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Old 08-01-2008, 03:10 AM   #20 (permalink)
Arminius
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Location: Sussex Wisconsin
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Wannabe - '05 Honda Civic LX
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Originally Posted by lovemysan View Post
I drove a 74 super beetle 2 weeks ago. It sucked. It was very well cared for and maintained. But it still sucked. It was slow, loud, handled horrible, hot, stopped lousy, hard to start, smelled like gas, and I found myself sitting in a crumple zone. All of it. Any bad new car is better than an old beetle. There fun for nostalgia though.
Plus it would break 2 dozen modern safety and emission laws if it were produced today.
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