I have a problem with it being called a beetle. Having owned 3 in my life (and would buy another if they still made them) I take objection to them calling a completely different model the same name. Can you Imagine them sticking a Vanagon name on a Dodge minivan and selling you one? Bill Hayeslip 88 GL Pgh., Pa
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:25:27 -0600 Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> writes: > I can't believe what I have been reading here, on folks bum rapping > the > new beetle. > It is an improved model of the most popular vehicle ever built, and > no > one has anything good to say about it? > It's faster > It's safer > It's bigger, > It's got heat > It's got A/C > And it is fun to drive. > Who said you couldn't take a trip in it, without being butt naked? > You couldn't take much with you in the original Bugs either! ( Had a > 69 > sedan, and a 73 Super Beetle rag top.) > In this new world of the "smaller, the better", I feel that the new > Bug > is a good value, and a neat, decent handling vehicle. > > Thanks, Ferdinand > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > Terry 85 GL |
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