Did anyone see that orange karmann ghia parked near the laundry labs today? it was the first time i had seen it on campus. is this a professor's or what? i have always wanted one since i saw Kill Bill. I must admit when i walked by it i reached out and touched it....and had to walk to class with my chemistry book over my crouch...

9/7/2006 5:14:12 PM

I've seen it on campus before, last year, at least. They're realllly nice. I believe there is another person who has either a black or white one, and they usually park near the orange one. Don't know who they belong to, though. i've wanted one since I was 8, but my dad said no because they're too much trouble to take care of because of parts and everything. I know if it was mine, I would'nt be parking it near all that construction.

9/7/2006 5:22:37 PM

I dated a guy back in high school who had one that he restored. It was beautiful.

9/7/2006 5:38:05 PM

There was a green one that used to park up by Daniels.

They're neat looking little cars.

9/7/2006 5:40:56 PM

SO, this is the first time I have heard of this car.
What is so special about it?

9/7/2006 5:44:46 PM

and you call yourself a car guy...

for shame

9/7/2006 5:46:47 PM

I've seen that orange one around all last year

9/7/2006 5:48:37 PM

my bro has a green one.

they are nice

9/7/2006 5:55:01 PM

yeah, in all honesty, i have heard they are a bitch to keep up. but they sure do look nice. they are one of those cars that border on the edge of gaydom if a guy was to drive them. but then again, i tread that line like a tightrope which probably tells you why i want one so much.

9/7/2006 5:55:59 PM

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"They're realllly nice."

no they arent

9/7/2006 5:56:35 PM

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"What is so special about it?"

It's just another turd of a VW. Instead of putting one of their own horrendous body designs on it they paid a design firm (Ghia) to design it so it looks pretty good. Other than that it's got nothing.

9/7/2006 5:57:52 PM

The car is a little difficult to find, those into restoration are rather obsessive about it, and it's been in a couple of movies. The guy I dated was a movie geek and wanted one because you can see one, I believe, in Pretty In Pink.



I think they're beautiful cars.

9/7/2006 6:29:14 PM

theyre really really gay, girly cars

9/7/2006 6:37:54 PM

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"yeah, in all honesty, i have heard they are a bitch to keep up. but they sure do look nice. they are one of those cars that border on the edge of gaydom if a guy was to drive them. but then again, i tread that line like a tightrope which probably tells you why i want one so much. "

What interests me is that folks complain about them being expensive and hard to maintain.

Absolutely not so. Ghias are no more expensive to repair or maintain than any of the air-cooled Volkswagens. Actually, they're about the easiest of all the air-cooled Volksies, as the engine compartment has more room to get around in than the Beetle, bus, Type III, or Type IV.

They do require a little more maintenance, as valves need to be adjusted every 6k to 10k miles, and the oil must be changed religiously at every 2k to 3k miles, as the engine doesn't have a true oil filter (an easily rectifiable issue).

Out of all cars on the face of this earth, the air-cooled VWs have a huge place in my heart (moreso than damn near anything else except diesels or Datsuns). No man is gay for driving a KG, unless it's a convertible and painted pink.

9/7/2006 8:04:44 PM

My mom had one way back when. A pickup ran a red light and when they collided it basically stripped the roof off the Karmann. That orange one has been around for at least a year.

9/7/2006 8:05:07 PM

my ex wanted one after she saw uma driving one in kill bill II

9/7/2006 8:10:42 PM

i'd worry about your crotch instead

cute car though

9/7/2006 8:20:18 PM

i would love to build one on day, but its getting harder (& more expensive) to find examples that haven't rusted to shit

9/7/2006 11:20:21 PM

i would love to have one
the Karmann Ghia has always been one of my dream cars
along with early 70s Chevelle

9/8/2006 8:52:10 AM

my bro had a 70 chevelle with the ss package and the 454

that thing hauled ass

too bad it got about 6 miles to the gallon

9/8/2006 8:53:48 AM

b/c you know, you get a care like that for the fuel economy...


i wouldn't mind a VW KG

9/8/2006 9:12:36 AM

[Edited on September 8, 2006 at 9:13 AM. Reason : fuck]

9/8/2006 9:13:46 AM

The orange one on campus is Dr. Hodgson's - IE prof. He restored it over a number of years...

9/8/2006 11:17:06 AM

I've seen the Orange KG parked over there, off and on, for at least 3 years.

I would never have one, but they are definately interesting to look at.

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9/8/2006 11:31:35 AM

i'd like to own one, but i'd rathre have a notchback

9/8/2006 11:37:13 AM

i used to have a '72 typeIII squareback. it was awesome. we fully restored the interior and had all the body work done and primere'd when we had to move and sell it.

I'll forever be

9/8/2006 11:44:43 AM

im going to own an aircooled VW in the near future. how near I dont know, but it will happen. if its a beetle it might get a 5 speed conversion, although i am really thinking of a ghia or a type ii... that will be needing a powerglide.

9/8/2006 9:28:50 PM

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"bottombaby TheEricaBeast 4109 Posts user info edit post I dated a guy back in high school who had one that he restored. It was beautiful. "

and now you are a lesbian right? whats the moral of this story.

9/8/2006 9:29:42 PM

I'd rather have a trabant.

9/8/2006 9:45:23 PM

I've always wanted one since I saw So I married an axe murderer

9/9/2006 11:47:56 AM

^^rode in one. they are featherless.

9/9/2006 1:30:01 PM

fastback + turbo flat 4 would be fun

9/9/2006 3:05:34 PM

what does featherless mean

9/9/2006 9:16:48 PM

back in my day at ncsu one of my bro's IE professors has one... don't know if it was orange.

9/9/2006 9:16:54 PM

For some reason I thought the pair that used to park by Daniels belonged to the Ozturks (ECE profs). I don't know where I got that idea though.

Wasn't there a light blue one parked there fairly often too?

9/11/2006 1:08:59 AM

I think Dr. Borden in the CE dept. has several, and drives them to campus. They are all restored.

9/11/2006 7:35:33 AM

An old roommate of mine had one. They're cool little cars. A bit tight if you're 6'2" though.

I've always wanted to restore a Thing sometime.

9/11/2006 6:54:10 PM

i've always loved karmann ghia's.... but i'm 6' 4 and like ^ said, it wouldn't work.

for another movie reference, the guy in love potion #9 drove a dark green one.

9/11/2006 8:24:10 PM

^^You'd love this one:



That would be me in the middle, my old roommate from 1993-1994 on the left, and the fella that sold him the Thing on the right.

It's damn near perfect condition. Cost him 7500 dolla.

9/11/2006 10:11:40 PM

^damn Dan, you look so much thinner then.

9/11/2006 10:29:15 PM

Sadly, it's because I was about 40 lbs thinner then.

9/12/2006 12:20:52 AM