Curtain to Fall on (original) VW Beetle, Icon of Flower Power - production ends this summer

Reuters.com ^ | 6/6/03

[Osage Orange]

Nice...restore.

FRegards,

[Newton]

The car shows are so much fun....! You should take Tweetie once you go to one your hooked! :-)

Well, I can't take credit for Velma's "makeover"...we took her to a place in Ardmore, OK - Earl Mann's Bug Shop
They do incredible work...they can take an old VW that's been sitting in a field and make it a beautiful daily driver!...The engine is a brand new one from VW Mexico...the original engine was fuel injected but very problematic. She runs like a dream!

[bert]

Etched in my memory is a VW race that occurred on an 11 mile straight stretch of two lane road in Wyoming. There were 5 of us in a row. Pedal to the metal, flat out. Three had smaller engines and were passed. The #4 car and I ran side by side for miles. He gradually and I mean gradually passed and eventually swung in front. I had my wife and most of our world posessions and thus a weight disadvantage.

It was a great day to be driving a VW and a wonderful place to run flat out for miles and miles with no other traffic at all.

I bought the VW new, my first, for $1,800, drove it 5 years, sold it in Manila to a priest for $1,200 in cash, very small bills and a tremendous wad of cash.

It was a sad day, but the car was not worth bringing back to the States.Ah to be 25 and own a Red Beetle.

[EricT.]

No, however at least 20% were Ford Tauruses, the other 80% were all other makes and models. He used to get 3 or 4 a week. I am not putting down all Ford models, but the Taurus in particular seemed to have a lot of problems. BTW, I drive a 2002 Ford Ranger at work. I have had very little trouble with it so far. It has 40K miles.

[BSunday]

I think my extreme loyalty to Ford rests in two things - one, the incredibly crappy non Ford makes I have owned in my life (Fiat coupe, Chevy Vega) and two, my incredible luck in picking just the right Fords - I have heard many people complain about how crappy their Tempo's were, but my Tempo has been the most reliable car I ever owned.

[SGCOS]

...Volkswagen, or people's car,

Learn somethin' every day....