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Subject: Re: advice wanted on car purchase
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 09:29:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 09:29:00 1985
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Larry:

My experiences with the old squarebacks are quite favorable, several friends of
mine have owned them. They enjoy a reputation of being very sturdy cars.
Seemingly able to take any amount of abuse (and did we ever try), they run for
ever. They also are relatively simple engines. 

Two caveats: the automatic transmissions are not as desireable as the manuals,
being much more complex pieces of machinery. 
Also, it IS a 1972, which makes it quite old, and even more likely to need the
favorite VW treatment- the rebuilt engine. But therein lies a problem- parts
availability for such an old car.

If it looks like it is working good now, $200 does seem like as good a price as
any for a used car.

One of my friends in Germany had one with ca. 130,000 miles on it, and it was
still able to go up to 100mph. Of course, the nose would get light at that
speed and the car had an amazing front end drift then. But, will you really be
driving 100 with it very much?

Bernard H .Schwab
Siemens RTL, Princeton NJ