Vw Beetle

madmax · March 1, 2007

miniace said:

Its I heard between 5-10K.There is this guy in Negombo who could do this job.Will text you details.

A M W has Alto EPS kits.

Damn these women! Even my wife is ok with my mini fever but she hates driving Minis.Finally I sold her one last year.I respect peace

MINIACE

My wife drives the Mini, and she kind of likes it, personally I haven't had complaint from her about the steering, even though there's a huge difference between the Mini and Bimmer...

Devinda_Z · March 1, 2007

ash said:

Machan I'm also after a capri III.... Have big plans for it. How much is he quoting for that

this is a MK I late 60's early 70's capri - wants 350,000 + for it

i recall seeing a Mk II in é motormag for double é above price!!

bt yet to see any MK III in é mkt...

GTAm · March 1, 2007

Here's my two cents worth.

I would drop the Capri. After all it's just a Cortina in drag. And the Corti is hardly anything special. As I said before I'm not a Beetle fan, I find it noisy, girly and ugly.

But the Mini.............Wow It's a fantastic car. One of the most enjoyable drives I've ever had, even though I've driven one only about 3 times in my life.

I've promised myself to get one someday!

miniace · March 1, 2007

See....... the mini virus is spreading fast!

Devinda_Z · March 1, 2007

but would i be wrong in saying that a Capri is as close as one will ever come to an attainable Muscle car in Sri Lanka once é chassis is reinforced n a v8 is dropped in?

Hola · March 2, 2007

mighty mini said:

machan the driving position can be adjusted as miniace said & you can put a 13" sports steering wheel .( a big made sri lankan like praveen will not have a problem due to the steering wheel being smaller )

by the way thanks HOLA for bringing the MINI VIRUS to a VW topic

As always. Bigger surprise for all you mini fans from me and Miniace soon! for now its a secret

madmax said:

My wife drives the Mini, and she kind of likes it, personally I haven't had complaint from her about the steering, even though there's a huge difference between the Mini and Bimmer...

Are we still on minis here? j/k

miniace said:

See....... the mini virus is spreading fast!

Yes it is, but we still couldnt brain wash Supra Natural did we? Does VW have their own club in SL?

Supra_Natural · March 2, 2007

As I said Before, I do like Minis (never driven any though ) ..... but my pocket ain't gonna stand the cost of a good one i'm afraid..... which is why i'm gonna get a bug

Devinda_Z · March 2, 2007

Supra_Natural said:

As I said Before, I do like Minis (never driven any though ) ..... but my pocket ain't gonna stand the cost of a good one i'm afraid..... which is why i'm gonna get a bug

...is it "gonna" or "Wanna" ??????

Supra_Natural · March 2, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

...is it "gonna" or "Wanna" ??????

Fighting the temptation to be very rude here.......... but you're right, its "wanna".....

miniace · March 2, 2007

Hola said:

As always. Bigger surprise for all you mini fans from me and Miniace soon! for now its a secret

Does VW have their own club in SL?

Ado Hola.... isnt it going to be a suprise ???

Yes there is a VW-beetle club!

MINIACE

ash · March 2, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

but would i be wrong in saying that a Capri is as close as one will ever come to an attainable Muscle car in Sri Lanka once é chassis is reinforced n a v8 is dropped in?

Lets see who would make it a reality 1st...

landy_man · March 2, 2007

There was a VW varient in Athurugiriya few years ago. It was in a non running state. Those days we were schooling and had few thousand rupees with us. we were hunting for a car( no matter what spec) and found this variant in a back yard of a house in athurugiriya. The owner quoted Rs.25000 (twenty five thousand) and we came back..we had only 5000 rs...ha ha..no joke..we found a ford prefect for that money..(but did not buy that coz our father said he will burn it if we bring it home... ). Anyway coming back to the VW , The body was ok but there was a leak in the petrol tank..also one of the spark plug couldnt be tightned. the thread was naked. we even didnt know the value of it and owner was not aware of the value too.

I dont know whether its still there or not. but no harm by trying.. there is a high chance for the car to be there coz it wanst for sale. we bumped in and asked for it.if you go from malabe side in malabe - athurugiriya road turn right from walagama junction. go until it hits the homagama road, turn right again and the house was onto the left hand side. ask from some one for a red VW. sorry but cant remeber the house number.

good luck VW lovers

Edited March 3, 2007 by landy_man

Hola · March 2, 2007

miniace said:

Ado Hola.... isnt it going to be a suprise ???

Yes there is a VW-beetle club!

MINIACE

Sorry sir... im initating and i am trying to destroy it too neda?

Supra_Natural said:

Fighting the temptation to be very rude here.......... but you're right, its "wanna".....

