Date:         Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:00:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
Comments: To: Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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curious what this might mean :

"Doesn't even push blue."

like the tail pipes don't turn blue ? or what ?

better make sure fweem is in the glosary at theSambe.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Courtney Hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!


> You betcha. Every time I go out and fire up one of my bugs, the lovely
> "fweem" reminds me of the simplicity of these little aircooled cars. Mine
> has over 100,000 miles on the original 40HP engine and still going strong.
> Doesn't even push blue. You can adjust the "fweem" by how much you push
> the
> tailpipes into the muffler. In the Bentley there is actually a paragraph
> that tells you how much to insert them into it. :-)
> Courtney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike" <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
>
>
> Yes, volks, it's all in those twin chrome tailpipes.  My buddy calls them
> "whistle-pipes".  I love it, too!
>  It is definitely endearing to all who experience it firsthand, and spawns
> many happy memories of the 'olden days' when times were simpler, and
> somehow
> more fun.
>  Some other folks call it 'fweem'.
>
> Mike B.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Zeitgeist
>  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:42 PM
>  Subject: Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
>
>
>  I'm pretty sure it was the two little chrome tailpipes fitted to the
> stock
>  muffler.  I smile every time I hear it...quite infrequently these days :(
>
>  On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > You know, that is a GREAT question!
>  > I first heard it in mom's '74 Super Beetle and have always just
> accepted
>  > that "it's a VW thing", and never put much more thought into it than
> that.
>  >
>  > You can always tell a VW (ok, OLDER VW) by its sound before anything
> else.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Something I've always wondered about...what creates that signature VW
>  > > "chirp" coming from the engine?
>  > >
>  >
>
>
>
>  --
>  Casey
>  '87 300TD
>  '94 100CSQ Avant
>  '89 Bluestar