Kat's Peggy Beetle - Page 2

MattD1zzl3 · November 28th, 2008, 4:50 AM

The car is really not as bad as you make it out to be, but why the hell to all girls name their cars?

I knew one with a cavaleer named "betty". Drove me up the wall when she said "Lets take betty for a drive", i wanted to put a fork in her neck images/smilies/lol.gif

katwalk · November 28th, 2008, 2:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

The car is really not as bad as you make it out to be, but why the hell to all girls name their cars?

I knew one with a cavaleer named "betty". Drove me up the wall when she said "Lets take betty for a drive", i wanted to put a fork in her neck images/smilies/lol.gif

mine is named because I think cars are people images/smilies/lol.gif

At least mine is anyway....

deltableh · November 28th, 2008, 6:37 PM

Actually, I just noticed that all my friends who named their cars (or cell phones, that bloody drives me up the wall) are female.

I mean, I use the female pronoun when referring to my car, but I think that's just an extrapolation of calling anything nautical by the feminine pronouns, ie calling boats and ships "her." I do the same with my car "she's sounding a lot better after the new exhaust," et cetera.

Labcoatguy · November 29th, 2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by katwalk

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/Kaorugirl/pictures/car/pictures/IMGP03402.jpg

http://pic.phyrefile.com/s/sa/samer_enzo/2008/11/28/Bugatti_000.jpg

What is it with VAG products and rocker panel dents? Srsly.

Derek · November 29th, 2008, 1:02 AM

Oh dear...

If the Spice Girls were active....they would've had to have this car in one of their clips. images/smilies/lol.gif

katwalk · November 29th, 2008, 2:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Labcoatguy

What is it with VAG products and rocker panel dents? Srsly.

if THAT was my car I would be BIT MORE CAREFUL

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Originally Posted by Derek

Oh dear...

If the Spice Girls were active....they would've had to have this car in one of their clips. images/smilies/lol.gif

OK
Now THAT insulted me D:

Red_Bull · November 30th, 2008, 1:56 PM

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Originally Posted by deltableh

I mean, I use the female pronoun when referring to my car, but I think that's just an extrapolation of calling anything nautical by the feminine pronouns, ie calling boats and ships "her." I do the same with my car "she's sounding a lot better after the new exhaust," et cetera.

'Ahh, she's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro. She's out of control!!!!'

http://forthardknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/zapp_brannigan.thumbnail.jpg

Dsemaj · November 30th, 2008, 2:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

The car is really not as bad as you make it out to be, but why the hell to all girls name their cars?

I knew one with a cavaleer named "betty". Drove me up the wall when she said "Lets take betty for a drive", i wanted to put a fork in her neck images/smilies/lol.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltableh

Actually, I just noticed that all my friends who named their cars (or cell phones, that bloody drives me up the wall) are female.

I mean, I use the female pronoun when referring to my car, but I think that's just an extrapolation of calling anything nautical by the feminine pronouns, ie calling boats and ships "her." I do the same with my car "she's sounding a lot better after the new exhaust," et cetera.

I call my Bluebird "Bluey" images/smilies/lol.gif

Probably because it's a bit of an old dog, and Bluey is what most Aussies call Blue Healers. Fitting, really.

Final Daihatsu · November 30th, 2008, 2:11 PM

Nice Beetle! The new beetle is a very rare sight in Israel, although I happen to know someone in my city has a red Beetle Cabrio.

And as for the naming, my bicycle is officially named "Dekelmobile" images/smilies/tongue.gif

(Dekel being my name)

tigger · November 30th, 2008, 6:28 PM

Those stripes are surprisingly fitting on that Beetle. Nice looking car. Sloooooow, but nice images/smilies/tongue.gif

.

As for car nicknames, mine are usually just referred to with random bits of profanity, but now everyone calls my car the "Blue Bomber" or "Ze Bomber (YA YA YA)", if you like Motorhead.

public · November 30th, 2008, 9:18 PM

you + your car? images/smilies/tongue.gif

freefall · November 30th, 2008, 9:27 PM

kat I actually quite like the way it looks!

Eye-Q · November 30th, 2008, 10:31 PM

Oh well, a New Beetle...

One advice: never ever let somebody bigger than 5'2" sit in the back while the top is up, they will hate you afterwards. I'm 5'7" and had massive problems as I sat in the back, I looked like a hunchback...

The 2.0 engine isn't bad, I think I have one of the predecessors in my Audi 80, but I wonder why in those 9 years our cars are separated the 2.0 of the VAG group apparently didn't move an inch, our engines have exactly the same bhp and the same torque...

