"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
11/04/2017 at 00:01 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
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My 911 continues to give me little issues here and there, so I’ve been driving my Beetle a fair bit.
For those who need a refresher, I bought a 2012 turbo beetle with 55,000 miles, a CPO warranty and got good financing and really reasonable payments. It’s got a 2.0T engine and a 6 speed manual but a soft suspension and 15 cubic feet behind the seats.
What I don’t like:
- Every person driving a muscle car, big ass truck or insecure in themeselves will refuse to move over or will speed up as I pass, or just generally treat me like I’m driving a cute euro hatchback in Gods country, which is true but just let me beeeee.
- the seats aren’t bad but I haven’t found a great seating position yet
- big heavy 18" wheels.
What the jury is still out on:
- suspension v. ride height v. comfort v. stannnccceee. It’s just too soft, I like not having to worry about bumps and so forth with the ride height but this car looks a lot better lowered to GTI/GLI height as opposed to its stock 5.5", and I think it would drive a lot better.
- I drive it in some stop and go traffic, and I’ll admit, at times I think “I should of got the DSG.”
- the looks, I think lowering it and some different wheels would help the car feel more “mine.”
What I like
- engine and transmission. It’s good.
- cabin is reasonably roomy. My daughter sits behind me just fine. My wife at 6'2" has all sorts of room above her head
- it’s a “base” model of the turbo but it’s got heated seats and Bluetooth phone. So fanceh
- I’ve been getting better gas mileage around town and commuting. Today’s snowy commute was like a consistent 40-50mph home and I got about 31mpg. With my foot in it, it can burn through gas though.
Too dark for car pictures, so you get a cat picture instead!
Steve in Manhattan
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
11/04/2017 at 00:54 |
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Don’t own a car, so you get a cat photo as well ...
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
11/04/2017 at 07:23 |
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sell the Porsche and buy a VW passat.