Bahnburner Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 Jim 1990 Passat Wagon. I'd like to start out caching some trinkets for my Vee Dub friends. Peace. Quote
+Planet Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 my last two VW's were a VW squareback and then a Rabbit. I no longer own VW's. But hey, what was the question? And who's Jim? Cache you later, Planet "To err is human, to forgive....$5.00" [This message was edited by Planet on January 07, 2003 at 01:54 PM.] Quote
Bahnburner Posted January 7, 2003 Author Posted January 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Planet:my last to VW's were a VW squareback and then a Rabbit. I no longer own VW's. But hey, what was the question? And who's Jim? I'm just a guy with a new Legend looking for some common ground. Quote
CacheNCarryMA Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 Have you ever checked out www.clubb5.com -- Passat owners' website? Quote
+VegasCacheHounds Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 One of my other hobbies: 1965 Beetle, California Orange with Snow White sides - "The Creamsicle" 1600cc dual port. Shannon VegasCacheHounds Quote
Bahnburner Posted January 7, 2003 Author Posted January 7, 2003 Cool! and yes, I have checked out clubb5.com. Cool group. Quote
+Planet Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 Common ground you say? I love my Legend! Cache you later, Planet "To err is human, to forgive....$5.00" Quote
+dwmurphy Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 A 1977 transporter white/blue is sitting in my garage needing engine work. I'm not Lost, my GPS says I'm right here....no over here......no over here. Quote
+roasteroo Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 1992 Cabriolet here. Rabbits hop through the woods great to find caches. Im a little upset b/c I hurt two of the stickers on my car scaping ice off the windows. One was a geocaching window decal. It looked so cool as the sun set casting that logo onto my seats in shadow. Hope to trade up for another one. The other was a driver found sticker. Happy caching! Quote
Dale_Lynn Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 1961 Volkswagen DUNE BUGGY.... Ultimate in cache machines..... Currently its in a hundred pieces for restoration, but it will be done for summer cache season.... Dale -------------------------------------------------------- I'm Diagonally Parked, In A Parallel Universe. -------------------------------------------------------- Quote
Cholo Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 My first new car was a 1965 VW bug. $41.50 monthly payments for 2 years. It was the only car that I ever left the keys in the ignition and locked the doors. No problem, I just reached thru the vent window and pulled them out. Quote
GeoNutz Posted January 7, 2003 Posted January 7, 2003 Common ground you say? I used to briefly owned a VW Beetle (short ownership - long story). I work at a car dealership that sales VWs among other makes. and I also own a Garmin Legend GPSr. Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. Quote
+Cadwalader Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 One 2wd VW Vanagon, 1 4wd (Syncro) VW Vanagon, 1 4wd (Syncro) VW Transporter, 1 16" 4wd (Syncro) ex US Army Double Cab Transporter, 1 Jetta. US Army 16" Double Cab is favorite for GeoCaching - it will go anywhere. Quote
+Mendei Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 I have a 2000 VW Jetta TDI. The ground clearance isnt much, but I can go 650 miles between fill ups. Lots of caches to be found in that distance. Quote
+larock Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 well two actually. A '66 Beetle and a 2002 Beetle. Guess which one get driven most? Quote
+hoovman Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 Briefly thought about trading it in on a new Passat W8! That was a great test drive! quote:Originally posted by Cache'N'Carry:Have you ever checked out http://www.clubb5.com -- Passat owners' website? I haven't looked there much, but it seems to be a "modern Passat owners" group. As I recall, the 97 was b3 or b4. Quote
+bigcall Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 w/ a few mods of course (Chipped, Suspension, Exhaust, etc. etc.) ClubB5 is great, I love the group buys!!! Way back in the days when the grass was still green and the pond was still wet and the clouds were still clean, and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space... one morning, I came to this glorious place. Quote
Deezul Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 I probably have enough parts stashed to build two complete bugs. Current rolling stock is a 1956 oval window that I'm restoring. Sam Quote
+hoovman Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by bigcall:ClubB5 is great, I love the group buys!!! Are ther group buys for W8? Quote
South_Cache Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 I use it for geocaching and in VW Shows. I have always liked VWs! Fair winds, Capn Skully Quote
+Shoebox Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 I have previously owned a 68 beetle, two 74 super beetles, a 67 deluxe microbus (my favorite - still miss it), a rabbit and currently drive an 88 silver Vanagon. My Shoebox name came from an old VW microbus advertisement, in which they took a shoebox, trimmed, cut and painted it to look just like a microbus. The caption under the picture was "Got a Lot To Carry? Get a Box. Shoebox. Ps. what state are you from just in case you do the Volkswagen cache? Quote
statirablue Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 it's good to know that we all realize how great VW's are. i own a '97 golf- trek edition. the passat w8 is my new fascination though. ~statirablue Quote
