Grandpa, tell me bout the good ole days............

[2LaneCruzer]

And I seem to recall we'd get about 35 MPG.
You simply could not kill those old Bugs but rust usually got to them first.

ISTR their gas mileage being closer to 25, but still a lot better than anything else in their day. I saw a bumper sticker on one at a car show that said "0-60, eventually".

Hey!
In Canada we have real gallons!
Correction, HAD, now we have metric ones----AKA liters

But do agree----Eventually!

In my twenties we drove from Montreal to Mexico and on the return trip near New York my VW would not start one morning.
The points were so worn out the spark simply could not make it fire.
I always was handy and a screw driver and a dime feeler gauge fixed that.

I recall that some winters the carb would ice up if U did not flip that lever to prevent carb icing.

As a teen my son also drove a BUG.
One day he called for help as his wheel fell off.
You had to torque the left rear with a 3 foot pipe to assure proper torque or the nut would back off.

Yep! Good ole days.

Only one way to drive those old bugs, FLAT OUT.
And they were great in snow, as long as you had weight up front.

I had a 1970 Bug that I bought after my little Nova was rear ended, and need transportation right away. It was fun to drive, great getting around in traffic, horrible in the Winter, but otherwise with a little TLC, serviceable. I remember the first flat I had; I put the jack in place, and when I started jacking it up, I noticed it wasn't going up...the jack and the receptacle where it went were moving up THROUGH the body. There was so much rust, the integrity of the body could not stand the force of the jack. I simply drove it flat to the nearest station and had it fixed, and bought a new scissor jack the next day.

 

[Oldpath05]

Wonder who needs a drivers license to drive a tractor on road or have to register it, so far dont think I do... So in other words if my atv is a tractor I'm no longer going to register it, that will show em.....

 

[PILOON]

Wonder who needs a drivers license to drive a tractor on road or have to register it, so far dont think I do... So in other words if my atv is a tractor I'm no longer going to register it, that will show em.....

I checked our Quebec laws with the LEO's when I first bought my CUT
Result was that any self propelled vehicle capable of transporting a rider must be plated by law.

So all those rider mowers need to be plated? and then I'd presume meet all appropriate motor vehicle regulations.

You gotta wonder at the law makers.

Then they outlawed using hand held cell phones.
BUT no mention of other devices and that was at about the time that GPS and texting was introduced.
And now today most cars have built in GPS and texting capabilities but OK as long as not hand held?
So we can text all day and stare at GPS as long as it is dash mounted? Now that's really safe!

 

[lman]

Wonder who needs a drivers license to drive a tractor on road or have to register it, so far dont think I do... So in other words if my atv is a tractor I'm no longer going to register it, that will show em.....

My Amish neighbors drive tractors pulling trailers down the road. The trailers are plated but not the tractors. Their buggies are also plated.

 

[Oldpath05]

"(So we can text all day and stare at GPS as long as it is dash mounted? Now that's really safe!")<<<<< :laughing: Now that is funny and not at the same time, your right how safe is that but I suppose it's safer then getting out the ole full page map while driving, tune the radio, sip coffee, light the cig, listen to the wife saying I told you so......... Back in the good ole days.......

 

[Oldpath05]

My Amish neighbors drive tractors pulling trailers down the road. The trailers are plated but not the tractors. Their buggies are also plated.

I didn't know Amish had tractors......... This might vary a lot from state to state and or country.

 

[grsthegreat]

My Amish neighbors drive tractors pulling trailers down the road. The trailers are plated but not the tractors. Their buggies are also plated.

I have 3 Horse drawn buggies And 2 sleighs.....no plates. Wonder why the amish need plates. No plates on tractor. Im storing a tow behind 45 ft manlift that my friend owns, and it has no plates. The local DMV says plates not necessary. There really is no set policy in place.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I didn't know Amish had tractors......... This might vary a lot from state to state and or country.

Some do... some don't; it depends on which sect they belong to. Most will only use steel wheeled tractors if they do.

 

[Jstpssng]

"(So we can text all day and stare at GPS as long as it is dash mounted? Now that's really safe!")<<<<< :laughing: Now that is funny and not at the same time, your right how safe is that but I suppose it's safer then getting out the ole full page map while driving, tune the radio, sip coffee, light the cig, listen to the wife saying I told you so......... Back in the good ole days.......

You left out "Crack a beer".

 

[tallyho8]

You don't need a license plate to drive a tractor on the road here. You can drive on any road with up to a 45 mph speed limit as long as you have your slow moving vehicle sign on back.