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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Indeed. I've never owned a Beetle or even fancied one, but could see
the appeal. Some 20 odd million buyers can't be all wrong.

Hired em enough in Mexico and S Africa.

dont last.

I've no idea how well those were built.

engines never properly cooled and tend to be of the 50k mile variety as
a result.

Or serviced.

The reason the Beetle was popular in the US in the '50-60s was its
reliability and long life compared to other small cars. Until the Japanese
came along.

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