Target date is March 30th ok? We had enough of searching-its high time!

miniace · March 2, 2007

Hola said:

Sorry sir... im initating and i am trying to destroy it too neda?

Not destroying I belive...but losing the element of suprise hah

MINIACE

Devinda_Z · March 2, 2007

Hola bro if u can find a vehicle is decent shape for 200,000 - 250,000 i'm supra will buy

....we've pretty much exhuasted all é leads in Colombo

@Landy_Man - will check é VARIENT machan - thanx for é heads up

-OT : is ur's a 110 or 90 - Tdi?

Hola · March 2, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

Hola bro if u can find a vehicle is decent shape for 200,000 - 250,000 i'm supra will buy

....we've pretty much exhuasted all é leads in Colombo

@Landy_Man - will check é VARIENT machan - thanx for é heads up

-OT : is ur's a 110 or 90 - Tdi?

i dont have to find-there are so many, its just you got lot of doubts

landy_man · March 2, 2007

mine is a 110. ex-mod machan.

Devinda_Z · March 3, 2007

Hola said:

i dont have to find-there are so many, its just you got lot of doubts

no machn - doubts are justified when pretty much every single car had rusted body work so bad that it looked like é blooming beetle hhad a rash!!!!

é ones which have good mechnicals have body damage etc - most are 'yaanthamata runners' ...where nothing quite works fully...

such a mess machan

Hola · March 4, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

no machn - doubts are justified when pretty much every single car had rusted body work so bad that it looked like é blooming beetle hhad a rash!!!!

é ones which have good mechnicals have body damage etc - most are 'yaanthamata runners' ...where nothing quite works fully...

such a mess machan

Before the intrest runs off lets finish it this month.

Devinda_Z · March 4, 2007

more than interest bro its é patience that will run out...

...disappointmets of not being able to find a good car are really taking its toll...

.... poor Supra_Natural looked at his 20th car today & was beaten to a decent spec by a guy who landed with cash on é spot n got é car...

i really do sympathise with his cause... siraawata epaawenawa bung mehema wena kota...

Hola · March 4, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

more than interest bro its é patience that will run out...

...disappointmets of not being able to find a good car are really taking its toll...

.... poor Supra_Natural looked at his 20th car today & was beaten to a decent spec by a guy who landed with cash on é spot n got é car...

i really do sympathise with his cause... siraawata epaawenawa bung mehema wena kota...

20th car and no purchaing yet?

Pericles · March 4, 2007

Hola said:

20th car and no purchaing yet?

Dude! If the guy wants to look at 100 cars and not make a purchase, thats his choice! Aint nothing for u to comment about how many cars he has looked at! Thats just damn rude. After all, its his money, not yours.

miniace · March 4, 2007

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!

MRM · March 5, 2007

Devinda_Z said:

more than interest bro its é patience that will run out...

...disappointmets of not being able to find a good car are really taking its toll...

.... poor Supra_Natural looked at his 20th car today & was beaten to a decent spec by a guy who landed with cash on é spot n got é car...

i really do sympathise with his cause... siraawata epaawenawa bung mehema wena kota...

buying these old cars you really need patience, specially MINI's & VW's

as lot of people have made it a business to find a crap car, make it decent looking from appearence & quote a packet. if you complain simplest excuse is "what more can you expect from a 40 yr old car "

pls dont be in a hurry there are good cars , difficult to find .

one of my friends bought a morris minor 2sri with "hand signal" first ower car for 65,000 even ther nickel bumpers are in very good shape, all meters working,

even when i was looking for mini's, i almost gave up the idea looking at the prices & the conditions of cars

thanks to madmax i managed to find a decent ride (still lot more to do to get it to good shape)

all the best on your hunt

Supra_Natural · March 5, 2007

Hey guys, thanks for the support, sorry i couldn't post sooner, was a bit tied up over the weekend.....

@ Hola, Machan, as D_z said, you aint gonna believe the kinda Cr** we have looked at among those 20 cars..... so 20 cars is nothing really, and as @ today i have leads on 5 more cars to look at......

@ MRM, Spot on brother...... I saw a lot of those jobs where the owner slapped anew coat of paint over a TON of rust......and then quotes insane amounts for it....... and if any questions are asked, you get the "Its a 40 year old car., yada yada........" as you said.... bloody annoyance

and as D_z pointed out (no need for me to even post since hes about nuh? ), I found a really great deal in the paper yesterday, went to see it and it looked excellent...... told the Seller i'll bring my mechanic around today, only for the asswipe to call me up in the evening and say he had freakin' sold it........ Honestly could've Kicked the bugger @ that point