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It's not the old New Beetle, it's a new New Beetle. The warranty might outlast is probably a few years.
The rolling car show was nice, but they could have sprung for the convertible. 
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01-21-2022, 02:49 PM
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Knew it was a new beetle. Can't imagine Xist owning an aircooled, required maintenance would be a whole new forum on it's own. Green light on? from The compleat idiots guide.
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01-21-2022, 05:32 PM
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When Rich's German Motorwerks was still extant, the mechanic's disliked working under the New Beetle dash compared to the Golf. Never knew the details, never cared -- the Golf has a lower Cd.
I think the only do-or-die maintenance on a Type 131 was valve adjustment and the points and plugs. The Pertronix Ignitor solved the latter. I tried hydraulic lifters on one build but they rattled while they were cold on startup.
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01-21-2022, 11:25 PM
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Bad edit. It's a 2:44 video. The links seem to work, linking to 0:51 and 0:56.
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The blue coupé-utility is a Saveiro. The black coupé is a Chevrolet Opala.
Look at this Opala I spotted some years ago.
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01-22-2022, 09:43 AM
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Don't forget brake pad adjustments, greasing, and if you follow the owners manual, washing and waxing monthly to keep the drains clean, topping up the washer bottle and spare is a goodie because it will puke on you if you don't use their procedure
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01-22-2022, 11:49 AM
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There is a New New Beetle? Does Wikipedia know? It just told me they stopped production in 2003 and I felt surprised they would give someone a car that old.
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01-22-2022, 01:34 PM
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01-23-2022, 05:54 PM
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How about this paintjob?
Found on Imgur:
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01-23-2022, 07:14 PM
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I wouldn't like the wheels on anything else.
I don't have a working camera, but yesterday I saw a nicely stanced red late model [prolly Standard] Beetle with a license plate that said KDF and a 3-digit number. I wondered if they knew how awesome that is.
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01-24-2022, 09:44 AM
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Are the green hubs an old 5 wide lug adapter?
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