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I loved this beetle owned by a musician that played at my local farmer’s market yesterday
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I'm 6'4", the one time I rode in one, I felt like the windshield was two inches from my face.
The fifteen-minute engine change was a nice selling feature, though.
World record engine change, one minute, four seconds:
https://youtu.be/gKF6dcKjLJo?t=117
I’m 6’3” and fit no problem. Lots of headroom too, but yeah the windshield and dash are closer than modern cars in these things.
The plus side is that it’s easier to scrape the inside of the windshield in the winter, since the defroster doesn’t start working until you’re moving pretty fast.
Took me a little more than fifteen minutes when I had to do one years ago after an engine seize. But I did it myself slowly with a few jacks.
I developed a love/hate relationship with them after four different ones. Three of them were auto stick shift. Such a fascinating concept, if you could keep it maintained.
https://youtu.be/BQhfcdQf1QA
Plus, you can change the belt on one while it's running.
Yeah that’s one of the things I love about the old beetles, is the ease of repairs. I love a simple design.
I also love the simplicity of older cars but also recognize that while newer cars are more complicated, you also don't need to regularly pull the engines out because it needs its 30k mile rebuild.