Do's and Don'ts Etiquette - VWLife style.

[@dbroenen]

Everyone likes to get their mitts on the Krust Bus! I like to surprise them by abruptly (but humorously) "don't scratch the paint!" We both get a laugh, but they also seem to become a bit more respectful of the bus. 😉

[@geoffreybent]

Love the Krust Bus…

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Double Nuts! I like that response!

[@dbroenen]

@@geoffreybent Hey, thanks! I do too! As of last Sunday, returning from Bus Fest 19 in Antioch, California, I've put over 10,000 miles on the new engine build in less than 10 weeks! #VWLife #DriveYourBus! #KrustBus 🙂

[@dbroenen]

@@TheBusGuru-kn1dt Loved the video! 🙂👍

[@PeterKreft-si7tn]

Greetings from Hannover Germany, 2 miles from where all VW Buses were built. In Germany we say" Gucken mit den Augen, nicht mit den Fingern - Looking only with the eyes not with the fingers!" Best Wishes Peter (Nickname Frickel)😂

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Frickel! I studied German in middle school, I'm gonna start using that !

[@PeterKreft-si7tn]

Frickeln is a German slang word for bodging. Of course I can more than frickeln. For more than 40 years I am wrenching old cars and maintain my four old Moto Guzzis.

[@crackpotts5347]

LOL! Yessir. Amazing how us oldtimers forget the etiquette as well. (Friendly nudge to Tommie)

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Ol Barry has become a leaner!

[@straightaxledubs]

I had a situation like this with SG. At work I saw someone open my door, looking around the inside of my car. I walked up, trying to be nice but he tried to tell me it was his car and I “lost it” a little bit. I’m cool with people asking to open the car, and although something may not be the prettiest it doesn’t mean that it’s free will! Also I loved the whataburger story!

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

That's crazy somebody just opened SG's door! People are nuckin futs.

[@charleslawrence7194]

I'm the idiot who slides the door open, set up a step and if someone stops to glance and converse, allow them to board. I respect all the other cars and seldom get close enough to touch. Good nuff.

[@i976scirocco3]

Several years back.... I was sitting in a '67 Westy I owned at a car show, you know, ummm , getting out of the wind 😉🤫(Legal Here in Cali now) and heard something hit the side of my Bus forcefully. I got out and a Guy had thrown a football into the side of my van. He thought it would be a good idea to play catch with his kid in between all the vans on display. I didn't handle it calmly pointing out the dent in the side of my van. The guy yelled back at me saying "I shouldn't have brought my van to the show if I didn't want people around it" ! 🙄I said people were fine, but throwing football into the side of my van isn't. I didn't handle it in the best way, I was young and angry. I'm glad he walked off with his kid and it didn't become a brawl in the show. With some heat and massage we got most of that dent out. Between people like that and trailer queen owners building cars that don't even run (yes, I've seen an engine case with no internals) it put me off of shows for a few years.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Footballs and car shows DO NOT go together. I'm glad it didn't escalate any further. I think we are living in a world now full of truly self -absorbed people, who believe they are pretty much free to get away with whatever they wanna.

[@i976scirocco3]

@@TheBusGuru-kn1dt I've never been happy with how I reacted but there's no going back. I didn't know if I should deck him or make him pay for it. My Westy had really nice paint. I'm glad his kid was there because it made me back off.

[@i976scirocco3]

@@TheBusGuru-kn1dt I couldn't agree more. Some people act so entitled.

[@luischavez5572]

I had a pan off restored 56 Chevy Bel Air , Show Quality!!!, $100K investment, I took it to the Glendale Calif Sat night car show. Went to watch my friends band play (10 yards away) I turn back and saw a FAMILY OF KIDS SITTING INSIDE TAKING PICTURES ALONG WITH THE DAUGHTER LAYING ON MY HOOD !!!!!! WTF !!!!! There response was !!! YOU BROUGHT IT FOR US TO ENJOY!!!!! Never again BUT I will take my bus to the VW Harvest !!!!

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Luis! Thank you for coming to the Harvest, but that story is crazy!

[@snake_eyes_garage]

That sucks... but not surprising. When my bus broke down on the way to the Harvest Parade, I rolled it into the nearby park and people were leaning against it to get pictures. I need to be more like Brett - he asks for hugs from the pretty ladies in return. 🙂

[@Neverfast]

I have a ‘patina’ bus. Which makes it very ‘touchable’ wherever it’s parked (it’s worse at car events if you can believe that.) I had to stop worrying about it, because people will keep on peopleing. But if i see it happen, i’ll joke about it to them. If they still do it, we’re going to have issues.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

I get pretty much the same with Jerry the Bus. Because the paint is well, sorta there, folks just figure what can it hurt.

[@jeridmark8082]

So great to see Ziggy again. It's been a while. More Ziggy please.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Ol Ziggy making the rounds!

