Why do girlfriends hate VWs?
g6...@unb.ca
Is it because we spend so much time fixing them? Is it because we have more of
a commitment to the car then the girl? Do they think that the car is ugly, we
love the car and they think this says something bad about the car. Any girl
who would demand you to get rid of your VW is trying to control you. Why do we
love VWs? I like a car that is simple, stands out amongst others, has a beauty
about it that others don't see. I can fix the car easily and people that have
a VW would gladly talk almost all day about them. I no longer have my
girlfriend (she decided to leave, I don't know if it was about the car) but, I
would rather have the car. I know my VW won't let me down, leave me or make
demands from me except for maitenance. I find the inner beauty in a car. A
rare car that others would cast aside for a new, air-conditioned, automatic,
sit in and go kind of car. I would rather stand alone without a girl if I have
my VW and they way I want to drive and live.
Hank Zimmerman
> It seems that there are a lot of girlfriends that hate their
>boyfriends VWs.
My girlfriend, a huge Audi/Mercedes fan who currently drives an '88 Audi
100, loves my '74 Bug, Rufus. I am a VW/BMW fan myself, so we get into a
lot of arguments about cars (her parents own a body shop, so she knows a
lot about cars), but we both agree on my Bug.
Too bad there is too much snow and too many potholes in upstate, NY to
bring out all of the fun in a Bug (especially one without heat).
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Donna Stefanik
> It seems that there are a lot of girlfriends that hate their boyfriends VWs.
Hey there,
Not ALL girlfriends are like that. I like VW's, had a Bug myself until
2 weeks ago, and still have a '72 Camper I don't plan to part with. I
have a boyfriend who happens to drive a sports car, but his first car
was a Bug. If we ever part ways, I wouldn't discount a guy if he
*only* had an old VW.
Just my 2 cents,
Donna
Flat Four
Well, I get plenty of complaints about the amount of time I spend
on my VW's. However, after 4 years, she looks forward to the time
when the Bug finally gets back on the road sporting all the new
hi-po goodies. She has grown to love my GLI, and I think she appreciates
the "inner beauty" of VW's as well. Shoot, she even comes out in
the garage and paints parts, and will even bolt stuff on, on occaision.
I don't think there is anything better than a "Car Crazy Cutie" so to speak.
It took her some time to get used to them, but now when I talk about
owning darn near every VW model ever made, she just takes it for what it
is. My dream.
Makes a guy realize how good he's got it.
Great cars.
Great girl.
Can't beat that.
Later,
G
Scott Harlow
It used to be she hated them, then I bought one. I'm restoring the bug
and every now and then she gets impatient.
I take her to VW shows and to the car club meetings every month. She is
a
believer now and has become supportive of my "hobby."
In return, I support her hobby - selling Longaberger baskets. We all
must
make sacrifices for our love of VWs. If your SO doesn't support the
kinds
of things that interest you, well- there are millions of other women.
I'm
willing to bet you can find one. There are plenty of women in my car
club
that love VWs. Most of them know as much about the mechanics of the VW
as most of the guys. They restore, they show, and they race. Isn't life
great?
Richard Troy
This isn't MY problem... but a friend of mine, Paul, bought a '68 Ghia -
a nice one. He had taken some trips with me in my Porsche 356, and saw
that I was building a Porsche 356 engine especially for a '60 Ghia I'm
restoring... He asked if I would help him build one for his Ghia -
Sure, says I...
Enter Pauls Girl friend; She takes a ride in his Ghia and doesn't like
it. Complains. So he parks it for a while. Meanwhile the brakes needed
some attention - on the way to bring it for service something happened
to spook the girl, and she now refuses to ride in the car. NOTHING
happened - no wreck, no damage of any kind, nothing - I think the brakes
just made some untoward noises, but she was somehow spooked... He parked
the car for the last two years. . .
Worse, he abandoned the engine project with me! I have had this engine
in my basement taking up prime real-estate for over two years! I know
how much money he has in this project - car and engine - and it's more
than half way to ten grand - and he has abandoned it because She Won't
Even Ride In The Car!
I told him he needs a new girl. Meanwhile, he has quietly slipped off
into her world. I rarely see him anymore. I guess he values her opinion
more than his own. Harumph.
Anybody want a clean '68 Ghia Coupe'? How about a freshly rebuilt,
running, zero miles Porsche engine setup for use in a VW?
Rgds,
RT
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Laura Dearth
suddenly transforms into a "chick mangnet" - must be the cool guy hippie
long hair look, in combination with my pretty white bus - they just go
nuts. Leave a guy over a car? Not this girl!
FerrisL
(ok, so it doesn't quite rhyme, sue me)
I bought a '73 VW Beetle for restoration after I drove my girlfriend's
Beetle. At the time we were just friends. Did driving her Bug & buying my
own have anything to do with her becoming my girfriend ?
well..........
