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Everything is Broken...

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

With the TV still being a problem, now my car is giving me fits. In the background, I hear the Long John Hunter song Everything’s Broken playing over and over again.

Videos of the Day, VW Style

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

A bunch of fun videos regarding VWs this week:

VW vs. Toyota Soccer Top Gear rocks. See the I-Go vs. the Fox.
V-Dubsrock Part 1 Hehe. “This amplifier has airbags…” With Nigel Tufnel from This Is Spinal Tap.
V-Dubsrock Part 2 Sweet. Can’t have rock and roll with out Slash.

V-Dubsrock is their new promotion where they’re giving away custom VW guitar with special models that include a guitar input for the stereo. Geez, and me with 2 years to go on my current lease. Bonus video. Its not VW related, but I stumbled on another Top Gear video about Odd Vehicles. This one will really make you giggle.

The Return of the Mascot

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Fun article in NYT Drive Times newsletter today: Mascot Madness: VW Pulls a Rabbit Out of Its Past. Besides the VW Rabbit, they touch on many forgetten mascot cars of the past like the Super Bee (also coming back as specially flavored edition of the Dodge Charger), Road Runner, Duster and others.

VW Eos Highway 1

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000

The fine folks at Volksbloggin have a great scoop on a suped version of the forthcoming Eos convertible dubbed Highway 1. Despite the almost cartoony 20 inch wheels, its still got a pretty nice look to it. It also has the slick v6 from the R32, so its probably pretty zippy.

The Rabbit is Here!

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I was at my VW Dealer getting my (very expensive; $179) 20,000 mile service done on my Passat. At this place, they have giant lot, so after you’ve checked out, they send some out to pull up your car for you. Kinda nice, until a bunch of folks pick up their cars at the same time.

VW 'Safe Happens' Commercials Work

Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000

USA Today reports (via) that the VW Safe Happens commercials (see my related post) are really paying off:

Requests for brochures up 37% at call centers
Requests for brochures up 56% on their website
Requests for dealer quotes are up 58%

I tend to agree with the quote in the article that the commercials are pretty shocking and that they really make you think about the safety of cars. I hope my Passat never meets up with the same fate as those Jettas.

Cool Video of the Day

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Volksbloggin had a pointer to this cool video of new beetle transformer. Ah, Autobots and Decepticons…

The Rabbit is Coming Back...

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

VW recently announced (via) that they’re bringing back the Rabbit name for the car currently known as Golf. I’m looking to economize a bit in my next set of wheels, and enjoyed my previous Golf so much I might give another one a shot.

Bizarre VW Jetta Commercial

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Even weirder than the freaky gti commercials (who are done by the same ad agency as the burger king ‘king’ series; like this), I caught this commercial hilighting jetta safety.

Wow, really gets your attention.