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Offline jamie_pyrite

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Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« on: 18 July 2009, 19:19 »
http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=20283

...Ouch! Some harsh words from Pistonheads there!
« Last Edit: 18 July 2009, 19:36 by jamie_pyrite »
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beatle
« Reply #1 on: 18 July 2009, 19:30 »
which one, If its George I never really cared much for him anyway!!!  :laugh:
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beatle
« Reply #2 on: 18 July 2009, 19:30 »
Bwahahahaha. I quite like original beetles but I could never own one. New beetles are just girlie looking Golfs really.

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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beatle
« Reply #3 on: 18 July 2009, 19:32 »
Quote from: Horney on 18 July 2009, 19:30
Bwahahahaha. I quite like original beetles but I could never own one. New beetles are just girlie looking Golfs really.

Nick
The wife has a new beetle, always had them in the family so it made sense for her to have a new one as well, but since driving my MK5 she wants one of them instead.
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beatle
« Reply #4 on: 18 July 2009, 19:38 »
Quote from: the dude on 18 July 2009, 19:30
which one, If its George I never really cared much for him anyway!!!  :laugh:

Shush! Sorted the typo now  :lipsrsealed:


My cousin owns a 1300 on twin carbs and lives in London.. must be fun! I haven't seen it yet though :(

I love old beetles. Stick a 20vt in and it'd be perfect!
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« Reply #5 on: 18 July 2009, 20:07 »
I don't mine the original Beetle if done tastefully, new one is horrid and pointless.
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« Reply #6 on: 19 July 2009, 19:33 »
Didn't the original have something strange about its windscreen washer?

I remember once, about five of us in somebody's Beetle, and someone was fiddling with the windscreen washers, and the owner said don't do that, it uses the air from the spare tyre and we haven't got a spare tyre right now.

About 90 seconds later, as we moved off from traffic lights, the car started to bump along - we had a puncture and a flat.

I don't remember what happened next but it probably involved a bus.

Rolfe.
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« Reply #7 on: 19 July 2009, 23:19 »
Quote from: Rolfe on 19 July 2009, 19:33
Didn't the original have something strange about its windscreen washer?

I remember once, about five of us in somebody's Beetle, and someone was fiddling with the windscreen washers, and the owner said don't do that, it uses the air from the spare tyre and we haven't got a spare tyre right now.

About 90 seconds later, as we moved off from traffic lights, the car started to bump along - we had a puncture and a flat.

I don't remember what happened next but it probably involved a bus.

Rolfe.

Spot on it was powered by the spare tyre on the early ones.
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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« Reply #8 on: 19 July 2009, 23:26 »
How did that work anyway?  Did you end up with a flat spare tyre in winter?

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Re: Pistonheads roasts the beetle
« Reply #9 on: 19 July 2009, 23:32 »
Quote from: Rolfe on 19 July 2009, 23:26
How did that work anyway?  Did you end up with a flat spare tyre in winter?

rolfe.

I guess so.
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