[Uncle Ike]

If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter, having to wear heavy clothing (and keep a scraper in the car for the INSIDE of the windows) is not a particularly novel experience....

[Free America52]

What a joke.

[353FMG]

Back to the drawing board.

Let’s build a car with a foldable windmill on top.

[lysie]

Been there. Done that. Mine had great traction in snow, though.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I had a Series III Landrover in the early 70s. The heater was totally inadequate but the hoses could be disconnected and run directly into our jackets.

[WestwardHo]

If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle

Or an old VW Bus!! Oh the memories, oh the laughter!
Need ice scraper to clean oatmeal from screen!! LOL!!

[oh8eleven]

having to wear heavy clothing (and keep a scraper in the car for the INSIDE of the windows)
I had a Corvair back in the day - same attributes - and it handled "great" in snow too.
Oh, to be young and foolish again. LOL ...

[Kolokotronis]

I had a ‘65 with a gasoline auxiliary heater located in the trunk just forward of the glove box. The exhaust came out in the front wheel well on the passenger side. It worked OK...but it stunk and we often got dizzy, which we always blamed on the CO...honest!

[wtc911]

Yep, the old Beetle...get snow in the car in December, it’s still there in March.

[CygnusTheSwan]

If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter, having to wear heavy clothing (and keep a scraper in the car for the INSIDE of the windows)

OMG, I thought I was the only one that had to scrape the inside of the windshield while doing 55 down the highway.

Something I'll never forget. Good times, looking back.

[WVKayaker]

If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter...

I drove '72 VW van to Western NY (Lima) in December, 1976. We scraped and couldn't keep up! Got there on a Friday pm, after driving through a just-dumped foot or so, and on Sat PM, had another storm with additional foot or more.

The bus did fine in the snow, but we didn't! I bought a gas heater for it... from VW!

[FrankR]

"If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter, having to wear heavy clothing "

While stationed in Germany in the 60's I had the VW 1500 sedan, the heater was a little better than the VW Bug, but it was still forced air (no fan) and you had to be moving forward to keep warm.

Maybe obama will come up with a new bailout to build little tiny fireplaces and chimneys inside the Volts so the idiots who buy them can keep warm during "climate changes".

What idiocy prevails in the world today...

[cameraeye]

That was my 1962 VW Bug. My very first car at 17 and ohh what memories.....lol

[Georgia Girl 2]

“If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter, having to wear heavy clothing (and keep a scraper in the car for the INSIDE of the windows) is not a particularly novel experience....”

You just brought up a suppressed memory for me. LOL!!

[diverteach]

VW’s are actually pretty easy to heat.

The old heater boxes on the exhaust manifold were a joke.

Since vw’s lack a water system the engine still has hot oil to circulate.

Bolt on an external oil filter and route one of the lines to a regular heater core with a blower behind it and it works like any other car heater.

[Little Pig]

In all fairness to the Beetle, I had a 74, and once I had new heaterboxes and new primary hoses from the box to the heating ducts, I actually had decent heat coming from the duct openings under the back seat. Once in a while, I could get it from the ducts on the floor, and the defrost worked pretty reliably. Now, the spare-tire-powered windshield washer on the other hand...

[moovova]

Owned a ‘67 Beetle, ‘73 Beetle and a ‘71 VW bus...loved them all...but not for their interior climate conditioning!

The ‘71 Bus actually had a cracked heat exchanger, so I wound up taping off the heat vents so I wouldn’t die!

I’d still take ANY of those vehicles over the Volt.

[RoadKingSE]

If you’ve ever driven on old VW Beetle in the winter,

Hey, if the floor vents were wide open you could at least toast your feet and any stale french fries left under from your last trip to Wendy's McBurgerKing.

[Joe 6-pack]

I had a '66 MGB with all the options including the AM radio, ashtray and heater. In a cold Kansas winter it was all the heater could do to keep the lower half of the windshield defrosted. Most MG enthusiasts in colder climes keep a blanket in the car...for very good reason.

[Wings-n-Wind]

The American auto industry feel the need to re-invent the wheel....

Every 50-60 years or soo....

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[Rappini]

I remember those days I also remember when I put it under a Semi and it left a mark.