Last of the air-cooled tech's

Post by **Custom VW** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 11:38 am

OK

Air-cooled is slow, smelly, dirty, and old.
Air-cooled is also the best for off-road, and for a bit of wow while your driving. They are classic, yet underestimated. very reliable, very easy to maintain, and usually in pretty bad shape when you first get them.

I'm a dying breed, I'm an air-cooled tech. I work on water-cooled because eventually I'll need something to keep me going(and secretly they are way more fun to drive).

Post by **Rennwagen1** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 2:00 pm

I still want an old Cal-style bus. My parents we air cooled drivers, type 1, 2, 3s. I like radiators. Because who doesn't want to blow coolant lines on the freeway?!

Post by **kompressorgolf** » Feb Tue 13, 2007 7:49 pm

yay a aircooled thread!! thanks, should post up some pics of the beetle....

Post by **Rennwagen1** » Apr Mon 30, 2007 8:06 pm

Also for a very eye-opening read on both the Beetle and VW itself, check out and read "Small Wonder" I can't remember the author's name. A good read, sometimes there are a lot of statistics and it gets slow, but pretty neat.

Post by **bigmontana** » Oct Mon 15, 2007 12:17 am

I love them both. I just wish I was more mechanically inclined, I'm mostly mechanically declined at this point.

Post by **Custom VW** » Oct Wed 24, 2007 9:01 am

Just got a Baja (fourth one), and can't wait to destroy it in an ORV park.