Brien (and Volks),
You make a great point, and that’s what I try to do: Make it both entertaining and educational. We all know that some folks seem a bit more, um, education-resistant than others, though, and that can make for some fun. I’ve been getting back some fantastic responses, though. A couple of the best come from Germany and the Netherlands. Later on I’ll pass along a compendium of some of the most fun among them. Bert From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brien Hamrick Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [vintagvw] Stupid questions heard at car shows Not to be harsh or rude but isn't the point of driving and restoring one of the most rare Beetle set-ups known to the USA (A Polizei-Käfer) part of the fun? And educating people should be the joy of being the owner of such a rarity. You can have some fun ribbing them while giving them an education... 1. Did this really come from Germany? - Yep. I know of at least 3 other countries that were using Beetles as Police cars, Mexico and Brazil was using them well into the 90's (I used to live there and have a few shots of me being frisked against one). 2. How did they ever catch speeders with these? (see #6) 3. Why isn't the steering wheel on the right? (Tell them to Google Fridolin for RHD VW's LOL) 4. Where do they put prisoners? (the roof) 5. Does the siren work? (...it's old and faint put your ear up here real close) 6. Do you ever pull people over just for fun? (yeah I tried to catch a speeder in a GTO once...he was going 145) 7. Is that (POLIZEI) French or Eye-talian? Polizia = Italian (come on it’s not that far off) French eh that’s just trying to sound hip 8. Shouldn't that be a red light on top? (only when the cop is female ;) 9. Can you really talk to the German police on that radio? (only the other ones in Police Beetles and there are only 2 left in the world and they are not on right now) 10. Can it really go 140? (M.P.H.? yes, but most people don't understand the damage terminal velocity causes to one of these...) Cheers and have fun with it; you get a chance to be an ambassador, educator and smart aleck all at once. Brien -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
