WHY DON'T YOU BUY A PROPER CAR...???????????

[THE LAST PANZER]

Has anyone else ever been told to buy a proper car from people who drive around in the likes of M reg 1000cc nissans or such likes? Now i don't knock these cars but i seem to come under fire all the time for my love of old volkswagens. Its funny really because somtimes after you've been told to buy a " proper car " when you drive away the one whos told this is normally the one watching you drive away with envy in his eyes, or is that just me....?

 

[Loxy]

I usually find that the ones that give me the most stick about driving the bus are also the most quiet after Ive jump started/towed their car with it :lol:
Happened a good few times now & never needed their help to get it started, only time it didnt start was because I left my lights on all day when attending a meeting at the Hilton - guys from work all laughing at me in the car park - so I jump started it using my leisure battery :mrgreen:

 

[Doris]

not actually had it but can not understand it. how can it not be a normal/proper car...?
you can go anywhere in the world to any civilisation and draw the shape of a beetle and I bet it would be recognized as such, I should think the same could be said of a VW Bus!!

air cooled VW's have penetrated every corner of the globe and sold in their millions so 'proper car'?.... can't be that bad.
Such people would probably thing a Citeon Picasso or Ford Galaxy was 'proper' or normal but VW were selling the type 2 as a people carrier years ago, just look at the old adverts, out long before the designers for alot of todays 'proper' cars where probably out of nappies. Finally, just ask the people how much their car will be worth and where it will be in another 35/40 years - answer -you'll probably be using part of its re cycled wing to have a shave with at Vanfest 2040!

Such fools will never see the benefits of owning a car that is cool as hell,for the majority tax free, reliable as hell,easy to maintain,sold more than nearly everything else, cheaper insurance than a 'normal' car,appreciates in value year on year and has a scene bigger than anything classic car! your damn right mate - NOT NORMAL AT ALL! 8)

Rant over!!

 

[THE LAST PANZER]

Oh yeah and don't get me started about how many times the same people who have laughed at me for owning an have then asked to pick up or drop off somthing thats too big for there " proper cars ". A familiar situation to most i'm sure.

 

[Pete B]

Wow. Note to self; 'Never, ever, upset Doris.'

 

[Joval]

I'd rather walk than fork out for tax and maintenance etc. on a modern brat carrier,

Megane scenics make me throw up in mouth a little. :lol:

 

[RICH-I-AM]

Yeh i got a lot of stick when i spent a whole 4k on my rust free import. You could buy a 3 or 4 year old GhiaX Mondeo for that one workmate said. And your point is??????????????

 

[THE LAST PANZER]

Another point aswell while i'm having a moan is, has anyone ever tried explaining to the " proper car " people its all about the lifestyle? This is normally the response .....??????...??......??????.... I find it slightly amusing

 

[Doris]

Wow. Note to self; 'Never, ever, upset Doris.'

ha ha lol - you are the only ones that will listen to me so I make the most of it!
its just that high minded people annoy me, instead of genuinely asking you "VW's - that's interesting, so tell me what is the appeal of old Volkswagen's then?" and maybe learning something new,Oh No.... they straight away think they know better and you are some sort of idiot for not trotting down to the Ford dealership every three years and handing over 10k like a sacraficial lamb,..... look see - you've got me going again.....
note to self; never respond to Pete B.

 

[Pete B]

He he he!!! Works every time! Do it myself all the while. No need for the gym, the number of times I climb up and down from my soapbox for a good old rant..... A friend got me tonight regarding a french visitor convicted of a motoring offence that won't show on his french license. So much for EU conformity, GGRRRR...

 

[craigB]

I have had a few mixed responses but a lot from my lasses family think i've bought a camper/bus because I love going camping every weekend. Now don't get me wrong I will use the van for camping but that is not going to be its sole purpose. I want it for attending shows/club meets and generally crusing around on. Her family can't see the point in this and think I have just bought a pile of S*$T that needs a cooker and sink installed (it's a microbus imported from the states). I've told them I won't be installing a sink and cooker because they can quite easily go in the awning/gazebo etc.
I then get that funny sort of look that says 'strange' before they walk up the drive and into their ford focus or whatever pile they drive!

