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As someone who drove a 1972 Westfalia for ~10 years this had me laughing to myself multiple times in agreement.
by jamroom 5y ago
As someone who drove a 1972 Westfalia for ~10 years this had me laughing to myself multiple times in agreement.
- Finnucane 5y agoI was gonna say, I took a long road trip in a 1971 VW microbus and this was triggering some memories. Especially the description of finding the gears!
- jamroom 5y agoYes the gears! The amount of "play" in the gearbox was insane. Couple that with the like 3 foot long stick handle and IN GEAR I could wiggle the stick in a like foot wide circle. Once you had driven it for a while you got to know the "feel" of it and had no problems, but like in the article someone new to driving it would have had a really hard time lol.
- warmwaffles 5y agoSame here, but with a 1972 BMW. My brake vacuum booster never worked so it is like stomping on a rock. On a cold day you had to feather the throttle, clutch, and brake at the same time until it got warm. I live in a warm climate so it's been tuned to idle well on a hot Texas summer day.