• oxjox@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been seriously considering a 1970’s VW Beetle. My main hesitation / red flag, of all the things that could be a concern with such an old car, is lack of power steering and my need to parallel park in the city.

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      10 months ago

      Speaking as someone who has suffered an original air cooled Beetle, they’re cool but I wouldn’t try to daily it. The lack of power steering would be far, far down your list of issues you will run into.

      But for paralell parking a beetle specifically it can be a challenge, because reverse doesn’t work like you expect. You have to push the gear lever down, like straight down toward the ground, and hold it, to put it in reverse. So you have to steer with one hand and hold the shifter with the other.

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        10 months ago

        Good to know about reverse. Thanks.

        Wouldn’t be a “daily” per se but an occasional weekend and holiday car. Like, easily under 5k miles a year.