Faults:

I had the original transmission replaced at a whopping cost of $200.00.

General Comments:

I was born in 1963, and have grown up around Volkswagens. I always wanted a late 60's Beetle. So this year I finally found a nice one.

I've driven everything from muscle cars to a M30 Infiniti. Yet nothing compares to driving this little bug.

No power steering, brakes, or air conditioning. However driving this car gets one back to the real meaning of man and machine. The car makes you pay attention to it. Its engine noise. Its handling. Makes you enjoy every minute driving it.

It seems everybody at one time or another has owned a VW Beetle. So, be prepared to talk to a lot of people. And make a lot of new friends. Because there are a lot of these little cars still on the road.

Faults:

Over the past 32 years that my family has owned this car, almost everything has needed upkeep or replacement, including:

Generator.

Brakes.

Shocks/suspension.

Clutch.

Steering mechanism.

Interior (seats, flooring and roof).

Exterior (paint, bumpers).

Oil lines.

General Comments:

With regular maintenance, this is a great little car. It's carried various members of my family over 400,000 miles in its lifetime.

This car can be very expensive to fix, unless you can do it yourself. Good replacement parts are definitely hard to come by, unless you live in a major center.