A friend of mine recently purchased a Beetle diesel for long distance commuting.
He reports 50mpg and says nothing except good things about it.
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/15/01 1:33:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> macleans@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > I hope my experience with my 2000 Ford F150 is not typical for you Ford
> >
>
> Well, my 94 F150 4x4, 6cyl. 5 spd, rubber floor mats, no headliner cheapo has
> about 106,000 showing on the odometer. One clutch, one break job, three,
> count em three heater cores, and one set of tires at 80,000! Oh yeah, one
> alternator, one power steering pump, both after 100,000 miles, and a stupid
> slave clyinder thats INSIDE the stupid bell housing!
>
> I communte about 50 miles a day round trip, and use it to get up the mountain
> to the cabin we are builing in NM.
>
> I say 106K showing on the odometer...did you know that one of the fuses
> controls the odometer?
>
> I'm satisfied, but I'm looking for a new commuter to put the PU aside for
> hauling only. I think I'll end up with a new Beetle, but the new Mini looks
> interesting. I just refuse to pay over dealer list...and acutually think
> that is too much. Anyone know if the Mini is available as a rental in Europe
> yet?
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