You say I'm lying? NOT false in northern Ohio in the late 70's and early '80s in my wife's '72 Beetle. We never had to roll the window down in winter. In fact, they were probably frozen shut most of the time. The defroster was the main pain, actually. If it was cold, our breath would freeze on the windows.
I never owned one of the earlier Bugs but there was a good reason they offered the optional gas heater. The newer ones must have heated better than the old, but our experience in winters in the '72 was still not anywhere near that of modern cars, especially when it got below 20 F, which if does on many winter mornings.
If WAS fun to drive in the ice and snow, though.
A drunk and his wife totalled it one night when if was parked on the street.
WAS fun to drive in the ice and snow, though.
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Nope didn’t mean to imply you were lying. I can understand how below freezing in Ohio can be different than in Texas.
Those little Bugs were great on snow and ice down here! Big heavy cars would just be spinning their wheels trying to go up a slight incline, but I’d just shift gears and move right on up past them. ....Engine in the rear helped. ...My current auto is front wheel drive and will do the same, even though it’s 3600 lbs., as compared to the Beetle.