Who drove their bug today?

[Jimbug57]

[GSuperB]

Driving in Antigua Guatemala in my new 72 SuperBeetle as my work brought me here. Roads are made of rocks, not very smooth. 1st day

[Zundfolge1432]

I decided to go for it early today. 14 degrees and sunny and we are having a white Christmas here as the snow that came to us Friday is still here because it’s been below freezing since then. I only covered about ten miles but I did notice the thermostat never opened which tells me the engine struggled to get up to temp. I also am glad to be using a synthetic lube in the transaxle because it’s butter smooth, no grind or waiting for it to warm up, believe it or not advancements in lubricant technology have occurred since the 70s😀 so here we go. Season’s Greetings to all.

[platatomi]

Out to get gas today and cruise around:

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'69 Beetle daily driver, fixing things as I go...

Update -

No longer daily driver but still fixing things...

[irvanm]

Took the autostick to the grocery store for the last drive of the year.

[Zundfolge1432]

Took a cruise north of here to help with building a type 3 VW engine. When I got there they were playing with the thermostat. All the sheet metal has been powder coated and looks fantastic. I got up to warp factor 8 on the ride back.

[vamram]

15* outside this morning, took the '73 Super on a 20+ mile highway/city drive. I stopped for gas at the end and out of curiosity checked the dipstick thermometer...

The oil temps showed barely 140*!! Thermostat appears to be good, one of those Awesomepowdercoat new ones.
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'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!!

[devlinrules12]

Took my 1974 beetle to work today . Only 10 miles from home but felt good to have it back on the road

[creative native]

We don't have a "1968-1979 T1 with murals" thread like the Bay Bus forum does, but I took photos with murals today anyhow. It was 64 degrees and sunny today in western NC, so I took the Sun Bug for a ride on the mountainside and in town for the murals. As wet and cold as the Winter has been, it was great medicine to take a long drive on a Spring-like day with the music playing and sunroof open all day.
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"The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX.

[Cusser]

i drove my 1971 Convertible Monday !!! Fun !
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[alex857]

I drove my 1984 Mexican into the February Sunset:

[irvanm]

I had to go to the dentist so drove the Bug, Charlie has a 911 but liked the autostick.

[MountainBeetle]

[Sonic]

Drove my '83 1200 sedan to and from the testing facility. Approved and fresh MOT/APK for 2 years. The weather is terrible, snow and light frost in the morning, which is not very common this time of year, but the beetle held up well.

Driving it to the office tomorrow, see if I can get a nice picture somewhere.

[vamram]

[mukluk]

[hopkin]

I was out today also, but this pic is from yesterday when I got the car out for the season:

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

[vamram]

[Sonic]

Drove it to work today in pouring rain, not ideal with dried out windscreen wipers. But since is road legal for the first time in 3 years I really wanted to drive it. Felt good, drove ok. Cut out a few times when coming to a standstill while braking in the early part of the commute, but not in the later part.

[Buggeee]

First drive (again!) Made it to the gas station and back. It's a start.

Here is a memory of the first drive the first time: