shiroininja@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoI loved this beetle owned by a musician that played at my local farmer’s market yesterdaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageI loved this beetle owned by a musician that played at my local farmer’s market yesterdaylemmy.worldshiroininja@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 7 hours agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI’m 6’4", the one time I rode in one, I felt like the windshield was two inches from my face. The fifteen-minute engine change was a nice selling feature, though. World record engine change, one minute, four seconds: https://youtu.be/gKF6dcKjLJo?t=117
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agohttps://youtu.be/BQhfcdQf1QA Plus, you can change the belt on one while it’s running.
minus-squareshiroininja@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoYeah that’s one of the things I love about the old beetles, is the ease of repairs. I love a simple design.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoI also love the simplicity of older cars but also recognize that while newer cars are more complicated, you also don’t need to regularly pull the engines out because it needs its 30k mile rebuild.
I’m 6’4", the one time I rode in one, I felt like the windshield was two inches from my face.
The fifteen-minute engine change was a nice selling feature, though.
World record engine change, one minute, four seconds:
https://youtu.be/gKF6dcKjLJo?t=117
https://youtu.be/BQhfcdQf1QA
Plus, you can change the belt on one while it’s running.
Yeah that’s one of the things I love about the old beetles, is the ease of repairs. I love a simple design.
I also love the simplicity of older cars but also recognize that while newer cars are more complicated, you also don’t need to regularly pull the engines out because it needs its 30k mile rebuild.