VW Bugs have eyes too!!
Bob
>OK, the Social Scrutinizer here again! You folks just don't catch on do
you??!!
>This is the 3rd post about VW Bugs, HELLO!! This is the Bug EYE list!!! Now
find
>yourself a VW list and take all this Spridget banter over to the folks that
>appreciate hearing about the reliability of their products. IF THIS DOESN'T
STOP.
>
>........IT'S YUGO'S FOR ALL INVOLVED PARTIES!!!! And on these the rear
window
>defroster won't even work, you won't be able to keep your hands warm while
you
>push this piece of crap around the driveway.
>YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED...................
>
>anonymous
>
>IfixMGs@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Keith's VW ride reminded me of the dark green mid 50s Beetle that my
>> neighbor/coworker drove. I caught a ride home with him ONCE.... guy drove
>> like a batouttahell and yanked back on the Ebrake yelling "Whoa Horse,
Whoa!"
>> in a cheesy impression of Yosemite Sam... Scary ride, scary guy....
>> The memory is one of the ultra vivid deja vu variety that I witness
>> every so often when I see a 2 car garage.....
>> Now, I can see that his brake pedal is hard as a rock, way up
high,
>> and I explain maybe when we get to my house we can check out the the
brakes
>> to see if he has a frozen master cyl or just a stuck pedal..... "Oh" says
the
>> guy... he thought VW brakes were cable actuated and that pulling the
>> handbrake made it easier for the pedal to work. His dad once told him
that
>> all "OLD" cars had cable brakes....
>> We pull into my driveway at about 15 miles an hour, and he hauls up
on
>> the e-brake - and sure as hell, the handle comes off in his hand. Good
thing
>> we went through the garage door on the side that housed my brand new, two
>> week old 71 Boss 302 Cougar Eliminator.... If he had picked door #2, God
>> forbid, he might have damaged the only intact piece of sheet metal on a
>> totalled MGA that I was stripping. At least he had insurance. Yeah...he
had
>> insurance like he had brakes. The Cougar only needed a new rear deck
spoiler
>> - about $250 - and he was broke.
>> He offered the Beetle instead of me having to wait on a ten dollar
a
>> payday plan. I redid the brakes, tarted it up a bit, and drove it for a
>> couple years. Hit a pothole one day, and the rear of my seat went
through
>> the floor pan. There I was at 30 mph looking thru the sunroof, butt
nearly
>> dragging on the ground, and I couldn't find the brake pedal. Pulled up on
the
>> E brake and about a half second later stopped like an F-1 car.... I had
run
>> smack into the thick rubber bumper on a city bus that must have just
started
>> pulling away from a stop, because it kept on going..... I decided that
twice
>> is charmed. Glued a sheet of plywood to the pan, remounted the seat and
sold
>> that piece of....er, passed the legacy along....
>> They just don't make old cars like they used to.
>> Mark Childers
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