[Tim]

My beetle has about 64K on the clock. The interior is falling apart, the gas gauge is off by a lot, and the transmission sometimes slams into 2nd gear.

Other than that the car runs great mechanically. Fit and finish is pretty impressive. The door feels solid when it slams shut and the handling is pretty impressive, although not as good as the svx in cornering (obviously). The 4 speed auto is geared so low that I'm turning 3000rpm at 60 mph and about 3800 at 70. Acceleration is decent but my gas mileage suffers. I get roughly 24 mpg in mixed driving, which isn't terrible, but for such a small car I thought it would get more.

Would I own it if i had to pay for it? probably not. Pretty much everything in the owner's maintenance manual recommends taking it into "an authorized vw repair center" from changing lightbulbs to oil and doesn't really give to good of info. So far I haven't had electrical problems though.