Afternoon all
Afternoon all
Hello. Background character from the Beige here, come to lurk since the Beige is b0rked.
I have an odd fondness for 90s Rovers, 80s Saabs, Mazda MX5s and aircooled VWs (though I hate aircooled VW "cuLtUre". Fuck off, you're not a free-spirited hippy, you're an estate agent from Surrey. You're fooling nobody).
Anyway, time to get my fix of lurking unsettingly in a shite car forum.
I have an odd fondness for 90s Rovers, 80s Saabs, Mazda MX5s and aircooled VWs (though I hate aircooled VW "cuLtUre". Fuck off, you're not a free-spirited hippy, you're an estate agent from Surrey. You're fooling nobody).
Anyway, time to get my fix of lurking unsettingly in a shite car forum.
- paulplom
- The Geordie Lord, Mario!
- Posts: 26285
- Joined: Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:01 am
- Has thanked: 10361 times
- Been thanked: 5548 times
-
- Posts: 13800
- Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:24 pm
- Has thanked: 1830 times
- Been thanked: 2716 times
- mercrocker
- Numb3rP14t3Fun
- Posts: 17200
- Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 2:53 pm
- Has thanked: 12385 times
- Been thanked: 8746 times
Re: Afternoon all
I've already clocked the Beetle....Nice to see another VW owner distancing himself from the dubberdicks.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
Re: Afternoon all
I used to buy into all that VW scene crap, it was alright many years ago when I was a student. Because as a student, I was automatically already a cunt and could therefore afford to go the whole cunty shebang.mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:28 pm I've already clocked the Beetle....Nice to see another VW owner distancing himself from the dubberdicks.
As I grew up though, I got disillusioned with the groundhog day VW shows, the tedious insistence among the scenesters that aircooled engines and rear drive were somehow superior despite every fucking marque in the world including VW themselves dropping it, and the amount of irrelevant tat people would get me for Christmas purely because it had a picture of a VW camper on it. A set of porcelain thimbles was the final straw.
TBH I only still have the Beetle for sentimental purposes, as cringeworthy as I find it all now it was fun at the time and got me properly into "shit" cars. Plus I met some friends via it that I still have now, many of whom outgrew VW events at the same rate that I did, which is handy, although like me many still have VWs. We just aren't arsed about "teh SCEEEEN" as a whole anymore.
- Warren t claim
- Posts: 15825
- Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:16 pm
- Location: Wirral
- Has thanked: 6786 times
- Been thanked: 9505 times
Re: Afternoon all
KEITH SUEME FANBOY!Soundwave wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:14 pmI used to buy into all that VW scene crap, it was alright many years ago when I was a student. Because as a student, I was automatically already a cunt and could therefore afford to go the whole cunty shebang.mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:28 pm I've already clocked the Beetle....Nice to see another VW owner distancing himself from the dubberdicks.
As I grew up though, I got disillusioned with the groundhog day VW shows, the tedious insistence among the scenesters that aircooled engines and rear drive were somehow superior despite every fucking marque in the world including VW themselves dropping it, and the amount of irrelevant tat people would get me for Christmas purely because it had a picture of a VW camper on it. A set of porcelain thimbles was the final straw.
TBH I only still have the Beetle for sentimental purposes, as cringeworthy as I find it all now it was fun at the time and got me properly into "shit" cars. Plus I met some friends via it that I still have now, many of whom outgrew VW events at the same rate that I did, which is handy, although like me many still have VWs. We just aren't arsed about "teh SCEEEEN" as a whole anymore.
TDW disclock and killswitch champion.
Re: Afternoon all
Christ, you can tell it's been years since I went to anything VW specific... actually had to Google who that was.
- mercrocker
- Numb3rP14t3Fun
- Posts: 17200
- Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 2:53 pm
- Has thanked: 12385 times
- Been thanked: 8746 times
Re: Afternoon all
As you will no doubt discover, I have a water-cooled T25. I like lots of cars regardless of who else does. After 17 years I've become immune both to self-combustion jokes and the unwarranted attention of dubbers. This came to a head a few years ago when we attended a vintage festival which had a "VW ONLY" camping area. I resolutely parked amidst the motley non VW campers/motorhomes/parcel vans after being initially directed to Dubland. It was bloody miles away, too, but I was much happier away from Them.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
- LynehamHerc
- Boomer, gammon, senile old fart and Eurosmasher!
- Posts: 20895
- Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:37 am
- Location: Here
- Has thanked: 13975 times
- Been thanked: 3680 times
Re: Afternoon all
I used to go for the day to get parts although once carrying a complete door about 1/2 mile in the blazing heat was a bit of a pain. Once my restoration had finished, about 10 years ago, I stopped, especially as the US guy selling hody panels had given up, along with a load of other regulars, and the stalls were just basically selling scene crap by then.
Mind you I don't like people so I don't attend MG events either.
Mind you I don't like people so I don't attend MG events either.
-
- Posts: 13800
- Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:24 pm
- Has thanked: 1830 times
- Been thanked: 2716 times