We had a 73 Super Beetle that we were very disappointed with. We called it the "wonder bug" because we were always wondering what would go wrong with it next!
I was especially disappointed in the mileage. We could not get more than 22 mpg with that bug. The Plymouth Duster I also had would get 22, and it had a decent heater. Apparently the guy who "rebuilt" the VW engine didn"t know what he was doing, as one of the clips that are supposed to hold the piston pin in place came loose and the pin quickly rubbed a 1/4" groove in that cylinder wall. My wife didn"t have sense enough to realize there was a problem until she told me that it wouldn"t run right and was burning a bunch of oil. We ended up having to buy a professionally rebuilt engine. That one wouldn"t get better than 22mpg either. I think we replaced the clutch cable 3 or 4 times, and I got pretty good at driving the car by shifting without the clutch.
We did like how well the VW got around in the Winter, but the poor excuse for a heater was hard to live with sometimes.
When I was growing up, my family had a bug for a while, about a 1960 model. My Dad really liked it and claimed that it got nearly 40mpg. Unfortunately after a couple of years, my Dad hit a large whitetail buck with the bug at speed, and after that the doors would no longer fully close.
I think the VW bug was an interesting, very significant car for its time. But I also think that time was a long time ago, and like the Ford Model T, an aircooled bug is not very practical for today.
My Wonder Bug was one of the very few cars I ever got rid of that I didn"t miss soon after...good riddance for a car that possibly cost me more per mile than any other car I ever owned.
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