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Spent the weekend driving around northern New South Wales in Volkswagen’s comically-dimensioned Crafter:
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Full report soon. VW’s German advertising is way giggly.

Posted by Tim B. on 04/15/2007 at 12:50 PM

  1. In that, I’m sure you were taking care of that one point of yours.

    The ads are almost as good as the Trunk Monkey.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 04 15 at 12:59 PM • permalink

  2. Come on, Tim.  Just be honest and admit you test-drove a milk truck.

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 15 at 02:01 PM • permalink

  3. Practical though it may be, I wouldn’t want to be driving it on a really windy day, like the ones we’ve been having here the last week. On Thursday afternoon, we had 40 miles per hour sustained, gusts to 65 mph (85 mph a bit further north), 20-30 mph since then, without letup.

    I’m quite sick of it, yes.

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 04 15 at 02:02 PM • permalink

  4. “You call that a van? THIS is a van.”

    Posted by Some0Seppo on 2007 04 15 at 02:54 PM • permalink

  5. #3 - you need a wind turbine!

    Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 04 15 at 02:55 PM • permalink

  6. #5 Crispytoast

    It wouldn’t be a bad idea; I know people a few miles from here who do. Unfortunately, I’m fairly certain building code height restrictions (or distance from occupied dwellings) preclude it where I live… at least there’s isn’t one anywhere in this neighborhood.

    It might be worth looking into, though. The air is never calm here.

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 04 15 at 03:12 PM • permalink

  7. Wondered where you went.  Never imagined you’d be out driving a rolling box.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 04 15 at 03:45 PM • permalink

  8. Spiny Norman… and a LOT of Sears Diehards…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 15 at 04:52 PM • permalink

  9. Is that how you kept it from tipping over on the road?

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 04 15 at 04:55 PM • permalink

  10. They’re still repairing his claw marks on the Audi from where he was forcibly removed.

    Posted by Dminor on 2007 04 15 at 05:01 PM • permalink

  11. Don’t come a knockin’ if you see this awkward van a rockin’. (Because that means it’s driving just fine the way it was meant to.) BTW, can’t you lose points off your licence in Oz if you’re caught driving a van the size of a Gitmo cell?

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 04 15 at 05:06 PM • permalink

  12. Well, I can think of one way to keep that van from tipping over…..install a waterbed!  Great for roadtrips…...you can sleeep where you want, and carry an emergency supply of water at the same time.  ;-P

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 04 15 at 05:08 PM • permalink

  13. 2 workers for THAT load?

    Here in America, a Mexican in a clapped out Nova could have done that job.

    Posted by Lonetown on 2007 04 15 at 05:47 PM • permalink

  14. Can it still be called a “dak-dak”?

    Posted by kae on 2007 04 15 at 06:13 PM • permalink

  15. Note to Tim - you should have written a nicer review of the Audi.

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 04 15 at 06:59 PM • permalink

  16. Yep, there’s no doubting the Teutonic sense of humour…

    Posted by anthony_r on 2007 04 15 at 07:08 PM • permalink

  17. Actually, I’m seeing a lot of this sort of van configuration in Los Angeles these days, usually with Dodge or Mercedes logos.

    I can see it making sense on tight city streets but it looks lousy for highways, and here in CA it would be allowed on the freeways during wind alerts.  We’d have a pile of them below the El Cajon Pass…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 15 at 07:13 PM • permalink

  18. Ok, Tim.

    Where’s the “If this van is a’rockin - don’t come a’knocking” bumper sticker?

    Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 04 15 at 07:31 PM • permalink

  19. A brilliant VW advert that never made the screens:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSWeGBkf9o

    Posted by Contrail on 2007 04 15 at 08:06 PM • permalink

  20. Tim, you drove around Birrell street all weekend.

    Please note, it looks like a shag’n wagon panel van thingy, with a few fuzzy dice a disco ball you might have the ultimate love machine.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 04 15 at 08:13 PM • permalink

  21. Attention RWDB’s. Tired of hackneyed old tire covers?

    Then why not try our range of new neocon car accessories…

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 04 15 at 08:19 PM • permalink

  22. Tim-

    It looks like you’re driving the short bus!

    Posted by Tex Lovera on 2007 04 15 at 10:05 PM • permalink

  23. Is that 1.618 I can see hiding in the bushes?

    Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 04 15 at 11:06 PM • permalink

  24. Number plate is interesting.

    Bap is a soft, floury Scottish bread roll.

    Posted by kae on 2007 04 16 at 05:30 AM • permalink

  25. I like the VW adver for the 4WD.

    Kid asks his dad all these questions about the car. Finally he says “So, you can’t lose control?”

    Can anyone find that one?

    Posted by kae on 2007 04 16 at 05:35 AM • permalink

  26. I like how the bus is called the Crafter. Tim B, you look hot! I’m sure I heard the horn honk!

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 04 16 at 06:23 PM • permalink

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