"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Smitty Two wrote:
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"Leon" wrote:

"Swingman" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
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I bought the VW's on their past reputation.

The "Volkswagen", the original design, is what I was talking about.
Not the price point engineered models they started making to woo
and placate the American consumer with the junk they prefer.

Exactly!



The original VW bug was inexpensive to buy, and relatively inexpensive
to repair. That is hardly the same as being reliable.

However since there was so little to it, it tended to be reliable as
well--there just wan't much on it that could break.


Had two of them while living in Ethiopia. Very reliable. If parts were
needed, you could get them there, unlike most cars. Also, being air cooled,
would not boil over and leave you stranded in the desert, a potentially
deadly situation.