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>>29095437Beetles were so utilitarian were the fuck did they go wrong.
>>29095454I don’t have first hand experience, but I think the mk1 and mk1 Golfs were close to the original utilitarian formula.
>>29095433>not a lesbian
>>29095454Short answer was that more and more traditionally luxury features were coming into cars which were traditionally in the economy price-range, which made an extremely-cut down, no-frills model like the Beetle less of a sell. Cars were also beginning to increase in size from the 2010's onward (which blossomed into the current autobesity SUV craze) and consumers didn't really want a small car. Advances in engine technology and the proliferation of hybrids made it so a car's size or engine displacement increasingly had less to do with how fuel-efficient it was (A hybrid Lincoln Nautilus, which is a 2-row full-size SUV, can get 30 MPG, easily) which also kneecaps one of the selling points of a small car. Finally, the beetle just kind of always sucked to drive and only had sheer utilitarianism and the ubiquity of replacement parts. Which was counterbalanced by the fact that they were not reliable cars.
>>29095474What would it take to make an old Beetle reliable?
>>29095480Nta but now a days beetles mechanically can be bullet proof bu the problem is the foundation of the car, do you really want to go on the highway with an old beetle ? >fuckin semi trucks flying sending gusts of winds to blow you over.
>>29095482If you weren't 95 pounds, your car wouldn't blow over.
>>29095454>beetle becomes cool through will to power of its original autistic appreciators>buncha fags and women want one now>dont want basic car though need ac and power windows and surround sound and heated leather seats
>>29095483if you weren't 95 pounds you wouldn't fit into a beetle
>>29095556im 400 pounds and i can get into a morris minor
>>29095667this nonce gets into minors
>>29095672u jelly
>>29095482I don't drive on the highway
>>29095474This.It turns out that sheet metal is a rather cheap component of a car - so making a car small doesn't save much cost.Everyone bitches about cars being expensive, but no one would buy a 50hp box on wheels without even AC.
>>29095677The car is still unsafe if you get t boned or rear ended it has no air bags.
>>29095897airbags are overrated, 3 point belts are where it's at
>>29095901>no anon cant you see im going to strap my self even tighter to small 12 foot long car made out if pure metal that is 3 inches thick.If the car gets destroyed by a diesel truck driver or suv stacy mother ramming i want to become a paraplegic
>>29095480 4 wheel Disc brakes, Dual circuit braking system, a more robust electrical system, improved shift linkage components.A proper oil filtration system for the engine and larger oil cooler would also help.The biggest issues with the Beetle though was less the car and more the people driving them.Just because a car is "simple" does not mean "No Maintenance Required".
>>29096075>Just because a car is "simple" does not mean "No Maintenance Required".>its a toyota its reliable why do i need to change the oil is the oil broken?
>>29096069Lmao rwb in a nutshell
>>29096069>that last smack and cut
These threads are never funny
>>29096394So post something funny. Complaining sure isn't helping.
Here, I'll start
postin the classics