Btw: Do you know where the line "Kraft durch Freude", which you have in your avatar, derives? Yes, I know the New Beetle is kind of the successor of the "KdF-car", but the line is still connotated negative, especially here in Germany where we are very careful about our past (even if I was born 35 years after WWII ended) so some people from Germany might be thin-skinned in that respect.

Twerp128 · December 1st, 2008, 3:36 AM

Oh no, my winter car is a Mk3 Jetta and it is easily the slowest car I've ever driven. You get a little lump of power until about 3500 RPM and then it's just gone. Easy to maintain though.

katwalk · December 1st, 2008, 4:28 AM

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Originally Posted by public

you + your car? images/smilies/tongue.gif

yes, I am aware I drive a pikachu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye-Q

Oh well, a New Beetle...

One advice: never ever let somebody bigger than 5'2" sit in the back while the top is up, they will hate you afterwards. I'm 5'7" and had massive problems as I sat in the back, I looked like a hunchback...

The 2.0 engine isn't bad, I think I have one of the predecessors in my Audi 80, but I wonder why in those 9 years our cars are separated the 2.0 of the VAG group apparently didn't move an inch, our engines have exactly the same bhp and the same torque...

Btw: Do you know where the line "Kraft durch Freude", which you have in your avatar, derives? Yes, I know the New Beetle is kind of the successor of the "KdF-car", but the line is still connotated negative, especially here in Germany where we are very careful about our past (even if I was born 35 years after WWII ended) so some people from Germany might be thin-skinned in that respect.

I do not have enough friends for that and we are a family of midgety short people.
I know the 2.0 is good in the matter it never breaks, but is so slowwww.

Yes, I know where it came from. I thought it was funny about how backwards it was. "HERE IS OUR HAPPY CAR POWERED ON JOY, WE USE IT AS AN EVIL MILITARY VEHICLE, IRONYMOBILE"
Ok maybe that is too bad I have no sort of political correctness >: People being offended over nothing has pissed me off enough to not care anymore.

Eye-Q · December 1st, 2008, 9:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Twerp128

Oh no, my winter car is a Mk3 Jetta and it is easily the slowest car I've ever driven.

Then you never drove a Peugeot 206 1.4 with brutal 90 bhp - that is slow, especially in low revs, since it weighs at least the same as an Audi 80/VW New Beetle but has 600 cc less displacement... images/smilies/wink.gif

Yes, it's not the most sporty engine but there are many which are even less sporty. images/smilies/wink.gif

You can't take the cars which Top Gear tests as Standard for an everyday-car.

Zesty · December 1st, 2008, 11:43 AM

I like it, as in, I like the car for somebody else. I personally wouldn't own something like that, but I'd drive one, just for fun, you know. images/smilies/whistling.gif

I actually really like those stripes. As has been mentioned before, I think you can pull stuff like that off in a Beetle.
My car's pretty girly too, pointless body styling aside. At least mine's got the right number of pedals, I hate autos in cars with less than six cylinders, and small cars in general. See my sig LOL!

NooDle · December 1st, 2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Eye-Q

Then you never drove a Peugeot 206 1.4 with brutal 90 bhp - that is slow, especially in low revs, since it weighs at least the same as an Audi 80/VW New Beetle but has 600 cc less displacement... images/smilies/wink.gif

Yes, it's not the most sporty engine but there are many which are even less sporty. images/smilies/wink.gif

You can't take the cars which Top Gear tests as Standard for an everyday-car.

you do not know slow unless you have driven a Maruti/Suzuki Alto.
It had 3 cylinders and a massive 47hp!
Also, the current Citroen C3 1.0 needs a bigger engine, if you want to do anything more than park it

katwalk · December 1st, 2008, 12:46 PM

lol at the slowness contest

http://www.top-toys-kids.com/images/amazon/barbie_jeep.jpg

I have driven in one of these, there I win.
Except I never owned one and that made me sad images/smilies/sad.gif

November 29th, 2008, 1:02 AM	#25
Derek Is Über Joined: Dec 7th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: United Netherlands + Rapepublic of Belgium Age: 20 Posts: 1,318 Car: Ain't got no Rep Power: 137	Oh dear... If the Spice Girls were active....they would've had to have this car in one of their clips. __________________ "You're the biggest asshole I know. And that says a lot." - Ice

November 30th, 2008, 6:28 PM	#30
tigger Joined: Dec 11th, 2006 Last Online: November 19th, 2009 Location: Suburbia Hell Posts: 3,219 Car: 1984 BMW 325e, 1996 Pontiac Bonneville Rep Power: 77	Those stripes are surprisingly fitting on that Beetle. Nice looking car. Sloooooow, but nice . As for car nicknames, mine are usually just referred to with random bits of profanity, but now everyone calls my car the "Blue Bomber" or "Ze Bomber (YA YA YA)", if you like Motorhead.

