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 Isola
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| posted on May 12th, 2013 at 12:49 AM |
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2013 Beetle
I got some pretty positive interest and feedback at the Gold Coast show last weekend, so I thought I'd make a thread for my new bug as I hadn't put
any info up about it yet.
I've had several air cooled Beetles over the years, and am in the middle of restoring a 74 L bug at the moment. I got to the point where I needed a
second car, so that I could take the old bug off the road for a week or so to complete bigger jobs without worrying about how I was going to get to
work. So I looked around and test drove a few cars, and finally settled on the current version of The Beetle.
I see this turning into me now having two cars to work on, as a list of things to do has already populated itself for the new one... whoops... 
As the waiting list for manual was... well... let's just say a really long time. I opted for a base model without any add-on packs. There was a black
one waiting to go to a home, so it became mine.
Here are a couple of pictures for you all.
And here are a couple with my 74
This is one of two other Beetles that I've seen on the road in Brisbane so far. I have seen a plain white one in traffic, and there is one done up
like Herbie that someone sent me a picture of, but it may be a dealer registered car and not actually owned by anyone as I know the custom plate on it
belongs to the dealer.
All I need now is a "New Beetle" (2000s era) to complete the set 
Any questions that you may want answered, please feel free to ask.
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V8falconsrule
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| posted on May 12th, 2013 at 09:19 AM |
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Looks good in black, my wife just took delivery of Daisy a Saturn yellow version. have yet to see one in the wild though
Newbie dubber- where does the coolant go???
Our Dubs-- Edna- '68 beetle
- Boris- '74 L bug
- Number 3- future circuit racer '68 bug
- Daisy- '13 Beetle
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theVman
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| posted on May 12th, 2013 at 10:26 PM |
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Isola
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| posted on May 12th, 2013 at 10:40 PM |
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Lowering is on the list. But not that low. 
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68AutoBug
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| posted on May 13th, 2013 at 12:05 AM |
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Local has a white one..
the dash really looks great with white as every thing not white stands out... or everything white stands out...
looks great..
Take the VW badges off it and have a look at latest Porsche
looks much like one... [to Me anyway]
looks nothing like the new beetle.. now old new beetle.. lol
a very different looking Golf or a porsche looking golf..lol
I haven't seen any on the roads locally, but then again I didn;t see a new beetle on the local highway for many years.
only a few local ones in the past 3 years or so..
nice car...
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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Super1302
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| posted on May 13th, 2013 at 06:42 PM |
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It has great lines, nice ride:-)
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V8falconsrule
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| posted on May 13th, 2013 at 08:47 PM |
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I have been describing the wife's as 'more Porsche looking', coz I honestly
Think it's more sportier and swoopier, much less rounded and flowery, but still undeniably a beetle
Newbie dubber- where does the coolant go???
Our Dubs-- Edna- '68 beetle
- Boris- '74 L bug
- Number 3- future circuit racer '68 bug
- Daisy- '13 Beetle
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Isola
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| posted on May 13th, 2013 at 08:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by V8falconsrule
I have been describing the wife's as 'more Porsche looking', coz I honestly
Think it's more sportier and swoopier, much less rounded and flowery, but still undeniably a beetle
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This.
But only "Beetley" from the side. Front and back are just not Beetle at all (imo), but it looks great from any angle 
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