Originally Posted by mmarshall

No...my brother had one...a 1966 Beetle. They were fun to drive...and generally well-built....but they had a number of quirks, some of which I have just described. They wandered all over the road in a crosswind, took forever to get rolling, and were noisy enough inside to wake up the dead. They also rarely went more than 60,000 miles without major engine work...the engine was rather highly-stressed with very short gearing. Top speed was around 70 MPH.