November 30th, 2008, 9:18 PM	#31
public Joined: Nov 26th, 2007 Last Online: 4:47 PM Location: Finland Age: 25 Posts: 2,408 Car: 1991 Mazda 323F Rep Power: 128	you + your car? __________________ "-I just spotted a copper Micra from 1984 with 44 000 km. I kinda want." "-Between this and the twisted love for old awful French cars you now have officially the weirdest taste in cars. Ever."

November 30th, 2008, 10:31 PM	#33
Eye-Q Joined: Feb 17th, 2007 Last Online: 10:55 PM Location: Norderstedt, Autobahnland Age: 29 Posts: 351 Car: '94 Audi 80 B4 2.0E Rep Power: 15	Oh well, a New Beetle... One advice: never ever let somebody bigger than 5'2" sit in the back while the top is up, they will hate you afterwards. I'm 5'7" and had massive problems as I sat in the back, I looked like a hunchback... The 2.0 engine isn't bad, I think I have one of the predecessors in my Audi 80, but I wonder why in those 9 years our cars are separated the 2.0 of the VAG group apparently didn't move an inch, our engines have exactly the same bhp and the same torque... Btw: Do you know where the line "Kraft durch Freude", which you have in your avatar, derives? Yes, I know the New Beetle is kind of the successor of the "KdF-car", but the line is still connotated negative, especially here in Germany where we are very careful about our past (even if I was born 35 years after WWII ended) so some people from Germany might be thin-skinned in that respect. __________________ "Captain Slow is doing is doing 360 kilometers ... 370! [...] It's no wonder Michael Schumacher retired - he's slower than me!" - Captain Slow @ TG 09x02 "A10 Ascari? A10 Tankbuster more likely!" - JC - Supercar Showdown

December 1st, 2008, 3:36 AM	#34
Twerp128 Joined: Oct 6th, 2006 Last Online: 3:33 AM Location: Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 2,587 Car: '83 Porsche 944, '91 Miazda Rep Power: 115	Oh no, my winter car is a Mk3 Jetta and it is easily the slowest car I've ever driven. You get a little lump of power until about 3500 RPM and then it's just gone. Easy to maintain though. __________________

November 28th, 2008, 6:37 PM	#23
deltableh Joined: Nov 5th, 2007 Last Online: 3:10 AM Age: 23 Posts: 255 Car: 2008 Subaru Impreza 2.5i 5-door Rep Power: 18	Actually, I just noticed that all my friends who named their cars (or cell phones, that bloody drives me up the wall) are female. I mean, I use the female pronoun when referring to my car, but I think that's just an extrapolation of calling anything nautical by the feminine pronouns, ie calling boats and ships "her." I do the same with my car "she's sounding a lot better after the new exhaust," et cetera.

November 30th, 2008, 9:27 PM	#32
freefall Joined: Sep 1st, 2008 Last Online: 8:56 PM Posts: 501 Rep Power: 27	kat I actually quite like the way it looks!

December 1st, 2008, 11:43 AM	#37
Zesty Not A Dude Joined: Sep 24th, 2007 Last Online: 11:26 AM Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 793 Car: 2005 Honda Jazz VTi-S Rep Power: 25	I like it, as in, I like the car for somebody else. I personally wouldn't own something like that, but I'd drive one, just for fun, you know. I actually really like those stripes. As has been mentioned before, I think you can pull stuff like that off in a Beetle. My car's pretty girly too, pointless body styling aside. At least mine's got the right number of pedals, I hate autos in cars with less than six cylinders, and small cars in general. See my sig LOL! __________________ *Here be dragons*

December 1st, 2008, 12:46 PM	#39
katwalk Not A Dude Joined: Apr 1st, 2008 Last Online: 6:14 PM Location: Massastupid Age: 20 Posts: 3,773 Car: 2003 volkswagen beetle Cabriolet Rep Power: 166	lol at the slowness contest I have driven in one of these, there I win. Except I never owned one and that made me sad __________________ Warning: user may make lewd comments about your penis. Please excuse the estrogen overdose and have a bear.

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