+The AIIM Team Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 '02 Jetta Wagon turbo here. Not a rough road vehicle at all. I have the sport package. I can't even clear parking bumpers! I had an Audi TT before this. I love the engineering and the luxury of these cars, but build quality could be better. Really my Jetta is a helluva lot better built than my TT, but driving a TT is like caching in bright yellow spandex. Everyone turns to look. Gotta admit I didn't hate that part. I do enjoy my Jetta Variant. Peace, love and VW forever... Complete farking newbie, Jacksonville, Florida Equipment: Garmin eMap 32MB memory, Rockport hiking boots Quote
+Team Boogidy Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 '71 Super Beetle. My husbands daily driver. ...Running over the same old ground, what have we found?... Quote
+briansnat Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 My first car was a 66 Beetle, complete with no heat and rusted out floor (I think that was the law back then). "Paternalism is the greatist despotism" - Emmanual Kant Quote
Bahnburner Posted January 9, 2003 Author Posted January 9, 2003 Wow! Looks like a good vibe going here! I also have a 1992 Passat Sedan and have owned a 1987 Scirocco 16v, 1984 Rabbit GTI, and 1982 Quantum 2wd. Quote
+bigcall Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 Hoovman : also try http://www.vwvortex.com Also saw this W8 on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1876669475&category=6020 Looks good but it was flooded!!! Way back in the days when the grass was still green and the pond was still wet and the clouds were still clean, and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space... one morning, I came to this glorious place. Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 I owned a 1979 VW Dasher (diesel) I'd like to own a Microbus My mom has a 2001 Passat Quote
+Marky Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 I've never owned a VW or a Legend and you haven't found any caches, so it appears we have no common ground at all... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote
South_Cache Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 quote:Ps. what state are you from just in case you do the Volkswagen cache? I wanted to do a cache on VW related items. I don't know how big that would go over. My other cache idea was to do ..... uhh I better wait till I actully do it. Then everyone will say what a kewl idea and I thought of it first! Fair winds, Capn Skully Quote
Bahnburner Posted January 9, 2003 Author Posted January 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Marky:I've never owned a VW or a Legend and you haven't found any caches, so it appears we have no common ground at all... Your reply is truly comforting to me. Thanks for the warm welcome! Come back when you pull the travel bug out. Quote
+VegasCacheHounds Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 Well, there seems to be a fair number of aircooled VW owners here. Do any of you read throught the forums at ShopTalkForums.com or Rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled? Shannon VegasCacheHounds Quote
+Ladybuggers! Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 We have two VW's in the family. Mrs. Ladybuggers drives a 1972 Purple beetle and I have a 1967 VW with a Street Buggy body I bought in 1980 that I still love to drive in warm weather. Quote
+achstone Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 I had a 96 jetta, then a 98 GTI. I then really wanted the 1.8t engine, and I wanted all wheel drive. VAG kept draging its heels by not putting the 1.8t or AWD in the golf, so I was forced to by a used A4(97 1.8t quattro). 102k and still strong. Autocrossed it to a class championship. Performance parts are a bit more expensive than my former Jetta and GTI, but its worth it. I highly recommend www.goapr.com for those who have VW's/Audi's made within the last 5 years. Still my favorite VW, was won converted by a friend. It was a generation II jetta converted to a VR6 engine. Did I mention that I love cars as much as geocaching????? You can see my latest baby(non-vw) at this site also www.sccv.org Now to combine autocrossing with the gps!!! AchStone Quote
+creagerstonefamily Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 I own two VWs and wrote a webpage entitled The Field Guide to Your Deformation Element to help other people with Super Beetles who have no idea what the "deformation element" is! My 1971 VW Convertible is red, runs pretty well, needs a new top (and a new interior couldn't hurt). I love it, despite all of the cussing. My 1963 VW Baja is an incredible machine! It's more car than I know how to fix. Dual K&N filters feeding a Zenith 32NDIX equipped 18??cc engine. Dual seater with aluminum wing, eight Billstein shocks (three on each rear wheel...amazing suspension), 15" of ground clearance, and half inch aluminum diamond plate skids, electronic points. I just love that my Baja has better ground clearance than virtually every "hopped up" truck I see around town. It'll go almost everywhere very quickly. It'd be a great caching vehicle when it's not too hot or too cold. Got any free time, Shannon? Unfortunately, I don't have enough time for one of them, let alone two. :-) Quote
+Shoebox Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 As I mentioned earlier, among the VW's I've owned were two Super Beetles and had each for more than 100,000 miles but I'm afraid I have no idea what "deformation element" is. It must be one of the west coast things. Shoebox. Quote
