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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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Re: New, new Beetle for 2013: convertible and TDI!

It's a real gem of a little car, though, especially for old farts with nostalgia for the original Beetle, and especially in a convertible version. $32K is not the starting price, though, and that's US pricing anyway. The base models are around low- to mid-20's, but the convertible in Canada will start at CAD $28,775. Unfortunately it goes up fast when you add the TDI engine and a few other options.

Not too fond of the silly racing-style gauges sticking up out of the dash. I assume that's some greaser option that most people wouldn't get.

J E F F4
Whatta Ya Think About Dat?
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Kitchener, ON

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I like that greaser option, and would likely make me take the bait! LOL.
TDI would be one of the better options....

FaxCap
join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC

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said by Wolfie00:

It's a real gem of a little car, though, especially for old farts with nostalgia for the original Beetle

I had a '63 Beetle with a 1600cc/twin carbs...extractor...the original
canvas sunroof...wheel adapters with mags and big boots. Fun car.

Then when I started looking for a new one I came across an
absolutely MINT '67. This was about 1976-77. It was an old school
teacher....had 14,000 miles on it. I usually did all my own work on my
Beetles but I had a bit of trouble with the shift linkage on the '67.
I took it to a guy close to home who had a very good name in the
VW repair business.....Austrian guy. After looking at the car he
asked me if I had ever done any electrical work on it. I said yes
installed the stereo. He asked me if I had come across anything
unusual. Yes, I said...there are two missing fuse position in the
fuse box. He told me I had a "commemorative" Beetle. He pointed
out all the extra chrome and told me it was one of the 1st 1,000
12 volt Beetles. It was really a 1966 with a 12 volt system added.
Man oh man that was a sweet car. I ended up selling it to a kid at
work who eventually sold it to another kid at work.

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