No More Punch Buggy After 2019
Discussion in 'Other News' started by mjd4277, Sep 14, 2018.
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For those too young (Millennial... such snowflakes... //TEASE)
Bug +Slug em when one of you see it first. = Game of Slug Bug. A road game battled in many a station wagon's playroom in the far back. Especially if Daddy and Mommy are on Benzos to endure the trip.
I grew up in a bug. The very best ever in any snow due to weight distribution. You could not get out of anyone's way or climb a hill but when winter comes... everyone wants a bug.frizzbees Thanks this. -
My old man had an orange Super Beetle when I was a kid.x1Heavy Thanks this. -
Funny how you forget the ows.mjd4277 Thanks this. -
Interesting footnote for those who remember, refueling an original Beetle or Super Beetle was literally a guessing game because they didn’t come with fuel gauges until about 1965 IIRC.
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Edit, if a crinkle joins the slosh you are about half tank. The metal tank you know.Last edited: Sep 14, 2018
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Even today those old Beetles would get decent fuel economy by today’s standards-about 32 mpg!
Listening to that flat-four engine rev up brings back memories..x1Heavy Thanks this. -
That car would hesitate on your left turns telling you had 5 miles left to empty on when the fuel sloshes to one side of the tank away from the feed intake that low.
If I ever find another without a flawed oil line I would probably buy it. Those things were bullet proof in the day. Had em up to 140 at times with AC and so on on. Stable as a rock. Unlike the nissan pulsar for example. They get that horrible shimmy in the rear at that speed. -
My Father left the engine of one in an intersection that had those deep drainage troughs.
He and his Buddy Steve and I were heading home from the shop that had just redone the engine from when he drowned it coming back from Crestone/Broken Hand.
He was hurrying to meet someone and hit it at about 300mph (ok at 4 it seemed that fast) when he hit one and it got very quiet until we landed.
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