I really need to think of a quick reply/put down to sort this out before the bus comes to my house in the next week or two. Any one got ideas or one they use on a regular basis to sort these nuggets out?????

 

[chrisby]

I usually respond by telling them that instead of devaluing every year it actually appreciates and I cant see the point in rushing about to relax. :lol:

 

[RICH-I-AM]

Dont give a reason. As we all know,some people just dont get it.If it wasnt for people like that you wouldnt feel a big feeling of belonging when you turn up at shows/events(i do anyway). Not realy about the money tbh, id have one if they were 10 a penny.Actualy id have 2 :mrgreen:

 

[Doris]

Not realy about the money tbh, id have one if they were 10 a penny.

Likewise - I love 'em, even if they became worthless overnight - I love the smell, the sound, the shape - better than anything with water in its engine

 

[Araon]

To be honest do any of us really give a **** what anyone else thinks wether their into vws or not.... :shock:

A bit of a dumb ass question if you ask me.....

I buy my square box on wheels you buy your less charasmatic square box on wheels...

Mine stems from a love of the engine as a starting block, the sound it makes, the smell of it, the simplicity....then onto the body work, the pleasing lines, the recognisable silhouette.....

Yours stems from a desire to get to work on time with no real love for the vehicle, how its built, who built it, any ethics involved, whats gonna happen to it in 10 years time.....

I honestly couldn't give a monkeys what anyone thinks, its mine, its my money and my time.... I dont seek approval from anyone except maybe my young lad....

You are bothered about peoples perceptions of you, about conforming and beating/keeping up with the jones's.....

 

[craigB]

Yeah, some people just don't get it. To be honest though there is plenty of things that people are into that I don't get either but you just respect that (as long as it's above the law :shock: )

I can't wait to get the van on the road for a show but looks likely it will be next year now (only had the van five weeks and been in storage) - but just been told this morning that the van will never be on the road again by someone who doesn't get it. Just spurs you on to get it done

 

[Pete B]

Slight tangent but bare with me! Now I have nothing against standard shiny busses or any other vw for that matter. I love them all and at the moment have a hankering for a totally stock pre 64 beetle to bimble about in. To my point, what does my head in is the question 'Are you doing it up?' The conversation usually finishes there and they toddle off to their blandmobile. Some people never will get it.

 

[Danbury Doug]

Having been brought up with a bay in the family (from when I was 5 years old, and now I'm 42) it is interesting to see how the perception has changed over the years.
It was considered, I think, un-cool to be turning up at school in the family bus, not that I ever remember my classmates passing un-favourable comments as such, but more like "You see that XJS over there? Well that is my dad's car." To me the bay was special even back then, and I was proud to be seen in it.
When I was 20, and the family bay had become my daily transport, it was even more un-cool for someone my age to be seen driving such a vehicle, but I didn't care. I remember people my age often sneered at me.
I got the last laugh with one persistant 'offender' though. Each day, again, when I was in my early 20s, I commuted along the M27 between Portsmouth and Southampton in the (now rather scruffy) family bay, and this Fiat X19 sports car would always shoot past me (along with most of the other traffic :lol: ) and its occupants would usually make rude signs and laugh as they went by. Anyway, one morning this car shot past as usual, and I suddenly noticed its detachable roof panel became detached and shot up into the air and landed in the carriageway right in front of me. I couldn't avoid it even if I had tried, and as I drove over it I remember chuckling rather loudly, and grinning at the driver of the Fiat as it slowed down parallel to me on the hard shoulder. I never had any trouble from them again after that! :lol:
Anyway, moving to the present day, I have to say that so far I've hardly ever had any un-favourable comments from people. I now find teenagers saying "Cor mister! What a cool surfing bus! I want one of them!" 8)

Doug

 

[Justin & Muttley]

I can't understand why you might want the approval of anyone else - I have the courage of my convictions and follow my hobbies because they appeal to me, not anyone else.

It's my bus (and bug), my choice, my money - it's completely irrelevant if someone disapproves!

 

[dubberdaz]

If EB's were as popular as Mondeo's etc, i'd go buy a Trabant or something. They would loose all appeal, but i've allways been a bit of a rebel. F**k opinions i say :twisted: