ahhhh da beetle...

zooker · 05-29-10, 06:31 PM

yep i owned one back in the 80's..

a 71 super bettle for a 4 cyclider air cooled moter-58 horse-4 speed,rear wheel drive. it ran good, handlin was iffy at best -shed induced handlin was AWESOME

- it had very lil room to squezze my big but in.-get the shoe horn lubed-but was a cool to ride to highschool in.several girlfriends loved driving the zookie bug..

friday morning i rolled into my sisters house in a new 2011 beetle, it was hers..i did get a suprise when punching the bug off lights, going thru the city.. the moter is a 2.0 l front wheel drive jobby. handled better than exspected over the "level" and "straight" roads of bethal west virginia.. i threw it around corners at speeds that would make my truck tires squall,with no ill effects..yep still a bit of a squeeze to get in.and the girls still love to drive the bug with it's ugly as ever looks..i even had a 6 foot blonde milf-not my sister- drive it down I-77 from bethal to the 'gap.same complaints as mine-designed for the runt driver..

on the up side the family bussiness did not take as long as i figured..so i am back and will NOT be fishing this weekend...

zooker

Jim80 · 05-29-10, 06:46 PM

We had a 2000 beetle for a while with the 1.8 turbo engine that little thing hauled man

Jim

bcklash · 05-29-10, 09:37 PM

My wife had a 66 model when we were dating and got married. Got an education in that car.

bamabassman · 05-29-10, 10:25 PM

It may "look" the same, but it ain't the same, know what i mean? no self respecting bug would want a motor in the FRONT. almost won $100.00 off a guy over this. he said it was the same, rear engine. i offered the $100.00 bucks if he could prove it. he buckled, then went and checked. red faced as all get out. hahahaha!

Bubba_Bruiser · 05-30-10, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bcklash

My wife had a 66 model when we were dating and got married. Got an education in that car.

I got my education in its cousin, the Geo Metro hahahahahahaha.

BassFeverJohn · 05-30-10, 05:22 AM

We had a 78 red/orange super bug when I was like 7. It was a squeeze for sure. Four of us in a tin can. My butt used to go numb from the vibration of the motor behind me. I loved that thing!

Neighbors had a baby blue drop top. Don't remember the year, but it was sexy as hell. took a few rides in it.

My sister owned a '08 until just recently. She traded it in for a Ford Edge. I like the Edge a whole lot better. And yeah, the front mounted engine can't touch the old rear mounts. Why they changed it up I'll never know.

zooker · 05-30-10, 01:53 PM

true enough the old bug moter had just one fan belt and would -still does-run better than most new fuel injected pos available today..

just so you know the vw bug was a hitler ordered vw design-the thousand year reich-i got to amitt like it or not porshe definatly did his thing upon designing a car that would last forever..my own super beetle had 350,000 miles on it when i sold it..btw the differance between the super and the regular was the supsention. the old regulars had leaf under coils while the supers had shocks under coils.-this IS the only differance really-

after seeing the car market for it grow porsche took his design made it longer and dropped a v-6 in it.. guess what the porsche was born...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcklash

My wife had a 66 model when we were dating and got married. Got an education in that car.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

I got my education in its cousin, the Geo Metro hahahahahahaha.

your feet out in the open air.... lmao..

ok mine was in a 82 toyota tercel 2 door.been there..

zooker

BassFeverJohn · 05-30-10, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zooker

your feet out in the open air.... lmao..

ok mine was in a 82 toyota tercel 2 door.been there..

zooker

Mine was a 1991 ford areostar and a dirty magazine.

Was that TMI?

BassinNC · 05-30-10, 02:41 PM

My first car was a 71 beetle....it was awesome.

Bassboss · 06-07-10, 11:30 AM

A beetle + A zooker ='s?

05-29-10, 06:31 PM	#1
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	ahhhh da beetle... yep i owned one back in the 80's.. a 71 super bettle for a 4 cyclider air cooled moter-58 horse-4 speed,rear wheel drive. it ran good, handlin was iffy at best -shed induced handlin was AWESOME- it had very lil room to squezze my big but in.-get the shoe horn lubed-but was a cool to ride to highschool in.several girlfriends loved driving the zookie bug.. friday morning i rolled into my sisters house in a new 2011 beetle, it was hers..i did get a suprise when punching the bug off lights, going thru the city.. the moter is a 2.0 l front wheel drive jobby. handled better than exspected over the "level" and "straight" roads of bethal west virginia.. i threw it around corners at speeds that would make my truck tires squall,with no ill effects..yep still a bit of a squeeze to get in.and the girls still love to drive the bug with it's ugly as ever looks..i even had a 6 foot blonde milf-not my sister- drive it down I-77 from bethal to the 'gap.same complaints as mine-designed for the runt driver.. on the up side the family bussiness did not take as long as i figured..so i am back and will NOT be fishing this weekend... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

05-29-10, 06:46 PM	#2
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	We had a 2000 beetle for a while with the 1.8 turbo engine that little thing hauled man Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

05-29-10, 09:37 PM	#3
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	My wife had a 66 model when we were dating and got married. Got an education in that car. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

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bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	It may "look" the same, but it ain't the same, know what i mean? no self respecting bug would want a motor in the FRONT. almost won $100.00 off a guy over this. he said it was the same, rear engine. i offered the $100.00 bucks if he could prove it. he buckled, then went and checked. red faced as all get out. hahahaha! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-30-10, 05:22 AM	#6
BassFeverJohn BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Middleburg, Flawda Posts: 548	We had a 78 red/orange super bug when I was like 7. It was a squeeze for sure. Four of us in a tin can. My butt used to go numb from the vibration of the motor behind me. I loved that thing! Neighbors had a baby blue drop top. Don't remember the year, but it was sexy as hell. took a few rides in it. My sister owned a '08 until just recently. She traded it in for a Ford Edge. I like the Edge a whole lot better. And yeah, the front mounted engine can't touch the old rear mounts. Why they changed it up I'll never know. __________________ Ish?

05-30-10, 02:41 PM	#9
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	My first car was a 71 beetle....it was awesome. __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

06-07-10, 11:30 AM	#10
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	A beetle + A zooker ='s? __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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