Joe_Nathan Posted January 10, 2003 Posted January 10, 2003 Have a 72 Super Beetle with 79K original miles. Started using it as a daily driver and am even feeling some of the same frustrations with it as I do with Geocaching when you can't find what you are looking for.. Quote
+creagerstonefamily Posted January 11, 2003 Posted January 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Shoebox:I'm afraid I have no idea what "deformation element" is. It must be one of the west coast things. You never had to replace the shiftrod bushings then. It's part of the body. Quote
+3cacheteers Posted January 11, 2003 Posted January 11, 2003 I've got a 1974 super beetle. Been in the family her entire life and has taught countless relatives how to drive stick shift. Best thing about her is she looks awful, runs great and scares off all those big SUV types. Who would want park next to such a beat up machine!! Was saving her for the Grandson but he's only two and think maybe I'll be selling her some time soon. Want to retire and have too many vehicles!! Quote
Captain Leno Posted January 11, 2003 Posted January 11, 2003 I had a 71 VW micro bus full of shovels and rakes and all other "implements of destruction"... Boy, that sure brought back memories. Just remember, " you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant..." Quote
Agent_K Posted January 11, 2003 Posted January 11, 2003 I had a '92 Jetta, and just sold a '56 Bug. I wish I still had them. "Ich erhielt zwei Drehscheiben und ein Mikrophon." Quote
3D_geek Posted January 11, 2003 Posted January 11, 2003 A bright Red 1972 bug - pretty much in mint condition. All original German-manufactured parts. Spent all it's life in Arizona & Texas so no rust anywhere. Don't drive it much in Texas though - 100 degrees and no A/C do NOT mix - so no Summer driving. 30 degrees and crappy heating don't mix - so no winter driving. Lousy traction in the wet - so no Spring driving. Car's been sitting there through Winter, Spring and Summer without being run - so it won't start - hence no Autumn driving either. :-) The Official GeoCachemobile is my 2003 MINI Cooper S...called "Yoda" - because he's small, green and deceptively powerful. Factory equipped with GPS & Compass. Green for camoflage, small and innocuous so as not to tip off other 'cachers. 6 second 0-60 time allows for fast getaway with that coveted HappyMeal toy. Quote
+VegasCacheHounds Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by CreagerStone Family: Got any free time, Shannon? Unfortunately, I don't have enough time for one of them, let alone two. :-) Lately my free time has been anything but free. I just found out that my '65 Beetle has lost a piston ring and will need to be rebuilt. The other car that I've been trying to get running as a stop-gap until I have the down payment for an Xterra is still dead, and I'm trying to help my mom take care of stuff around her property out in Pahrump, so I barely have enough time to cache Of course, I wouldn't turn down a ride in that baja Do you go to any of the local bug club meetings? Shannon VegasCacheHounds Quote
+Marky Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Bahnburner: quote:Originally posted by Marky:I've never owned a VW or a Legend and you haven't found any caches, so it appears we have no common ground at all... Your reply is truly comforting to me. Thanks for the warm welcome! Come back when you pull the travel bug out. What part of the winking icon didn't you understand? --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote
+RamJetta Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 I learned to drive in a '74 convertable bug...It is long since dead. We have a 1999 Jetta TDI (For caching near the road) and a 2000 Cummins-Powered Dodge RAM (for when the caching gets tough!). Quote
Deezul Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 Man, that is the best of both worlds! I bought my first Cummins in 1991. Current one is a 2001.5 QC HO sixspeed, stock of course with no mods that would put my warranty in jeopardy Currently trying to talk the better half into a TDI bug! Sam Quote
Powelligator Posted January 13, 2003 Posted January 13, 2003 I bought a 1980 Scirocco in 1981 (it sat for a year in the showroom at the dealer in Sunnyvale) and today that car still sits parked in front of my house. I have put over 340,000 miles on it, it's on its second engine yet still on its original rear brakes, go figure. It is the first car my son rode in (took him and his mother home in it) and it will be the first car he drives solo. Rocky Scirocco was replaced as a daily driver in 2000 (by a Jeep of all things) but he still runs great, though by now I'm the only person who "has the touch" and can operate the gear shifter. Gotta fix that when the weather gets better... I would love to find a similar new car today but *no car company* to include VW sells anything close. Simple, sporty, reliable, what more could anyone ask for? Joe Quote
+Treasure Hunters Inc. Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 I didn't even realize VW made a GPSr unit. Where can I get one?? $1000 Bill Quote
+Don&Betty Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 I've owned a string of Rabbit Diesels. The 1st one was a new yellow 1979 5-speed 4-door. I logged all the fuel and miles for years. Its overall average was 51.1 mpg for 198,000 miles. Compression went bad so had to shoot the poor devil. Loved it. Had several used ones since. Been driving a new 1988 4-door Honda civic for 214,000 miles, averaging 41 mpg with gasoline. Wife drives a 92 VW Golf. We also have a 91 VW Westfalia camper van that we love. Quote
rocketdog Posted January 19, 2003 Posted January 19, 2003 I own a black 2001 TDI Golf. Love it! Quote
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