By Robert Emslie
And if you can sell your wife on her ’60s bullet bra being the only “crush space” in the event of an accident, you deserve a 34-second zero to sixty time.
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Pointy bras have always weirded me out. Then again, the underpowered Microbus needs all the aerodynamic help it can get.
You've gotta love VW's old wry, self-deprecating ads. Not too many car companies could have pulled it off in the US market.
+1.
A hard sell on a van? Dude, that's totally retro! Of course, they didn't have crossovers in 1965. Lucky bastards.
My how times have changed. My wife has been trying to talk me into buying one of these for the past year. I have no idea why.
Alff, might I suggest letting her drive one? That might disabuse her of the notion that owning one would be a good idea. This is one hero you don't want to meet.
They're unbelievably slow. They're awkward to drive (what with the steering axis being even with your hips and all). They're either oppressively hot or bitingly cold, depending on the season. The shift linkage feels like its made out of yarn. The brakes, while actually not bad for the vehicle's meager power, still feel inadequate given that there's nothing but a thin veneer of sheet metal and glass to protect your lower extremities from a frontal impact.
I drove one once. It belonged to a delightful hippy girl that I knew. It was, by far, the worse car I've ever driven. I've never understood the attraction (to the Vee Dubs, that is, not to sexually uninhibited women who always seem to have pot on hand. That I get.)
Er…the worst car. I blame the West Virginia Mountaineers for that typo. Had they managed to keep that game more compelling, I might have made a couple fewer trips to the bar.
Wow! Saw this on my way home from my daughters best-friend's birthday party. Talked to the guy with the silver one before……. I know there's been talk about what counts as V.I.S.I.T., but do they really need to be moving? My vote would be yes, but I couldn't resist. I'll go post it over there, too.
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I am strangely attracted to both the girl and the van.
There is nothing wrong with either of those sentiments (technically I would say there is everything right with them).
seconded
and again.
This is the first time I've ever seen them referred to as "station wagons."
So, I have one of these *ehem, being the resident aircooled wackjob that I am* and I have to agree (in part) with MarionCobretti. Where our thoughts differ is that it's not one of the worst vehicles to drive, it's one of the BEST.
You get in one knowing that it's a b*tch to drive. You have to love all the quirks before you ever buy one. Sure, you need Popeye arms to properly steer her, and yeah, foot to floor you do have about a 30 second 0-60 (if it'll even go 60). No A/C – meh, install safaris, no heat? Wear a Hooque…(you see what I did there) but I tell you what. Just the sight of one and all that is absolutely forgiven.
Guess that means I'm an easy sell. I'm ok with that.
I love that enormous VW badge. I wonder what the reflections are in the paint.