I want a VW Beetle. There I said it...

[JordaanDMC-12]

Hell no, not the new ones...

After never really paying attention to them for pretty much all of my life, even though my moms first car was a 66 VW Beetle she named "Albert" back in 70 and my grandma drove one and my dad had one and actually the one he had was going to be mine until it was stolen, but that's cool cause I got a 300E instead

I watched the crash test video I was like "HA, that car is never seeing my garage" until...... I started watching another video... and then another and a bunch more and saw how kind of cool they are and so simple... The whole reason I got into old Mercedes and old cars for that matter is because of the simplicity and there isn't anything much simpler than a old VW beetle....

My dad really likes them and I think they're pretty cool and fun to drive, so I'm thinking once I get my 220 all taken care of I'm going after a 74 Super Beetle to have and finally have a car that I can learn on and become a DIY'er with... The only problem is one that my dad brought up, overheating. We live in a hot hot place but hopefully will be moving to a cooler area... I don't think it's easy on the "air cooled" engine in 118oF heat. That's the major drawback I see here.. I'm actually really excited for this and think it'll be pretty fun to own...

Anyone have any advice with them? Besides not to crash it lol

Also, I LOVE the engine sound in this video of this beetle, it's at 45 seconds if you don't want to watch the whole video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAbGaqSJZrE&feature=channel_page