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Originally Posted by Yamamaya42
I tend to disagree, my 72 super bug was rebuilt by a dear friend of mine and needed almost NO maintenance, other than the normal yearly recommended, the thing i remember most is how easy it was to start, all i I had to do was hit the starter for 5-10 seconds and it would fire up, granted, it was NOT stock, it was MUCH more powerful than OEM, I had that car for many years , until some near sighted teen destroyed it in a rear end collision, and the POS insurance said it was only worth $900, SCREW THEM!!!
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The stock ones suck. My ma's family had several new ones in the 60s and 70s (about the only new cars they could afford) and basically the only way they'd start in the rain is if the engine was tarped before it started falling. Of course Chicago weather tends to be hard on cars...
A friend of mine had something similar happen to his 90s Honda prelude....I was with him when in the rain some middle age lady from the oncoming lane cut him off to turn into a pet boarding house (if the the pavement was dry it'd been a near miss)... front bumper cover and headlamp destroyed, hood corner bent, passenger fender bent(the Merc SUV that cut him off...reflector lense popped off and some scratches). Insurance totalled it but my friend bought it back and patched it up really well... of course a few years later the check engine light came on and he couldn't fix it and sold it.