"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
07/24/2014 at 13:06 • Filed to: None
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"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
07/24/2014 at 13:06 • Filed to: None | 2
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They made Minis that looked like this until 2000.
Did they really go that long virtually unchanged? It looks like the only thing that changed was that the wheels got wider.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 13:10 |
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Well, there were a range of different fascia and miscellaneous shenanigans, but yes. A lot of people don't realize that the BMW MINI design was in process while the original was still being built.
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 13:10 |
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Yup. Over time they were updated with small things here and there, like a solid dashboard, winding windows, additional gauges, A/C, central locking, airbags etc. But the basic shape and design remained unchanged over the best part of forty years, much like the Beetle. It's funny to be driving around in such an old design, yet knowing it's actually younger than myself.
cabarne4
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 13:16 |
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Yup.
They also made the classic Beetle until 2003.
(This is the last classic Beetle to roll off the assembly line, July 30th 2003).
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Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 13:17 |
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That's really cool actually.
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cabarne4
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 13:18 |
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Made in Mexico. I've got a friend in Phoenix with dual US / Mexican citizenship who daily drives a 1997 Classic Beetle. The thing is the tits.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 13:19 |
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The interior got updated and safety stuff got changed to be able to pass.
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TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/24/2014 at 13:19 |
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Very true that, because BMW owned the Rover Group who made the Mini at the time. Apparently, I've heard BMW's designers picked out design cues from the Rover parts bin - the wing mirrors on the Rover 75 look very similar to the ones on the BMW MINI...
cazzyodo
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 13:30 |
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I became concerned that when I read "1997" and "classic" together.
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cabarne4
> cazzyodo
07/24/2014 at 13:36 |
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Classic style. There's some overlap in production, as the "New Beetle" (the round girly one introduced for the millennium) began production in 1997. Both the old and new style were sold in Mexico for a few years. Hence, "New" Beetle and "Classic" Beetle.
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cazzyodo
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 13:45 |
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Oh, I followed you and figured it out...I just freaked a bit because a little while ago I heard Blink-182 on a station for "Classic Rock" and proceeded to curl into the fetal position.
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cabarne4
> cazzyodo
07/24/2014 at 13:49 |
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Yeah, I'm starting to feel that too... 90's rock is now considered "Classic" *shudders*
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cazzyodo
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 14:00 |
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I'm scared.
Flavien Vidal
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/24/2014 at 14:04 |
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i have a 92 mini back in France as a car that I use there... Interior is ugly on the last ones though... Plasticky as fuck.
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cabarne4
> cazzyodo
07/24/2014 at 14:10 |
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Went to the Phoenix art museum a few months back, they were having an exhibit on video games...
They had a fucking PS2 on display, behind a glass case.
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cazzyodo
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 14:29 |
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Shit...my PS1 should be under heavy security, then.
I don't think I could afford to lock down the Sega Genesis or N64.
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cabarne4
> cazzyodo
07/24/2014 at 14:31 |
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Oh, those were on display, too. Hell, even the Game Cube wasn't safe.
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cazzyodo
> cabarne4
07/24/2014 at 14:38 |
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Dreamcast? Haha
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cabarne4
> cazzyodo
07/24/2014 at 14:44 |
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All the Systems. It was incredible.