by "Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
Published 03/31/2017 at 21:20
by "Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
Published 03/31/2017 at 21:20
Tags: Rants
STARS: 6
I went to a friendly meet at Autozone with my coworker today and saw a Passat W8 with this sticker on it. Why?
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It doesn’t really surprise me that car meets have these people. It doesn’t. Apart from going to CnC, most car meets are filled with this type of people. The socially awkward, vape smoking, shower once a week, “the reason I don’t get laid is because of feminism” type of guys. And I hate it.
I’ve avoided going to nightly meets for quite a while now. The instant I go back and I see this. And guys wonder why girls don’t go to meets? This is why. Get your shit under control. Fuck.
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/31/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 3
It’s notable that the Nazi Reichsadler is significantly different from any other German Reichsadler
"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee)
03/31/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 1
Much of VW Vortex hates Jalopnik, they’ve always complained about the writing. Which never made sense to me since The Car Lounge doesn’t have authors. I imagine the person with this sticker was young and generally uninformed about what that sticker means. Because I’m pretty sure schools do a shitty job at teaching history. Just an opinion though.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
03/31/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
Ugh. And the guy probably just had it because he thought it was funny, and I don’t even know if that makes it better or worse.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/31/2017 at 21:30, STARS: 1
For the longest time I though parodies were making fun of the original work, not agreeing with it.
I’m not saying that I like those stickers, but if they were a nazi they’d put a nazi sticker on their car.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
03/31/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 3
I left my local VW FB group and have stopped caring about going to VW meets for the same reasons.
On no less than 4 separate occasions I have taken my GTI to the local CnC meet and parked with the other VWs. Not a single person has bothered to say a damn word. Not even Hi or Nice car.
I have a 16 GTI SE with S plaid seats. My car shouldn’t exist. One would think that my out of place interior would illicit some inquiry. Nope.
I have surmised that unless one is of the Bro persuasion and has also lowered ones car beyond all usefulness one is not worthy of their attention.
So Fuck em.
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
03/31/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 1
True, though each Reichsadler looks noticeably different and this one is unmistakably from the third reich.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/31/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 1
I think this one is significantly different from all the others. No one could argue that this straight-winged version is a symbol for not-Nazi Germany.
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
03/31/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 0
I feel very similar. Smaller meets are filled with unusual and often unpleasant characters, make/model specific meets are filled wth stereotypical individuals and bias, and the large meets are filled with gawkers who fail to keep their hands off people’s cars.
"Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
03/31/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 4
I respectfully disagree. Neo-Nazi’s have found all sorts of ways to subtly hint at their white supremacist views because they’re too chickenshit to actually say it. “88" is a great example.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/31/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 1
But this is no where near as subtle, I highly doubt it actually has any connection to white supremacists. It’s just cheap comedy that rely’s on you mistaking it for a nazi eagle, then on the double take you see the VW logo.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
03/31/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 2
There are certain things that don’t parody well. Nazism would be one of them.
"Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
03/31/2017 at 22:02, STARS: 4
Exactly. As a fellow Mk7 GTI owner, I can’t stand these people. The only meet I find acceptable in my area is CnC and the only reason that is is because CnC actually has fucking adults that know how to behave there. And you know who those people tend to be? The weird car owners. The person who owns a $1000 Saab 95 Wagon I met was miles above anyone else who owned a VW at the meet.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/31/2017 at 22:13, STARS: 0
No one could argue that? We’ve got a commenter on this very post who’s arguing exactly that. It’s just a joke! Lololololfuckthat.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/31/2017 at 22:16, STARS: 0
Wait, are you a woman? And I saw your only other post was at an Austin C&C, so.... are you Texan, too?????
*gets hopes up*
If so, YAY!!!! It’s good to see another woman from Texas here. WELCOME TO OPPO!!! (Sorry that’s a bit belated, but welcome anyway!) ^_^
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
03/31/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 0
probably used it for the same reason the nazis used it: because frankly, the german eagle looks cool as shit. and its a neat way of acknowledging your cars source.
believe it or not, the eagle existed WWAAAYYYYYYY before the third reich. Otto the 4th used an eagle, way the fuck back in 1250, with the most modern interpretation before the nazies used it was in 1913 (or 1919)
While yes ppl are assholes, and its entirely possible that the dude was an asshole, maybe he just liked the way the eagle looked? I’ve seen more then my fair share of these on cars/bikes, and most of them just liked the way they looked. (granted, one of them was an asshole, but for different reasons)
hell, even the swastika represented peace at one point in time.
"Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
03/31/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 0
Thank you! And yes, I am a Texan. Although I’m not a woman, sorry. I understand it’s misleading. The username came about from an old nickname for my girlfriend. I’m going to change it to her new nickname here soon that’s a lot less misleading and less mean. Speaking of which, sunday is my anniversary, so yay!
But again, sorry I mislead you. I’ll change it here in a bit.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
03/31/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 0
I have seen decals that resemble the Afrika Korps palm tree with a VW instead of a swastika, mostly on Things. This too:
"P5guy now GTIguy" (p5guy)
03/31/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 0
How does your car exist?? I want to buy a 17 gti seelater this year and that combo would be rad. Too bad vw doesn’t let you combine the nogaro wheels with the se trim even if you factory order it.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
03/31/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 1
*waves enthusiastically* HAI
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/31/2017 at 22:35, STARS: 2
Alright, no one could argue convincingly
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/31/2017 at 22:35, STARS: 1
The other German eagles look very different
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
03/31/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
true enough. either way, I’ve seen the Nazi eagle enough on various german machines (bikes, cars, trucks) that meh.
"S65" (granthp)
03/31/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
Things like that are why I tend to avoid other enthusiasts...
"S65" (granthp)
03/31/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 0
And by extension other gamers...
"twochevrons" (twochevrons)
03/31/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 2
Yet another Mk7 GTI (and ‘85 Scirocco) owner here. Much as I love both those cars, I feel the exact same about the water-cooled VW community. Major problems.
"Kiwi" (time-funs-when-your-having-fly)
03/31/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 2
Exactly. I have a very specific story about why that I’ll post here eventually. It’s too long and interesting for a comment.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
03/31/2017 at 22:50, STARS: 0
Maybe his parents hate Jews? Or is just naive and doesn’t even realize what the symbolism means?
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
03/31/2017 at 23:06, STARS: 1
Ordered an S with the Performance package. VW couldn’t be bothered to build one. Dealer offered me an SE. I said only if you swap seats. So they did.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/31/2017 at 23:07, STARS: 0
Yes? Hallo? Hi!
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
03/31/2017 at 23:12, STARS: 1
Fuzz ball wants treats
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/31/2017 at 23:21, STARS: 0
Maggie!!!!
*gives all the treats*
Meanwhile, in Texas, THIS fuzz ball wanted my soup.
"P5guy now GTIguy" (p5guy)
03/31/2017 at 23:37, STARS: 1
That is some fantastic customer service right there.
"brianbrannon" (brianbrannon)
03/31/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 0
Do you think he was racist or socialist? Sorry, bad taste history joke
"Axial" (axial)
03/31/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 0
Wait, what? They’ve perverted 88 into a mirrored version of SS?
Fuckers, 8 was my favorite number...
"Axial" (axial)
03/31/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 0
This is why I like Katie’s Cars & Coffee here in VA; most of the cars are so goddamn expensive that if you fuck up, you fuck up .
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
03/31/2017 at 23:49, STARS: 2
Bros haven’t yet learned that the whole “bro” culture and mentality, like racism and other forms of hate expression, is highly repulsive to the ladies.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/01/2017 at 01:45, STARS: 1
Nope. H is the 8th letter in the alphabet. They’re using it as a way to say heil Hitler.
"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
04/01/2017 at 07:58, STARS: 2
There was a 4-month wait before their offer of the SE that I forgot to mention.
But, yes, they did go out of their way to make it right by me. In fact, they sold me the SE for the same price as an S AND with my SCCA discount.
I basically stole my car.
"jimz" (jimz)
04/01/2017 at 09:19, STARS: 2
the problem is we’re far enough removed from WWII where younger people have no clue of the scale of atrocities the Nazis carried out. They might realize that yeah, the Nazis were bad guys but they’re so desperate to be 3edgy5you they’ll cluelessly put stickers like that on everything.
so yeah, like you I don’t go to car meets, and I never will. Too many young douchebag guys just barely out of puberty who think they know everything about everything.
IMO it’s the same underlying reason some idiot parents are anti-vaccination. We’re at least a couple of generations removed from when diseases like measles, polio, pertussis, etc. were common. and these clueless twerps seem to think measles is just a rash, mumps is just puffy cheeks, pertussis is just a cough, and so on, and not diseases which can leave their children with life-long after effects. If the diseases don’t kill them, that is.
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
04/01/2017 at 09:37, STARS: 0
That benefit exists to an extent at the caffeine and octane in Atlanta, but you still get kids and adults who bump up on cars worth more than my house.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/02/2017 at 01:21, STARS: 0
The socialists were among the first the Nazis put into camps, so I doubt a socialist would want to use a Nazi symbol.