Tell me about Classic Beetles..

SiHH · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:16

I have had a thought about selling my Alfa and perhaps buying an old Beetle as they look muchos coolio.

I dont know a great deal about them other than rust is a major problem.

Can anyone give me any good info on these sexy looking Herbie-mobiles ?

penski · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:47

Best to check out vzi, thesamba or similar for specialist info.

Far toooooo much info to go into.

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MarkDavis · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:52

Are you talking about the original Beetle or the Golf Beetle?

If you end up buying the original Beetle, you will have the honour of driving the worst car currently on British roads. Worst as in ABSOLUTELY WORST NOTHING COMES REMOTELY CLOSE WORST WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REDEEMING FEATURES WORST.

SiHH · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:55

MarkDavis said:
Are you talking about the original Beetle or the Golf Beetle?

If you end up buying the original Beetle, you will have the honour of driving the worst car currently on British roads. Worst as in ABSOLUTELY WORST NOTHING COMES REMOTELY CLOSE WORST WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REDEEMING FEATURES WORST.

Well I would say the huge following it has may just go against what you say. As yet I have not driven one so cant really comment..

SiHH · 23 Apr 2008 at 20:55

penski said:
Best to check out vzi, thesamba or similar for specialist info.

Far toooooo much info to go into.

*n

Thanks !

penski · 23 Apr 2008 at 21:11

MarkDavis said:
Are you talking about the original Beetle or the Golf Beetle?

If you end up buying the original Beetle, you will have the honour of driving the worst car currently on British roads. Worst as in ABSOLUTELY WORST NOTHING COMES REMOTELY CLOSE WORST WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REDEEMING FEATURES WORST.

Did you walk in on a beetle shagging your mum when you were a child or something...?

Considering that the thread is titled "Tell me about Classic Beetles..", do you think it is about the Golf-based one or the old one..?

:rolleyes:

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SiHH · 23 Apr 2008 at 22:13

penski said:
Did you walk in on a beetle shagging your mum when you were a child or something...?

Considering that the thread is titled "Tell me about Classic Beetles..", do you think it is about the Golf-based one or the old one..?

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MarkDavis · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:07

penski said:
Considering that the thread is titled "Tell me about Classic Beetles..", do you think it is about the Golf-based one or the old one..?

Far too many trendroids buying the Golf Beetle thinking they're something trendy so who the hell knows? Given that buying an old beetle would be an exercise in utter stupidity, who knows whether he meant Golf Beetle? At least that drives okay, even it does look like a cartoon car...

Anyone who buys, own or runs a old beetle:-

a. Is a hippie who also wears sandals and clothes made out of old rice sacks.
b. Burns lots of joss sticks when at home
c. Goes around thinking its the 'Summer of Love' and saying 'Peeeeace Maaan."
d. Is utterly retarded and wants to drive the WORST CAR ON THE ROAD TODAY.
e. All of the above.

Old beetle = absolute piece of junk.

Not even a scrapyard would give you money for one.

PardonTheWait · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:13

MarkDavis said:
Not even a scrapyard would give you money for one.

Ironic then that Beetles regularly fetch money way in excess of what they should, by rights, be worth, and are easily one of the most popular cars in history.

Also worth noting that in the classic VW scene, about 1% of the people into it are the hippy types you mention.

You know precisely bog all about bugs.

Wicksta · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:14

MarkDavis said:
Not even a scrapyard would give you money for one.

You're joking right? Beetles are about as crazily priced as old Fords at the moment, there is a huge following for them.

MarkDavis · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:18

Mohinder said:
You know precisely bog all about bugs.

Okay, fair enough they do have a hippy cult following, so you would probably get some loon paying a few quid for one instead of spending it on trip to Stonehenge.

But they are utterly awful to drive and would be the worst car on the road in the UK.

[TW]Fox · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:18

I wonder why other peices of Nazi memorobilia are not considered quite so cute?

PardonTheWait · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:21

[TW]Fox;11559258 said:
I wonder other peices of Nazi memorobilia are not considered quite so cute?

Come on now, that doesn't even make sense. You're better than that.

