"Roger Chapman" wrote in message
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On 26/07/2011 09:08, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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Absolute nonsense. Whatever it was that attracted Beetle buyers handling
wasn't part of it.

It was cheap? Most of the friends I know who had this little car bought it
for being cheap. They were mainly teen and twenties boys ( usually
students). The car was noisy, uncomfortable ( and that was just as a
passenger in the seats, nothing else) and it was horrid to drive.
Reliable? Most of them sat on drives or lanes most weekends being "fixed" by
their owners. because they had something or other wrong. Thats what I
remember.
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Roger Chapman