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This particular Type III was a real pussycat in traffic. Wind was not an issue, it pushes the front end a little, but never did it threaten to shove the car into an adjacent lane. When the transient swerve came in, the car was a little too happy to assume an oversteering attitude. An avoidant swerve to miss a large piece of truck tire had the suspension seemingly coiling up against its rubber. The rubber suspension mountings do add a little rear wheel steering tendency to any chassis loading. Settles in very nicely at 73-75 mph with a decent pull in 3rd gear to 50 mph as you enter the onramp (it'll give you 60 in 3rd briefly), it has a rather busy chassis movement on CA expansion joints and very nice communicative steering, the key is to ignore most of the feedback or you'll find yourself correcting things that need no correction. The little 165 tires hung on good when I pulled off the accelerate-on-the-diminishing radius onramps to see if the Hyundai would keep up with me which it would not. Bravely slices and dices urban traffic, just a little anemic when you need to point and squirt. General Comments:ДЄn excellent little road car. Highway driving was comfortable for front seat passengers and sometimes a little crowded for rear passengers.ДЄ no-start was traced to a loose connector at the manifold sensor. Maintenance was very easy, particularly with the computer diagnostic plug. Steering was always quick and very easy to handle. It would go camping in the mountains loaded with a camping trailer, camping gear, two kids, two adults and a dog. Original upholstery was in bad shape, paint was faded, oil consumption was a problem, occasional ignition problems. (just like new)ДЄt 155,000 miles (13 years) I retired the car to be a restoration project. Probably because of heavily used air conditioning on a stock electrical system.ДЄt about 95,000 miles, a valve burned off and virtually destroyed the engine.

Type 3 volkswagon generator#

Shortly after purchase, during scheduled maintenance, the dealer replaced all fuel injectors under warranty.ДЄt about 35,000 mile intervals, the generator would need serious service or replacement.

The parts may be difficult to find, but the communities are nicer and the cars are better. If you want a unique classic car to fix up that will reward you for your work, buy something that's Japanese, and make sure that it's stock. When it comes to costs vs reward, I don't believe that it's wise to invest into these old VWs. If you want an old VW, buy a Beetle they're easier to fix, and parts are easier to find. This didn't have that much room, thanks to the engine being under the rear-trunk. It's crucial with these old cars, that you have a good amount of room in the engine bay. The VW community isn't the most helpful sometimes questions will go unanswered, and they tend to be a bit greedy.

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Turning radius was disappointingly wide for a RWD, but on the plus side, the car was a tad quicker than I expected. Parts are hard to find, and are often a bit high, even the Chinese re-production parts. Everything else came AFTER spending time with this thing. I test drove this thing, knowing that the electrical stuff would need to be fixed, and the brakes. Rear-engine set up causes some awkward feelings during driving. Looked neat, but it'd be better as a display piece. Radio didn't work (no surprise, I'd actually rather have a bad radio than a bad custom radio/speaker hack job). Smoked due to oil leaking in the engine bay. Nothing in the dash worked (this I expected for the age) One wheel could not hold air due to rust. Steering had a bit of a dead space in the center. Steering wheel wasn't in the dash all of the way. The levers for both trunks were starting to give out (this I expected, due to age). Plastic blinkers and tail lights were cracked. The car's entire electrical system was toast had to hot-wire it to start. At some point the fuel injection broke, so it was switched to dual-carbs (like almost every 70's VW).