MarkDavis said:
I know that they are utterly awful to drive and would be the worst car on the road in the UK.

Their appeal has nothing to do with that.

Nitro_Junkie · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:25

MarkDavis said:
Far too many trendroids buying the Golf Beetle thinking they're something trendy so who the hell knows? Given that buying an old beetle would be an exercise in utter stupidity, who knows whether he meant Golf Beetle? At least that drives okay, even it does look like a cartoon car...

Anyone who buys, own or runs a old beetle:-

a. Is a hippie who also wears sandals and clothes made out of old rice sacks.
b. Burns lots of joss sticks when at home
c. Goes around thinking its the 'Summer of Love' and saying 'Peeeeace Maaan."
d. Is utterly retarded and wants to drive the WORST CAR ON THE ROAD TODAY.
e. All of the above.

Old beetle = absolute piece of junk.

Not even a scrapyard would give you money for one.

way to stereotype without hitting the spot even once, statistically you'd think by accident you'd make at least one valid point

penski · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:27

Nitro_Junkie said:
way to stereotype without hitting the spot even once, statistically you'd think by accident you'd make at least one valid point

Idiocy overcomes statistics...

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MarkDavis · 23 Apr 2008 at 23:33

It's an utter piece of junk to drive. Not really surprisingly given its 60 year old design, and a cheap one at that. Can't be that many on the road nowadays....most of them seem to have rotted away and not quite soon enough.

The bearded hippies seem to be denial.

Having said that they think that worshipping at Stonehenge makes the world go round, so I should hardly be surprised.

penski · 24 Apr 2008 at 00:04

MarkDavis said:
It's an utter piece of junk to drive. Not really surprisingly given its 60 year old design, and a cheap one at that. Can't be that many on the road nowadays....most of them seem to have rotted away and not quite soon enough.

The bearded hippies seem to be denial.

Having said that they think that worshipping at Stonehenge makes the world go round, so I should hardly be surprised.

You're just trolling now. You seem to be revelling in your ignorance.

I see at least half a dozen aircooled VWs almost every day. Bugs, Karmann Ghias, Type 3s, Type 4s, Splits, Bays, the occasional Type 181/182...

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SiHH · 24 Apr 2008 at 07:53

MarkDavis said:
It's an utter piece of junk to drive. Not really surprisingly given its 60 year old design, and a cheap one at that. Can't be that many on the road nowadays....most of them seem to have rotted away and not quite soon enough.

The bearded hippies seem to be denial.

Having said that they think that worshipping at Stonehenge makes the world go round, so I should hardly be surprised.

Thanks for being a pr1ck.

SiHH · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:05

MarkDavis said:
Far too many trendroids buying the Golf Beetle thinking they're something trendy so who the hell knows? Given that buying an old beetle would be an exercise in utter stupidity, who knows whether he meant Golf Beetle? At least that drives okay, even it does look like a cartoon car...

Anyone who buys, own or runs a old beetle:-

a. Is a hippie who also wears sandals and clothes made out of old rice sacks.
b. Burns lots of joss sticks when at home
c. Goes around thinking its the 'Summer of Love' and saying 'Peeeeace Maaan."
d. Is utterly retarded and wants to drive the WORST CAR ON THE ROAD TODAY.
e. All of the above.

Old beetle = absolute piece of junk.

Not even a scrapyard would give you money for one.

Absoloute bullcrap.

I am the total opposite of a hippie and am interested in maybe getting one so your post fails big time, I also dont consider them to be the worst car on the road.

Dolph · 24 Apr 2008 at 08:33

You have slightly more control of a car plunging off a cliff than than you do of a cornering beetle. The scene tax makes everything horrifically expensive, it will break down, a lot, even a good one, it will be uncomfortable, noisy, slow, and generally nasty.

It's like almost all classic cars, you have to love the car because of it's foibles, not in spite of them, I certainly wouldn't recommend running a beetle (or most other classics) as an only car or as a daily drive unless you can survive without it when it breaks and have the mechanical knowledge to fix it, or have more money than sense when it comes to keeping it on the road.

And I can say things like this, my 1960's landrover is pretty similar, so I understand the classic car thing...