Ferris
Sarah Gallagher
>Well,
<snip>
>Worse, he abandoned the engine project with me! I have had this engine
>in my basement taking up prime real-estate for over two years! I know
>how much money he has in this project - car and engine - and it's more
>than half way to ten grand - and he has abandoned it because She Won't
>Even Ride In The Car!
No, he abandoned it because He's A Spineless Idiot. Or maybe he just
wasn't that keen on restoring the car in the first place? They deserve
each other! And neither of them deserves the Ghia. This isn't a gender
issue
Sarah
'62 VW Camper (Dormobile)
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Cal Grant
I agree! Well said! :-)
cj
Imaslaker
rname
people who are farther from the Volkswagen "enlightenment" than others.
My younger brother (he's 17) thinks my 1970 VW bug is the "stupidest car
ever built", while my best friend (who is female) loves my car and would
probably steal it if she knew how to drive a stick :). Also my neighbor
has told me that if I get tired of it (yeah right), that she'll buy it.
Her husband thinks she's nuts. I just don't understand why everyone
can't see a Volkswagen for the wonderful little car it is.
Miranda Morrison
& Nonnel Nhoj(her bug)
Paula Symmons
There are some of us out here who actually own a VW and love it to bits,
I would never slag a man off for owning one, in fact its something I
always ask a bloke I am chatting to - what car do you drive ? If he
answers beetle ...well he can't go wrong :)
Paula
Dr. Bug
My girlfriend use to moan an groan whenever we took the Bug out. I guess
she doesn't like the ride comfort and the lack of heat all that well.
Well, my little Bug is growing on her slowly but surely...how can it not?
:) Anyway, lately I've been teaching her to drive a stick. Guess which
car she's learing in? Plus, she seems to be a Type II person, and talks
about the bus we're going to restore someday for her when we have money
(we're college students now.) I'm a Bug person myself, but I can live
with this! Of course, there is one VW we both agree on equally...a Ghia
'vert. Someday...
Jared
'63 Bug (Dolores)
allenb
love my '72 Super. Now, I do bodywork on the side and I'm almost done
with my "resto-custom" work on my bug. I cut the roof out and welded in
an oval section from a '56. You should hear all the crap I have to put
up with from most of the people who come into the shop and see my project
in the corner. I just tell 'em.."you wouldn't understand"..and go about
my business sandin'...
Bill
keri
both but my boyfriend refuses to ride in either unless it is absolutely
unavoidable...
keri
and '66) and he refuses to ride in either
g6...@unb.ca
>From: keri <niv...@kaka.lincoln.acnz>
>Subject: Re: Why do girlfriends hate VWs?
>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:47:41 GMT
>more to the point why do boyfriend hate VW's. I have two beetles ('59
>and '66) and he refuses to ride in either
Dump the guy! He doesn't realize what a car these are! I'm sure you can find
a guy who can appreciate a VW. If he hates the cars, what good is he?
No Quarter
: My wife just hates "the smell". Of course I always say...what smell?? I
Heh, "The Smell"...that's a good one.
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Mike Johnson
Mike
71 Bus
Eric Rainey
with mine. And she wouldn't even let me think about selling maggie to
cover my debt (like I would have anyway...).
Eric
Maggie (76 Camper)
Gertie (Anne's 65 sunroof bus)
Kenneth Mackay p eng
Slum155858
Lack of heat. They`re old and prone to breaking down. We spend all our
money and time on them. Who needs a girlfriend. Real happiness can be
found with a VW.
R. Pierce Reid
>> Lack of heat. They`re old and prone to breaking down. We spend
all our money and time on them. Who needs a girlfriend. Real
happiness can be found with a VW.
That and they don't cost enough... now if it were a 912.
Cheers,
R. P. Reid
(Former WC VW rallyer)
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Surfer Bob
Hey ho,
If your girlfriend hates VWs, maybe she's the wrong girlfriend.
Back when I was single, I dated and girlfriended around quite a bit and
found many responses to my VW buses. One who thought my Subaru wagon
with the cool bumperstickers conveyed an appropriately practical and PC
flavor headed for the hills when she saw my rusty bus with big patches
of grey primer all over. :-<
Another said,"Oh my God! I used to have one just like that before I sold
it to get bucks to travel around the world! Same year, same color! I
LOVED it!" And I was in like Flynn. She was cool. :->
Another associated it with my surfing, which she took as a sign of
inappropriately arrested emotional development, and she didn't last long
either. The bus mystique did not float her boat. :-<
Then came a kind of highpowered saleswoman type who took me for a loser
because I wasn't morgaged to the hilt buying some BMW that costs as much
as a house. She wanted a different kind of status. History and good
riddance! :->
Then came one who said,"If I were to own a second vehicle, it would be a
camper just like that! I've always wanted one!" She took my bus to be a
sign of good character. So we spent a glorious year camping around in
the bus together on weekends, then got married and spent a glorious
summer honeymooning around in it, and are deleriously happy to this very
day! ;->
May all your bus stories end as happily,
Surfer Bob