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Rome
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Location: Pearl River, NY
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 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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After not driving my '77 Beetle at all last year due to personal reasons- not due to car mechanical ones- today I made a good start. I regained enthusiasm a few weeks ago, gave it an oil change and valve adjustment this past weekend, then today took it for the annual New York State motor vehicle safety inspection. Afterwards I stopped for an "at the pumps" shot, and went for a 50 mile drive for fast highway plus twisty roads into Harriman State Park in southern New York. Stopped at a "jughandle" curve on Arden Valley Road which had just opened for the season a few days before. Beetle ran great and it was a good time.
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vamram 
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| Rome wrote: |
...I regained enthusiasm a few weeks ago, gave it an oil change and valve adjustment this past weekend, then today took it for the annual New York State motor vehicle safety inspection. ... Beetle ran great and it was a good time.
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Rome, great to see it on the road again! Hopefully I can make the Bear Mountain Pilgrimage this spring/summer and we can cruise those mountain roads w/your local VDubbers!
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kpf
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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@Rome, congratulations on getting back in the bug. That curve in the road looks absolutely stunning! Thanks for the inspirational picture!
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Rome
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| Thanks, guys. kpf- I actually wanted to step farther back to get more zoom from the camera so that the "S" curve would appear more compressed, but there was a 6' steep drop directly behind me off the road shoulder. This 270 degree curve goes well in 2nd gear, then punch it on the uphill as the curve straightens. But only to the ambient 25 mph speed limit. |
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vamram
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Drove it to my PT appointment today, and this Millennial was in the parking lot. Had to snap a couple of pictures w/the poor rudderless fellow.
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Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'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!! |
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Jhp212
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Well, they're both yellow...but the beetle is on the left!
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Lost69Convertible
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Took the first drive of 2023. Temp was 63F and the top was down.
Last year the Super Wobble was growing in the steering. I had the front tires rebalanced last week. Today the Wobble is gone. Got lucky on that.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Tuesday - drove my 1971 Convertible with 1835cc engine to the park. Even got it to 5000rpm a few times.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Saturday - took Mrs. Cusser to dinner about 15 miles away in my 1971 Convertible with 1835cc engine. Topless, of course.
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heimlich
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| Cusser wrote: |
| Saturday - took Mrs. Cusser to dinner about 15 miles away in my 1971 Convertible with 1835cc engine. Topless, of course. |
You drive Mrs. Cusser around topless? I bet a lot of people stare.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| heimlich wrote: |
| Cusser wrote: |
| Saturday - took Mrs. Cusser to dinner about 15 miles away in my 1971 Convertible with 1835cc engine. Topless, of course. |
You drive Mrs. Cusser around topless? I bet a lot of people stare. |
It makes their day !!! They'd stare at the VW Convertible anyway !!!
Years ago a teenage kid saw her in the ocean when the wave broke her top clasp, and her top came off, and she didn't notice. I still tease her that the kid told that to his friends for 2 decades !!!
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Sonic
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| Drove the '83 to work again today. Stalling at braking still happens and smells like gas a lot inside, so might be up for re-adjusting the carb soon enough. |
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Blue66
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Pulled mine out of winter storage today. First drive since Halloween, it drove great, lots of fun. Sure missed the car over winter. 
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Cusser
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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I drove my 1970 sedan to the dentist about 5 miles away. I even took a photo on my flip phone, but would need to transfer to my laptop to post that.
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alex857
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Last week´s trip with the family Beetles:
and today´s picture with daffodils:
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madmike
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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I took the turbo bug uptown today and bought bread, since it was 50* and sunny 
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madmike
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Picked up my Grandson from school today,He digs the turbo bug,he also races a 65cc Cobra MX bike, the lil gearhead started when he was 4 years old
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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
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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I drove my '71 Convertible to pick up an alternator for my 1988 Mazda truck today. Since Mrs. Cusser had taken the 1998 Frontier, I just "had to" drive the convertible, top down, of course.
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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| Picked up my Grandson from school today,He digs the turbo bug,he also races a 65cc Cobra MX bike, the lil gearhead started when he was 4 years old |
Cobra's are nasty little MX bikes for up and coming racers. We had a kid here 20 years ago, that won every time he entered a race at our Thursday Nigh MX races.
I, at 41+Yo placed in the top 3 in the vet class and Open amateur races class.
I rode a Husaberg FC501 4 stroke. The Husadady was a bad ass bike too!
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madmike
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Who drove their bug today? |
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Yea this is his 2nd Cobra, had a new 50cc last year, thing ripped,he clears huge table tops with it and big doubles,he'd do a triple if they'd let him
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