Hello! I'm a proud, and broke, owner of a 1999 new beetle. I have never owned a beetle, or any car other than a Toyota. My first car was a 1992 Camry my parents purchased from my band director for 3200. Well, 3 months later and an engine leaking oil so profusely that you could quite literally follow my path through out town, my mom traded in my car for her new hybrid toyota camry and I got her old toyota corolla. After graduation, my brothers got the corolla and I went to college dependent on my parents, brothers, friends, and boyfriend for rides. After a semester of mooching, I, and everyone else, got tired of it.
So I saved up $1000 over a period of 3 months, yes surprising on a college students budget, and I and my parents unequally split the cost of a VW Beetle!
1999 VW New Beetle GLS
It has had 3 owners, not counting me.
122,304 miles on it.
It's a manual.-_-.... I have to learn how to drive it ...
It's had a good little life.
It has no spoiler, the sun roofs a little tricky with it sucking the cover back when it opens.
It needs an awesome cleaning, an upholstery fix on the passengers side. Also on the passengers side, the power window doesn't work.
A new stereo would be nice too ( has a cassette player).
Needs a new dash or a fix on the dash. The previous owner had a dog and so there are some scratches on it.
Also needs, last but not least on the interior, a flower vase .
As far as the exterior, a nice wash and wax is all I can find wrong. My mom said that the antenna seems to have lost its plastic stripping on it. I didn't notice anything, but I will look and try to fix that too.
After all of the other thigns are fixed, I might consider a spoiler and other stuff but thats last on my to-do list. First will be actually learning how to drive it! I'm so excited!
I think there are a lot of things that need to be fixed, but I'm excited to do so! I'm so proud of it!
One thing I really love is that the car's body style is timeless, and while there might be a few noticeable differences between the 1999 and the more recent models. I can't tell and i feel like I'm getting a really nice new vehicle! YAY!!! I'm really excited! I've worked really hard on this!
Oh and if anyone has any tips or anything they think I should know about my bug I would love to know! I want to make sure it lasts so avoiding a problem now would be better than substantially paying for it in the future.
So I saved up $1000 over a period of 3 months, yes surprising on a college students budget, and I and my parents unequally split the cost of a VW Beetle!
1999 VW New Beetle GLS
It has had 3 owners, not counting me.
122,304 miles on it.
It's a manual.-_-.... I have to learn how to drive it ...
It's had a good little life.
It has no spoiler, the sun roofs a little tricky with it sucking the cover back when it opens.
It needs an awesome cleaning, an upholstery fix on the passengers side. Also on the passengers side, the power window doesn't work.
A new stereo would be nice too ( has a cassette player).
Needs a new dash or a fix on the dash. The previous owner had a dog and so there are some scratches on it.
Also needs, last but not least on the interior, a flower vase .
As far as the exterior, a nice wash and wax is all I can find wrong. My mom said that the antenna seems to have lost its plastic stripping on it. I didn't notice anything, but I will look and try to fix that too.
After all of the other thigns are fixed, I might consider a spoiler and other stuff but thats last on my to-do list. First will be actually learning how to drive it! I'm so excited!
I think there are a lot of things that need to be fixed, but I'm excited to do so! I'm so proud of it!
One thing I really love is that the car's body style is timeless, and while there might be a few noticeable differences between the 1999 and the more recent models. I can't tell and i feel like I'm getting a really nice new vehicle! YAY!!! I'm really excited! I've worked really hard on this!
Oh and if anyone has any tips or anything they think I should know about my bug I would love to know! I want to make sure it lasts so avoiding a problem now would be better than substantially paying for it in the future.