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Dubskii
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:44 pm    Post subject: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

Thought this would be a fun topic...

I have been a member on The Samba for several years now and have read countless threads with claims from people having a daily driver. Now is your chance to prove it! Let's see pictures of your daily driver at work from those who dare to brave the morning and afternoon rush hours!

Here is my 57 Kombi outside of my office.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

I know when I was in California last year, I drove 2200 miles in search for a bus........never seen but one VW beetle on the road the entire five days I was there. So it doesn't apear they have daily drivers anymore....lol.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

I very rarely see a vintage VW on the road. More beetles than buses for sure. Usually a bay Window if it is a bus. Almost never a Split unless a show/meet up is nearby.

This topic isn't relegated to California though. Post away....
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

worktruck, farmtruck...dailydriver
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

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This was on "International Drive your VW to Work Day" back in 2013 when i lived 20 minutes from the office.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

Cool topic, thank you for starting it.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

well, I work from home so....

doing work for home?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

This one is quite old Laughing Makes me laugh

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This one...little newer

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:49 am    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

Great topic!

Weather was so good this year I broke it out in early February.

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Got a bit of snow after that.

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Today:

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3475 miles so far this calendar year, generally commuting to work.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

JohnnyRingo wrote:
I know when I was in California last year, I drove 2200 miles in search for a bus........never seen but one VW beetle on the road the entire five days I was there. So it doesn't apear they have daily drivers anymore....lol.


Yesterday around noon I was merging onto the I 10 in Redlands, California from the I 210. A 1968 light grey single cab pulled up beside me, in my 1961 light grey single cab. I think its all in the matter of timing.

I am recently retired so I don't have to drive one of my VW's to work any more ! Razz I used to drive my VW's to work in rotation and they were parked at the shcool (sic.) right beside the highway. Anyone going to or from Big Bear knows what I am talkng about.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:49 am    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

My 'old wagon' parked next to a co-worker's 'fast wagon' in our office parking deck. Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 9:22 am    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

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A weekend of watching my test rigs and babysitting the electricians equals a ton of quality hoist time!!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

Woke up to a dead battery on my daily.. Living a couple miles from work thought id take the Bus. It's been over a month! Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

It's almost ALWAYS that I drive my bus to work! Confused

Here it is at a car show at work:

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This here is more like everyday, though rarely at the #1 spot. Embarassed

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It's either ^^^that^^^ or this:

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Though since the Bug is currently out of commission, today is this:

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That's all I've got! Anxious
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:50 am    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

It's funny to see just how different our Busses are in comparison to modern day vehicles.
Before roof rack
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

I'm pretty much WFH these days, so alas I dont drive the bus to work every day.... and I swear I've got a number of pictures of the bus in the parking deck at EA Tiburon between '09 and '13, but I'm failing to find them at the moment....


Zynga Sports & FanDuel Games circa 2015 (shortly before Zynga Sports closed and we reopened as FanDuel a few weeks later)
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

My '64 vert at my shop, in the rain.
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My '61 bus parked in front lot at my shop, with a little snow piled up.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

My daily driver... it is a working bus.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Bring Your Bus To Work Reply with quote

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I have the worst job ever! Laughing

I've been daily driving my '66 since I blew up my Toyota last spring.
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