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I've been finding myself cruising air-cooled VW bug advertisements lately. My daughter turns 16 in a year and the plan was to give her my 2007 VW GTI (a great car BTW) in which case I would need a new one for myself. Where "new" means used and not super expensive, but nonetheless interesting.Before I was married I had a 1987 Alfa Romeo Graduate. Now *that* was a great car. I had to sell it once the first kid was in the oven. I still dream about that car, and could try to find another one on Flea-bay. But they are relatively hard to come by (increasingly expensive) and its hard to find people willing to service. I've thought a bit about a used Mazda Miata/MX-5 as an Alfa-like substitute; they are available, serviceable, etc. But the VW bugs are really intriguing to me. I like that you can still get new engines from various custom engine builders, and I like the air-cooled simplicity. I think! I am saying all of this never actually having sat in an old VW bug.Anyway, I imagine that the old-Guzzi crowd must have some VW bug enthusiasts too. I'd love to hear about your experiences with the things.
i had a friend some years back who owned the alfa 2-seater sporty convertible - graduate. the repair costs were absurdly pricey and he finally just unloaded the thing. its was a fun ride but the alfa parts prices are a burden. as these things age out they will start needing more and more of those costy alfa parts. i would be reluctant to recommend an old alfa to anyone who: A) wasn't a devoted fan and B) didn't have deep pockets. When j.p. morgan was asked how much it cost him to run his yacht he responded "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."in my younger days i spent my time with MG's and triumphs - mgtd, mga, tr3. they were all quirky in their way and if i had the dosh i would love to have a solid TR3 again.If you want to spent time wrenching there are few things more basic than an old air-cooled vw engine. get a copy of the john muir idiots manual and dig in.
I had and always thought that the 53hp 1967 bug was the pinnacle of the old school bugs before they went high tech.Patrick HayesFremont CA(back when it had a dirt oval and the West Coast BEST drag strip. Now a mall.)
Had a fuel injected 1979 VW Rabbit, silver with a sunroof, 4 speed. Great driving car. Handled great, got 25 mpg, ran on regular gas. Used a quart of oil every 600 miles and improved a little with new valve seals and ate plugs very 5k miles (Champions lasted half again longer than Bosch). As much as I liked the way it drove, it was my last German car. I've been driving silver (or gray) Accords with sunroofs and sticks ever since.