The main problems I've had with it (and there were a few) are electrical. It handles very well - I think it's fun to drive. I've also been in two traffic accidents with it and the other cars had much worse damage than mine. I'll admit (Massachusetts driving story) that both times it was my fault - I was stopped at a stoplight and everyone knows that in Massachusetts that can be fatal. In one of the accidents I was hit from behind and then I hit the car in front of me. I had some pretty bad scratches on my back bumper and a headlight popped out (which I popped back in) but the car in the back lost its bumper and the hood was crumpled. So - it's a sturdy beast.
Gas mileage could be better - it's only ~ 27 mpg. In general I'm happy with it. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Sean Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Otherwise - a nice car. > > The new Beetle? A nice car?! While it looks great - an excellent > offspring of an illustrious parent - inside and out, I've heard awful > horror stories about maintenance woes and frequent breakdowns. > > Thaths > -- > "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping > its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think > it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson > >
