Herbie3Rivers' 1999 GLS

[mernst]

Hey:
I love the beetle, Its the same color as mine ( turbie )
I have one question where did you get the New Beetle Sticker???

[Herbie3Rivers]

The door sticker came from Laval VW in Canada(I forget which town, Quebec maybe). I got them while on vacation in 1999 or 2000, not long after I got Elwood. The dealer had a set on a red NB in the showroom and with the help of a salesman who spoke some English, they told me they had them custom made and could have a set ordered. So after giving them the color they ordered a set and three weeks later they arrived at my door.

[Herbie3Rivers]

I was refining my video game version of Elwood for Forza Motorsport 2 tonight.

Look familiar?

[Herbie3Rivers]

Some new spring pics.

[kate_the_valkyrie]

I like your buggy. Very perdy. Very unique.

[Fl_bug]

Nice pictures! So how many miles is he at now?

[Herbie3Rivers]

Here's Elwood at the 2nd annual Pittsburgh VW Classic. He won 1st place NB Stock (he's stock I swear! )

[Herbie3Rivers]

Fince Forza Motorsport 3 is out for Xbox I had to make a new Elwood again.

[T1KARMANN]

Wow that beetle in the game has a caractere kit on it very cool

[Herbie3Rivers]

Finally got Elwood semi clean enough for photos with the new car.

[Herbie3Rivers]

Well, I figure it's been long enough without an update. Elwood and I are still going strong. He's got 61,7XX miles on him now and no signs of stopping. Plus Elwood did his best and kept me out of trouble today. I was out driving and enjoying the warm weather on a back road near our house. On this road is a local hunt/shooting club. As we were coming up to the entrance a driver waiting to make the left turn into the club waved out another drive who was making a right and he never bothered to look and see Elwood and I coming down the hill. He kept going and didn't stop, forcing me to panic stop and swerve out of the way. Missing his Honduh van by literally inches. I was shaken but we were ok. Luckly the other car was far enough back that I came to a stop before I would have hit him head on. I am SOOOOOO glad that I upgraded to the EBC pads. They performed flawlessly. Elwood's getting a bath and an oil change tomorrow.

[Herbie3Rivers]

And these are from the Pittsburgh Classic last fall. Elwood took first place "Other Watercooled", while Herbie took 2nd in the Pre 67 Beetle sedan/vert stock class.

[Chef Nails]

but that Blues Brothers gauge face is downright righteous. Where on Earth did you find that?

[Herbie3Rivers]

Marvin's Dad made that for me, that had to be maybe 10 years ago.

[Chef Nails]

with the Beastie Boys on it. It has to be done...

[Kuplamies]

Congratulations about the prizes!
I just love your cars; what a collection

[dnyed]

Doh! I don't know how I missed this thread in all of these years! I hope you know how much I love Elwood!

[Herbie3Rivers]

I'm on my way to pick Elwood up from the dealer. I had my CEL come on the other day and they found it to be two blown fuel pump relays. I'm glad it was only a couple hundred dollars vs. a couple thousand. I guess I'm doing pretty good (knock on wood). 13 1/2 years and that's the first time I've ever had a service scare like that. I know NBs get a bad rap for reliability, but I can prove that's just not the case.

[Herbie3Rivers]

had to take Elwood back to the dealer today. Check engine light came back on and he started overheating.

[Herbie3Rivers]

The latest check up revealed a malfunctioning kombi valve for the CEL and the overheating was a bad water pump. So I decided to make the investment in a new timing belt and a new serpentine belt. Now Elwood's back to feeling all better.