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Herbie gets a makeover as Volkswagen reinvents the Beetle
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Posted on 04/18/2011 11:43:53 AM PDT by AfricanChristian
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To: AfricanChristian
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:48:03 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer (biblein90days.org))
To: AfricanChristian
Make it look like a 356C.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:48:58 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: AfricanChristian
Does it come in a diesel version?..............
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:49:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Mitt Romney: The Harold Stassen of the 21st century........)
To: thackney
Still looks like a chick car to me.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:50:25 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(I miss the America I grew up in.)
To: AfricanChristian
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:50:26 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
To: AfricanChristian
Very nice, but just give us the old Beetle. There was nothing wrong with it at all.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:52:18 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: brownsfan
I’ll upgrade it to: chick car you don’t mind borrowing from the wife once in a while.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:56:00 AM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
("Obama" - Swahili for "Fail")
To: Beowulf9
Very nice, but just give us the old Beetle. There was nothing wrong with it at all.There really wasn't. Amazing how many of those old, air-cooled Bugs (many a 16-year old's first car) are still puttering away in the slow lane.
To: Beowulf9
Looks like Herbie got it on with Porche.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:56:19 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: brownsfan
Looks like the world's most effective form of birth control.
If you show up in a date driving one of those things you can be 100% sure nothings happening later.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:56:43 AM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(Moderates = non-thinkers)
To: Beowulf9
Except the timing chain was a &*#&^@ to change.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:57:14 AM PDT
by
reed13
To: AfricanChristian
I used mine to drive up stream beds to the mouth of caves with guys hanging onto the running boards all the way.
A great car.
To: AfricanChristian
So basically they made it look like an Audi TT.
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posted on
04/18/2011 11:58:34 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: brownsfan
A while back there was a sitcom with Dan Cortese where his friend bought a VW Rabbit. Dan told him it was a girl’s car so the friend went and got a bumper sticker that said “I dig chicks”. Dan told him “Great, now it’s a dyke’s car.”
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posted on
04/18/2011 12:02:41 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Now showing: Dark Ages II.)
To: AfricanChristian
It needs the 3.6liter V6 280 horsepower engine with the Haldex four wheel drive and the six speed manumatic.
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posted on
04/18/2011 12:02:54 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Beowulf9
Yes there was.
Cons:
1.) No heat in the cold.
2.) Valves a pain in the @ss to adjust.
3.) No structural protection for frontal impacts.
4.) Fuel tank perfectly positioned for a fiery demise in a front-end collision.
5.) Oil “strainer” instead of oil filter.
6.) Not exactly a “chick magnet” (unless you were around a rock concert in the 1960’s).
Pros:
1.) Reasonable gas mileage.
2.) Floats (for a while at least).
3.) EXCELLENT traction
4.) High Fun Factor.
5.) Ran forever if properly maintained (aside from those valve adjustment challenges).
5.) Easy to pickup and carry while intoxicated at college parties.
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posted on
04/18/2011 12:07:23 PM PDT
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: AfricanChristian; Paladin2
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posted on
04/18/2011 12:08:03 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. TR)
To: AfricanChristian
When I had one of these (1961 Bug w/sun roof), gas was $.34 a gallon ($.189 in a gas war) and I could move all my belongings in it with the rear seat folded down. It did get 30 mpg, but I can do that now in a far larger, better car.
No thanks, Volkswagen.
To: AfricanChristian
That's not a beetle. Engine's in the wrong end.....uses water for more than the windshield washer.
This is a beetle.....MY BEETLE
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posted on
04/18/2011 12:11:02 PM PDT
by
fredhead
(Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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