[@johnnewcomb1128]

Haven't seen the extremes, though the demos are funny we want to show off our rides. Peace John

[@snowdogs59]

Like many of you I’m sure, I always park my cars far away from other cars in a parking lot. Whenever I drive my 68 Ghia people invariably park right up next to her no matter how uncrowded the lot may be.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Ghia's are known car magnets!

[@TheJorgSacul]

I've never had anyone mess with my car (when I was there) so I have no stories, but I have seen some "engine checkers" at shows open up unattended cars as if they had some sort of right to do so. I'll usually go over and ask them What kind of engine is that in your car? and they'll take off.

[@VWbusmarketcrash]

Pro-tip: Stand with your hands behind your back. Grab one wrist with the other hand. It keeps you from mindlessly touching and it makes the owner trust you more. I am guilty of opening engine lids to take a peek. As I’ve grown a little older I’ve developed enough patience to wait and ask the owner. “When are you going to paint it? Are you going to paint it? Hey you should paint it (insert stupid color here)!” I hate that question. No sorry I don’t have 2-3 grand to blow on a paint job and I’m not taking it down to Mexico.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

I do that exact thing, walk with my hands clasped behind my back, especially at hot rod shows, Lone Star Round Up and the Lonely Star show.

[@karlkelley8353]

Gary, great video. I work on motorcycles out of my garage, my wanna be manx buggy always seems to get leaned on 🤬 by customers!

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Its an epidemic of leaners!!!

[@snake_eyes_garage]

I've told y'all the story before. My wife is a 'toucher'. She did that once to a Duisenberg and the old man must have gotten harder than he had in years as she caressed his car's paint. (Schwing!) She was the only one at the show to be invited to sit in the driver's seat of that million dollar car. 🙂

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

This is a great story!!!

[@spencermorrow2899]

That’s the main reason why I don’t go to any car shows

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

I get it Spencer. Probably why Kennedy the Beetle just sits in the garage. I'm too worried about it.

[@dhetzner68]

So in short…. If you don’t have a car in the show. 1) Be sure to bring your dog 2) Be sure to allow your children to bring their bicycles ( better to ride back and forth through the cars then walking) 3) Always wear your chain drive wallet 😂

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

So these guys apparently get around to ALL the shows!

[@michelleblackwell3440]

I think your hula girl has definitely seen better days 😂

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Suzy is a Headbanger has been a ride or die with Jerry the Bus for at least 17 years. She has seen it all!

[@JakeTaylor1646]

Jake what's wrong with you lol😅

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Ain't no wayyy....ain't no way that you came from my loins.

[@iraforleiter7954]

I was at Woodstock and I don't remember seeing that bus there 😂

[@tylerdoyle984]

Even though this can be considered an over exaggerated skit, I have seen almost all of these scenarios at multiple shows. Where did common sense go?

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Common Sense left the building when Elvis left I reckon.

[@jeffbannon1345]

I am not sure if it’s pathetic or sad that we need to tell people how to behave because they have poor etiquette or they don’t teach their kids how to treat other people’s stuff. What happened to manners and common sense?😂

[@i976scirocco3]

It's sadly pathetic ! Lets be honest. You can't blame the kids, it's the parents fault ! A lot of people don't respect their stuff so they sure as hell won't respect yours! Let's change it to un-common sense, lol.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

I think it is both, truly sad and truly pathetic. Pathetic being a perfect descriptor of where common sense has exited stage left for most folks.

[@garryturner440]

Ps, good fun video guys !

[@calebtennison9353]

Preach 🙌🏻

[@dustyoldhat3543]

People touching/leaning on your ride-get a trunk monkey, problem solved.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

I am not sure if I should Google, 'trunk monkey"!!!

[@hanknipper3921]

Don’t mess with ride! Right Little Dude?

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Heck yeah Big Dude, even if it's a 'vette'! A Che-Vette!

[@4eyefoxbodyfanclub625]

I can't wait till the VW Harvest show, Ima gonna get all inside all yall scheiße ! 🤠👍

[@jimstewart6145]

nice job.

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Thank you Jim!

[@garryturner440]

I can Imagine you guys going off on one when one of those scenarios happens, lol

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

The good news is, I hope, is by doing this video we can be calm, cool and collected...hopefull!

[@OhhState]

Cannot tell you how many times I've had to watch a child climb up on my bug to get a look inside at car shows. One child was wearing jeans with a metal button and it heard it hit my paint. Parents did nothing. Parents, if your kids to not have manners, leave them at home or put them on a leash in settings they can cause damage. Thanks.

[@aeronthomas7533]

Rain in Texas? Is that a thing? 😉

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Funny thing, that was the last rain we have seen....if we had only known we would have just filmed it raining so we could remember what it looks like.

[@hded06]

Off the subject here. My company is moving to Frisco Texas. How is it out there? I never been to Texas. Lmk ty

[@TheBusGuru-kn1dt]

Frisco is up north by Dallas. They have a pretty good scene up there. Home of Dubsplash show in the Spring. You are about 200 miles for the Harvest now!

[@hded06]

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[@hded06]

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