"Jan" > wrote in message
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> Speedy Jim wrote:
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>> Std Beetles never had a curved screen like the Supers.
>> Std's were built thru '77.
>
> Umm.. much later, all the way to the end I believe (2003) just not
> imported to USA (legally).
>
> I used to do regular maintenance on a 1996 1200 std beetle.
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>> Purists consider the Super an interloper, even a perversion
>> of the original intent.
>> But Super owners like the handling characteristics better.
>
> The Supers, when NEW or suspension properly taken care of and rebuilt,
> handles much much better. They have better steering too.
>
> But as always, lack of maintenance makes things fall apart and the car
> runs like crap. The "super Beetle Shimmies" is one example... the "wobble
> of death" as it is also called. Standards do not suffer from it.
>
>
> Jan

The Toyotas I had from the 70's also had the shimmies, and they also had
McPherson Struts like the Super Beetle. Dr. Porche built better than he
knew.

Charles of Schaumburg