The joy of VW beetles was that they were easily unrepairable. But you could also coax 35mpg out of them if you knew what you were doing.
frank theriault wrote: > On 7/11/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > >> I remember in 1973 when i was about to buy my first car, it was >> between a $2100 Datsun 1200 or the bug at $1950 >> > > I think you made the right decision. > > By the early 70's the Beetle was a pretty antiquated design and > (despite it's small size and lack of power) not that economical. > > I recall those Datsuns as pretty zippy, frugal little things... > > cheers, > frank > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

