1973 Volkswagen Beetle Super Beetle from North America - Comments

"24th Aug 2009, 09:14.

"My family is STILL driving 1970's Dodges, and I strongly disagree with anybody who says they are not good vehicles. Still on the road after +30 years --- what the heck do you want?!?"

How many times have you rebuilt the engines and transmissions? You leave out details. Even if your cars have never had any rebuilds, the fact that you leave out the concept leads me to believe that they have not lasted as long as you say they have."

None. They have original engines and transmissions. I know you don't want to believe it, and want to attack my credibility by stating that I don't give enough details, but this review is not about MY cars. Giving detailed info on our 1970s Dodges in the middle of a VW review would be out of place. You can choose to disbelieve if you like, makes no difference to me.

My daily driver is a 1973 Dodge; my dad still drives his 1975 Dodge; my 1971 Plymouth is still a weekend cruiser though not driven daily. Even the 1970s Dodges that we had in the '80s and '90s went 200,000 miles on the original engines and transmissions (1977 Dodge van, 1976, 1977, 1980 Volare, 1974 Monaco). Where did you get this idea that old American cars need multiple engines and transmissions? I never heard of such a thing, unless maybe a high school kid decided to buy a rebuilt Jeg's engine to build a hotrod. Some people know how to take care of cars, and some don't, I guess. The ones who don't complain about how everything breaks, and the ones that do have years of stress-free, enjoyable driving.