my beetle and i have driven from bega to batemans bay to canberra and back to bega on a regular basis. as its is my daily driver and with 2 boys playing sport - one of whom has to go to canberra on a regular basis- i clock up up to 1000km per week at times. never missed a beat, gives me 32 mpg. i drive about 90 km/h (55mph on my speedo). yes low back seats were a pain, but i have since replaced them with vw high backs, added a seat cover with a lower back support built in and i am as comfortable as ever! i also have a sports steering wheel which is a softer grip than the hard skinny original and that also helps with the drive. the car is regularly maintained by a local vw mechanic. she is stock standard 1500, so i dont think you will have any problems. if you go via the coast road, yes, the towns are closer and should anything go wrong, you can get help. if it happens, then it happens, but have faith, its a vw!
ps, if you happen to be passing thru bega, drop in and see ernie, he's a top mechanic!
enjoy the journey 🙂
ned
ned Slammed & Awesome Dubber
78 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·
i plan to live forever.....so far so good.