It's a VW and it's a Firetruck, what's not to like?

[HardToHandle]

Only if they made an EV version.

Well… They do make a VW EV minibus.
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I recently bought my wife a Toyota Minivan, as it was an AWD. However, Toyota switched to a traditional hybrid with a 2.5l engine as the only powertrain. The days of pure play fossil fueled vehicles are dying.

When it is time for a new vehicle, I may look at the VW van.

 

[lihpster]

The folks bought a "69 brand new. Took it hunting, towed trailers, got groceries and helped 2 adults corral 3 young boys. It was reliable and easy to service. It was a much better vehicle than the Chevy Greenbrier they traded in on it.

 

[swsig]

I got to drive a classic VW minibus rental for about a week while on vacation. It was slow but kind of fun until I realized that the collapsible front bumper system consisted of my knees.

 

[arjay]

I had a 69 bus I bought in 74 and kept for 4 years,used it off road as a hunting car,was blown from the right lane into the left heading down Floyd hill at 65 once and launched it into a field one dark and stormy night when I realized I couldn't make the curve.Made a nice landing and kept going up onto another road (I was a lucky kid)
And I got pulled over by every Leo I came across in that thing [emoji38]
I only remember one ticket though

 

[pmanton]

I owned 2 busses way back in the day. A camper and a plain bus.
I swallowed a valve in each of them. :-(

 

[RetCapt]

The slowest, most unreliable vehicle ever wrought by the hand of man (OK, perhaps some editorial license there, but you get my drift) set up as an emergency response vehicle.

I think there may be a contradiction inherent in the concept.

 

[arjay]

Bid up to $53,000,but the reserve wasn't met.

 

[taz666]

Nice thing about the old type 2's is you could do most of the work on them with a 1/2" wrench and a flat blade.

Still have the book around here someplace but did anybody else use the thick paper back put together by John Muir(?) while shade treeing their VW's? Great book. Ton's of good tips and tricks for working all the types(1-4) on a budget.

 

[CajunBass]

Are my wife and I the only ones who still call out "PUNCH BUGGY!"

(We stopped hitting each other years ago. We ain't young any more.)