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Offline J5H VW

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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #10 on: 27 August 2008, 13:14 »
Will try and take one out for a spin and see what she thinks.

Surely the blowing of the engine has nothign to do with the fact it was in a beetle....could happen in any VW, right?
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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #11 on: 27 August 2008, 18:27 »
Perfect "hairdresser's car" - style over substance...  :sick:
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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #12 on: 27 August 2008, 21:04 »
Its a decent girls car. I think even the 1.8T version was crippled compared to the Mk4 golf (i.e. less than 150bhp) IIRC, so i wouldn't even bother trying to buy a fast one. We looked at getting one for my missus but they seem to depreciate very well (even better than a golf) and we couldn't afford one with low enough miles.

I hate diesels as a rule, so I won't comment on that bit.
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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #13 on: 27 August 2008, 22:27 »
Doesn't the diesel v petrol on fuel economy depend on what kind of driving you do anyway?
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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #14 on: 27 August 2008, 22:43 »
The 1.8T beetle is also 150bhp from what I can find on specs.

The diesel fuel economy against the petrol fuel economy is obviously going to depend on how its driven, but the petrol is going to have to be driven very carfully to compete with the diesel.  And if you drive both pretty briskly, the diesel is still going to be better anyway. 

I know what you mean about the depreciation, finding a decent low miler within price budget is a mission!
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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #15 on: 30 August 2008, 12:10 »
Quote from: J5H VW on 27 August 2008, 13:14
Will try and take one out for a spin and see what she thinks.

Surely the blowing of the engine has nothign to do with the fact it was in a beetle....could happen in any VW, right?

thats right. i dont think any vw is prone to loss of oil pressure. it went back to vw and was replaced under warranty
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Offline kniterider

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Re: Beetle (new beetle, not the old skool one)
« Reply #16 on: 30 August 2008, 20:23 »
test drove a few last year, a tdi, a 1.6 and a 1.8t for the mrs as her new company car..... none of em did anything for me even though they were a vw, in the end she fell for a mini cooper.... which im not keen on the image but for the size of the car and engine it flys and is shat hot on juice... still think beetles look cooler though if the handling and nippyness was up the cooper standard she'd have had it... but i guess thats what happens when shes been spoilt driving tricked up vw's... lol a standard beetle aint gonna do it.. lol



still good cars though, i found the tdi better than the 1.6 from driving, and we drove a 1.8t too and tbh it didnt do much more than the other two, and it was only a demo with less than 1k on the clock

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