Automotive Picture of the Day = March 12, 2009.
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Very fun, charming little cars but after a summer spent sweating my tail off in the garage fixing this and that..and this, and that, I don't have 100% positive owner experience to brag about.
I do think that if you can find one that has always been worked on CORRECTLY, it'd be a fine car. My '74 just wasn't one of those.
I do think that if you can find one that has always been worked on CORRECTLY, it'd be a fine car. My '74 just wasn't one of those.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
Beetles rock. 'Nuff said!
That says it all.
Beetles rock. 'Nuff said!
That says it all.
I used to be a VW fan, had buses from 59-88 and owned one Ghia, worked of a bunch of bugs. Then I acquired an 85 Quantum it was more Audi than VW. Owning three 90-91 Geo Metros I realized that had they been around in the 50's VW would have sold very few cars, here was a car that the heater and defroster worked and the AC worked and got much better gas mileage than the old Veedub.
I drove 6 volt(pre 67) bugs for nearly 20 yrs. Talk about freezing in the dark. I kept on moving good mechanicals into the least rusty bodies I could find. One of my last, a 58, had parts from over a dozen cars. I would love one as a toy, but not as a daily driver. Too Spartan and too maintenance intensive for this day and age.
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