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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    I heart Driving German Cars.
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    Image of jaymcminn jaymcminn
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    The "Dah, dah, dah" ad didn't make the cut? Really? THe "Kleine GTI" ad and the '71 Karmann Ghia ad were brilliant, however.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/06/09

    @jaymcminn: Yeah, that one's a classic.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    I appreciate that VW's ad money is the lion's share of the site's revenue stream, but aren't any of you in management worried about the credibility of a car site that doesn't acknowledge, at least once in a while, that the vast majority of VW's are utter pieces of overpriced crap driven by Apple Store shoppers who care more about a secret paint color you can only get on the internet than they do about driving dynamics or reliability?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/06/09

    @snapoversteer: As long as I can keep lighting my cigars with Wolfsburg-supplied Benjamins, you won't hear a single bad word about any VW product from me! Same goes for Ssangyong!
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    07/06/09

    @Murilee Martin: Nice. I didn't mean for my V-dub rant to accidentally splash bile on your entertaining ad retrospective. Your weekend postings are excellent.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/07/09

    @snapoversteer: No problem, just wanted to make it clear that we don't ever get any editorial pressure to say good or bad things about companies that do or don't advertise on our site.


    That said, if VW wants to send me a suitcase packed with cash, I'm all for it!

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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    The British series "If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen" had little stories about lifes vicissitudes, in which the punchline was the protagonist turning the key in their Golf.


    I'll always remember the morning after the casino guy, and the unfaithful husband woman.


    Oh, and the one where the couple are in the car for hundreds of miles, and everything is perfect except for this continula tiny squeak. Despite endless searching, they can't find the source. Eventually they pull into a tiny service station in the desert, and the gnarly old proprietor leans into the car, looks around, and puts a drop of oil on the womans pendant earrings.

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    Image of the_gank the_gank
    07/06/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    How about the GTI vs Prius "how does your Prius sound commercial?


    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :D

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/06/09

    @the_gank: It's actually hawking the Jetta TDI, but yeah, it's pretty good.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    07/05/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    You missed the "1949 Auto Show" ad from 1969:


    Absolute classic.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/06/09

    @tonyola: Genius ad. I wonder if, years from now, Hyundai or Kia might make a similar one costarring Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Isuzu and whoever else croaks before the end of the Carpocalypse.
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    Image of PotbellyJoe - As seen on I-287 PotbellyJoe - As seen on I-287
    07/05/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
    I still can't find a digital copy of the ad, but I remember it from my youth (early 90s I guess) It was a VW herder that had a farm with all of these VWs on it driving around. The ad ends with the farmer stating "You can tell by the gleam in the daytime running lights, these are happy cars!"


    It's a line that has stuck with me ever since.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/05/09

    @PotbellyJoe: Somewhere a marketing man just got his wings.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    No need for violence. Ask nice.


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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    commensurate
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    05/27/09

    @brandegee: /pedantry
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    Image of domino domino
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    luckily women don't have to steal gas. many of them just find some guy to drive them around or trade services for a full tank.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/27/09

    @domino:Trade services? Is that what people call it now?
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    Image of domino domino
    05/27/09

    @.357: well, it's a little more elegant than "renting out their holes".


    i have no idea what people call it, i'm too busy trying to find a guy with a lab or a garage where i can make biodiesel. my approach is more "hey baby, want me to tweak your protocol?"

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/27/09

    @domino: Good luck on finding a biodiesel lab.
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    Image of How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back
    05/27/09

    @domino: Why yes, yes I do. Can you do it in this lab I have? Conveniently located next to my garage?


    PSA: Picking up chicks on Jalopnik is wrong, kids. Don't Do What Wankelin' Does. This goes for pretty much everything. Including his sign-off.


    Wankelin'

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/27/09

    @How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back: But signing off is so much fun!


    Shootin'

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    Image of domino domino
    05/27/09

    @.357: thanks


    @How Wankelin' Got His Sig Back: a lab *next to* a garage? i smell a trap. ;)

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    I laughed pretty hard at this article. What a good way to wake up from a nap.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    When siphoning from an RV make sure you get the fuel tank, not the other one.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    05/27/09

    @P161911 now with M POWER!: Are you speaking from experience?
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    Image of Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event
    05/27/09

    @P161911 now with M POWER!: But all I really wanna do is BBQ.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    05/27/09

    @Flathead Smith: that would explain the funky breath...
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    05/27/09

    @Karsten von Urea for All Sales Event: I wasn't referring to the propane tanks. And no, this is not from personal experience. Whenever I have needed to drain a gas tank I would just use an electric fuel pump and a couple of wires straight to the battery. It is almost as safe as drilling the tank.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/27/09

    @P161911 now with M POWER!: What bugs me is that when the fools that do that get caught - as they often do, criminal masterminds don't mix up the blackwater holding tanks with the fuel fill - the judges are often sympathetic and say, "that was punishment enough."


    No it wasn't. It was expensive, nasty tuition. Punishment involves an angry formerly-stranded motorist, and a jack handle.

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    Pfft, damn Somali pirates don't know a damn thing, not a single one of them has eaten a devil fruit. They've probably never even been to the Grand Line.



    Yeah, I've been reading this too much.

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/27/09

    @Skunky: Some of us have been forced to quit our Shonen Jump addiction.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/27/09

    @.357: Mine's just blooming, and it's partially my girlfriend's fault, i've been flipping through her SJ back issues.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/27/09

    @Skunky: It is an amazing Manga. Probably the best one available in Canada.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/27/09

    @Skunky:You need a hobby.


    A DIFFERENT hobby.

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/27/09

    @Elhigh: But I LIKE making fun of somali pirates!
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    Image of Ubiquitous Silver Honda Ubiquitous Silver Honda
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    Honda's have gas tank drains. For the 96-00, it's behind the driver side rear wheel, 13mm I think.


    Had to change the fuel pump sock 2 months ago. Don't let a car sit with 1/4 tank for 18 months btw.

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    Image of Armand Armand
    05/27/09

    @Ubiquitous Silver Honda: With a lot of old cars, you can just disconnect the fuel line at the pickup at the bottom of the tank. And if, hypothetically, someone once tried to lift said vintage car with a floor jack under the gas tank, you'll have to grab the bumper and wiggle the car to slosh the last little bit out of the tank. Hopefully, you won't have to do that with the Honda.
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    Image of robot-shmobot robot-shmobot
    05/27/09

    In reply to The Six Best Ways To Steal Gas... And One Really Bad Way
    The old switcheroo was great.

    Reminds me of the the 'Houdini'. Make passionate love to your mate from behind in front of a window. Pull out and allow an equally abled friend to continue. Quietly run out of the house and pop up in front of the window. Bonus points for taking a picture of her expression.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    05/27/09

    @robot-shmobot: LOL WUT?
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/27/09

    @robot-shmobot: This presumes a certain lack of emotional attachment/physical jealousy with your significant other, and a great appreciation for a sophisticated practical joke.
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