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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: sherryinutah on July 12, 2019, 08:50:53 am
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Just heard that buying a new "Bug" will no longer be an option as that specific vehicle is being discontinued.
The tiny car designed by Ferdinand Porsche (yes, that Porsche) was first produced in 1938. Volkswagen has discontinued it twice before, so you never know...
I've always wanted to own a VW Beetle. Yeah, I could see myself painting flowers on it so it could be my "hippie" car.
Did you own a Bug? :heart:
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I don't think it would really be a practical car for me but I would kind of get a kick out of driving a bug, one of the old kind, and of course in a funky color :p
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No, I personally don't like them. My brother own one a long time ago
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It's funny I never drove or even sat in one. What's funny is we usually buy VW's. We have a Passat and Tiguan, both VW's.
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my x brother in law used to own one don't know if he does anymore.
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Just heard that buying a new "Bug" will no longer be an option as that specific vehicle is being discontinued.
The tiny car designed by Ferdinand Porsche (yes, that Porsche) was first produced in 1938. Volkswagen has discontinued it twice before, so you never know...
I've always wanted to own a VW Beetle. Yeah, I could see myself painting flowers on it so it could be my "hippie" car.
Did you own a Bug? :heart:
My Dad had two beatles. All these years I thought that he liked the cars. found out he hated them. Now us kids loved riding in the very back in the covey whole. I can remember one of the cars starting on fire. That happened early in the am as my parents were leaving for work on a cold winters day.
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My first car was a used VW Beetle.... it had such a small minimalist motor, looked like a lawn mower's. It was an automatic clutch, which means you still had to shift, but didn't have to push in a clutch when you shifted.
End of an era. But yeah, they have made a comeback before, so one never knows is it really the end.
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I owned three of them. First one a 67 VW which I sold to get a newer version- two 1974 VWs.
All were very reliable. I drove them to work and for get away weekends.
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If they go away, they will come better with technological improvements.
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A few years ago there was a red one for sale. It had black round spots on the sides and eyelashes on the headlights. I thought this cute, adorable 'Lady Bug' was so neat and I wanted to buy it.
Anyway, I've never owned a Beetle Bug. I have heard that they will not longer be manufacturing them. Of course they said that about other makes and models that have come back, so we'll see what happens.
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I learned to drive a standard on a bug in the 60's. Neat little car.
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I never owned one but know a lot of people who did. A VW was my dad's first car.
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no more playing the "punch" buggy game much down the road I guess...
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my granddaughter just got one yeserday...a 2001...its a cool little car...i like the older ones...but this one has so much room in it....she looks so cute in it..she's 18..her dream car is a new dodge charger...but the bug is definnitely suited for my 15 yr old granddaughter is the one that is definitely suited for a bug...she just has that hippie look to look..she loves the hippie style clothes...which i do to...growing up in the 70's,,,i loved the hippie style
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Our first date with my husband (now over 50 yrs ago) was in a beetle. :in-love:
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Lord that brings back memories, when we were in High school one of the girls had one and we always tried to see just how many of us was going to be able to to fit into it. Oh we had fun with it. Some tomes the boys would pick it up and block it up so we would have to all get together and unblock it. One time them put halves of watermelon under the tires. That was a mess. But it was all in good fun.
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I had two friends in high school who owned a VW beetle. Fun car to ride in.
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I'm more of a Ford girl, but here for the last 10 yrs, i've been a chevy girl.
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I can't believe they would discontinue that car. It has been around for so long and hasn't changed in design. I guess everything has to come to an end.
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My brother had a super beetle convertable back around the mid 70's...it was a fun car... :thumbsup:
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I owned a nineteen seventy Volkswagen bug and, to date, it was one one of my favorite most reliable vehicles....right up there with the nineteen sixty five jeep I currently drive. I took time to tint the windows with a mirrored tint, added large american tires (sixties), and air shocks. The only problem with that Volkswagen was the heat did not work at a time when I still had to endure Wisconsin winters (blecch). My jeep has very little heat (basically whatever comes off of the engine) but I live in beautiful Colorado where the temperatures are much milder. I think that Volkswagen stops production every few years in order to control supply and demand. As the market volume diminishes the public will give a shout out. I also agree with the other post-er that said technological improvements will be made. With so many vehicles becoming electric, the Volkswagen would be a natural.
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I did see on the news that they are discontinuing the VW Bug. They are cute cars, but I have never had a desire to own one. They are a little too small for me.
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I never had one; the car is way too small for me to consider it safe. Sad they are discontinuing it though.
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My older son purchased a falling-apart 1971 VW bug last summer. It's his fixer-up project.
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I still want a Herbie. I've been wanting a VW Beetle since I was a kid.
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I really like Volkswagen Beetle I am hoping to own one someday.
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My husband owned a few and we still have photos of them both in the den.