On Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:00:02 UTC+13, John wrote:
> Your,re right with BME cars increasing debt. ie namely mine!!. Snapped
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> axles, collapsing diffs, rust, 1st gear/diff ratio so low it was really a 3
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> speed box.
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> Bodies basically a good design but mechanicals - ugh.
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> Don,t ever recall seeing that "base" beetle as you described over here.
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> Likewise early 70,s on beetle sales fell off.
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> John
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Haha - sounds like a great car!

My neighbour has 2 Austin Healey 3000's, and MG convertible and a Rover RV8. They are all immaculate, and he makes jokes all the time about them being old piles of English crap :-)

My Beetle also developed a fuel leak from the hard line in the engine bay - replace with 350 PSI hose now :-D Maybe it's cursed or something!