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Title: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 11:11:54 AM
Saw this at lunch time.   VW bug, driving on a donut, pulling a trailer full of drywall..

(through holiday shopping traffic near the mall)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/SxlWSby--dI/AAAAAAABBEU/oQ7mAuE2OYM/s800/photo.jpeg)



Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: FLBentRider on December 04, 2009, 11:15:33 AM
I hope its not that Chinese drywall.

That stuff is NASTY!
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: KevinG on December 04, 2009, 11:21:18 AM
Wow, that's one heck of a doughnut, with the way that VW is sagging I'm surprised it didn't pop like a balloon.
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 11:22:41 AM

Maybe it is a regular tire and he just lost the hubcap... 

Anyway, he didn't look like a happy camper
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 04, 2009, 01:24:31 PM
Todays Posting of "Capt. squirt and His Many Adventures"

How long you think the engine will last pulling them kinda loads?

I didn't know you could put a trailer hitch on a bug.

LOL... Did anybody ever play "Beaver Cleaver" riding down the highway?
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 01:29:27 PM
Quote from: classicrockgriller on December 04, 2009, 01:24:31 PM
Todays Posting of "Capt. squirt and His Many Adventures"

I could have a field day at WalMart!


Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 04, 2009, 01:33:21 PM
Quote from: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 01:29:27 PM
Quote from: classicrockgriller on December 04, 2009, 01:24:31 PM
Todays Posting of "Capt. squirt and His Many Adventures"

I could have a field day at WalMart!




No Doubt! ;D ;D
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: FLBentRider on December 04, 2009, 01:39:41 PM
I'm pretty sure he's over the GCVWR of that bug...
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 01:42:28 PM

Good thing it is as flat as a pancake around here.  He'd never get up a hill. 
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: Oldman on December 04, 2009, 02:53:59 PM
Unreal
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: smokeitall on December 04, 2009, 04:42:04 PM
Hey Squirt I swear I saw that same bug, without the spare, pulling the same trailer loaded about 5 ft high and tarped on Hwy 55 between Springfield and Bloomington a few months ago....I so wished I had a camera with me, I was shocked.  I wonder if its the same one?
SIA
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 04:53:14 PM
Quote from: smokeitall on December 04, 2009, 04:42:04 PM
Hey Squirt I swear I saw that same bug, without the spare, pulling the same trailer loaded about 5 ft high and tarped on Hwy 55 between Springfield and Bloomington a few months ago....I so wished I had a camera with me, I was shocked.  I wonder if its the same one?
SIA

I bet it is.   I don't think it was a spare, when I looked at the hires version of the pic, he was just missing the hubcap...

He's nuts for driving it around Springfield loaded down like that - but on I-55???    He's cruising for a ticket. (if not a terrible wreck)
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: NePaSmoKer on December 04, 2009, 04:57:24 PM
I never have seen a VW with enough CHONES to pull anything  :D
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: squirtthecat on December 04, 2009, 05:02:15 PM

Here (http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/SxlWSby--dI/AAAAAAABBEU/oQ7mAuE2OYM/photo.jpeg) is a little bigger version of the pic.   Looks like the back bumper has gotten some love, and check out the trailer hitch.   Scary.

Maybe that's not drywall...  Looks like a ton of cr@p, nevertheless.   
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: ronbeaux on December 04, 2009, 05:07:59 PM
You guys must not live near I-10, this is an everyday occurrence heading west. One car pulling another, pulling another. One even had a sign that said "In Toe"
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 04, 2009, 05:52:14 PM
looks like a portable meth lab
Title: Re: times are tough..
Post by: smokeitall on December 04, 2009, 06:07:48 PM
Portable Meth lab  ;D  Here in Missouri our state bird is the bluebird and our state car is a portable meth lab  :o
SIA