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Post number 2456

NickBarat — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:16:37 -0800

VW New Beetle Grand Prix...that's just dope.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 16:01:25 -0800

I would have loved to look at it if I COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT THEIR @#(*$%@#$%ing INTERFACE!

By: FAB4GIRL

FAB4GIRL — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 16:58:01 -0800

Oh it's lovely!!! *drools* I am in love with Beetles! I can't help it! Will someone buy me one? ;-)

By: refund

refund — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:10:40 -0800

I would, but it'd cost ya.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:22:47 -0800

At first I hated the interface, but once I figured it out I thought it was pretty damn cool. And the music is by a neato techno MP3c artist. Very fab. =) But despite the flash of the new buggies, I'm still gonna stick with my Saturn. Less flash. More dependability.

By: mkn

mkn — Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:56:02 -0800

I agree with Jeremy... I have no clue what I'm clicking on or where I'm going. Is this loading? Or is there something more to it? No idea. They could of had a link to a porn site in there and I would have blindly followed it.

By: hijinx

hijinx — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:37:00 -0800

Things I like about the Beetle: bigger than the old Beetle, side profile is nice. Things I don't like about the Beetle: football field for a dashboard, ugly outside of the profile, it's a VW. Things I like about the site: nice images. Things I don't like about the site: one of the worst interfaces I've ever used. (Sorry, even after I figured it out :)

By: baylink

baylink — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:38:02 -0800

I thought it was one of the most apt flash interfaces I'd seen yet; actually in *keeping* with the product for a change. Maybe it's me, but I think it's just y'all. :-)

By: harmful

harmful — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:54:22 -0800

One of the things I admired about the original Beetle was that a shadetree mechanic could practically field-strip the bloody thing with a Swiss army knife. No chance of that on the modern computerized-everything model.

By: Mr. skullhead

Mr. skullhead — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:07:53 -0800

old Beetle = cheap reliable transportation for the masses new Beetle = flashy overpriced boutique car The old one was mostly substance and the new one is mostly fashion. Funny how VW made the new Beetle into the polar opposite of the original. But what do I know?

By: plinth

plinth — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:04:49 -0800

skullhead - you are actually pretty accurate. The thing about the old beetle was that if you didn't do routine maintenance on it, the car would punish you by breaking down. The most important being changing the oil and cleaning the oil screen on a routine basis. Fortunately, the car was designed to be easy to maintain. The new beetle is polar opposite on more than a few fronts. The new beetle is more reliable with less maintenance, gets better mileage, pollutes far less, has working environmental controls other than windows, and is, by a huge margin, a much safer vehicle. old beetle = cheap, maintainable, death trap new beetle = expensive, reliable, safe vehicle (FYI, I put > 100K on a 72 super that died with 250K, on its second engine rebuild, and did most of the maintenance myself)

By: FAB4GIRL

FAB4GIRL — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:43:35 -0800

How much would it cost me refund? ;-)