
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Bruce Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2003 Posts: 17284 Location: Left coast, Canada
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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You could also say, "it definitely floats, but not indefinitely." _________________
overheard at the portland Swap Meet... wrote: |
..... a steering wheel made from a mastadon tusk..... |
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Rev. Scott Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2006 Posts: 770 Location: Philo, Ca.
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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picked my youngest up from football practice today...had about ten kids and a few lurking teens hovering about...all i heard (over and over again) was..."wow, cool car". heh, my boy was pretty smug. hmmmmm maybe nows a good time to get that oil change? _________________ "I haven't seen one of those since I was shootin' at 'em!" |
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booch Samba Member
Joined: July 03, 2008 Posts: 784 Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Got one yesterday,
"That sure gives the road some personality" _________________ Old City Oil Drippers Northeast |
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Shoyrtt Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2010 Posts: 1009 Location: Redlands, CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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"I would tell you that you have a really good looking Thing, but that would be completely inappropriate." |
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Thing7 Samba Member
Joined: June 04, 2015 Posts: 73 Location: PA
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Grocery store parking lot..."is that one of those cars that can go in the water?" |
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hobie16 Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2013 Posts: 244 Location: Maui
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Upon seeing my Acapulco for the first time a friend said, "You should be selling ice cream out of it." _________________ Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.
--- Matt King
If anything’s going to happen, it’s going to happen out there.
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kenj06 Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2011 Posts: 198 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:00 pm Post subject: New Thing |
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My daughter comes home the other day and says "Dad, I saw a Thing like yours only it was new." I said "What!?" and then realized she saw my neighbors Thing that is lowered with a hardtop and shiny paint. I told her no, that one is actually a year older than mine. |
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rrankin Samba Member
Joined: November 10, 2004 Posts: 287 Location: Austin Texas
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Over the past couple of months a disturbing trend has been happening... people yelling to get my attention as we are driving down the road. Multiple lane roads that are not highways, but when you're going 40, you don't expect people to start talking to you.
Most recent was "Hey!" *I just about jump out of the car startled* "You need to get those valves adjusted and you're leakin oil!"
I think he thought he was being clever, but every time someone yells as I'm going down the street it scares the $h!t out of me.
Anyone else having people try to talk to them while moving? _________________ '74 Thing [Fritz]
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waxhead Samba Member
Joined: January 19, 2004 Posts: 946 Location: Philly 'burbs
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:02 am Post subject: Re: Things heard while driving your Thing |
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"Look, it's a Volkswagen IT"
"Haven't see one of those since I was in high school"
"What the f#$k is that?" _________________ Mike B. |
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strelnik Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2010 Posts: 352 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Things heard while driving your Thing |
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waxhead wrote: |
"Look, it's a Volkswagen IT"
"Haven't see one of those since I was in high school"
"What the f#$k is that?" |
I knew a guy who owned a Rambler 4 door.
He took the letters off and re-arranged them to spell " Marbler "
and told everyone it was a new brand from GM! _________________ L'audace! L'audace! Toujours l'audace! |
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strelnik Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2010 Posts: 352 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Things heard while driving your Thing |
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waxhead wrote: |
"Look, it's a Volkswagen IT"
"Haven't see one of those since I was in high school"
"What the f#$k is that?" |
I knew a guy who owned a Rambler 4 door.
He took the letters off and re-arranged them to spell " Marbler "
and told everyone it was a new brand from GM! _________________ L'audace! L'audace! Toujours l'audace! |
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