VW Thing test drive

Original, unrestored Volkswagen Type 181 Thing goes for drive after 20+ years in storage.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• vw
• type
• 181
• thing

[ford9572]

@llegalize420 Just how "Fuckin' Fast As Shit" IS your Thing anyway? Can it top out at 190-260 mph? Can it blow the fuckin' doors off a '67 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500 with a twin 4 barrel 428 Interceptor Big Block V8 from a dead stop? Can it leave cars like Ferrari Testarossas, Porsche 928s & Lamborghini Countachs in its wake? Probably not.

[fungie101]

@ford9572 This car had around 62 horsepower. It is an offroading car...when you go from 62 horsepower to a hundred and fifty or so than the car will be pretty stinking fast, no it won't be supercar fast and it won't be anywhere near it, but the car will still be fast. You're an idiot that talks shit on Euro and Import videos now gtfo

[Mraajdar]

looks very fun

[fungie101]

it was but we sold it :(

[rsslvscff]

I love German innovation!

[trebdude1]

Very cool. Enjoy it but don't wreck it! Those are too rare! Love the flat 4 sound! (got two bugs, a '73 and '74 and the '74 is the same color as your 181!)

[ford9572]

@Jesslemfrancis Well, Has it ever occurred to you to look on the Internet or in Auto Trader or Hemmings Motor News, You could do a Google Search, Just type in "VW Things For Sale" and see what comes up.

[jessiemfrancis]

anyone know where you can get one of these nowadays?

[llegallize420]

i have one my grandpa built the engine in it now its fuckin fast as shit love driving it

[sornbergerfarms]

i guess its a sun shower

[rangarthorvin]

My dad had one just like that!!!

[quincee33]

@MisterMortombachman now that's a good idea! it would be cool if they threw in AWD too! i could see myself going snowboarding in one of those.

[ensamy]

One of my favorites.

[ensamy]

This is one of my favorites for a VW THING, maybe cause its one of the first VW THING video's I founds on the internet.