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anywhere near the pristine condition that we have grown to expect
from VW during our 50 years together; the rear fitted roof window
coming apart from the hood which itself was in such a bad state of
repair it needed a third party [RE]placement fitted at a cost to us of
£1500.00; ALL of the window repairs done to the vehicle by VW
showing signs of imminent failure; combined with a constant worry
of ever being able to start the vehicle, because of various electrical
faults which had resulted in the need for two previous emergency
call-outs • we had prepared to go out somewhere special and yes
we had to make a call for rescue yet again, being unable to start the
vehicle on our front drive. Having spent a good time making several
attempts to start the vehicle, by Green Flag it was recovered to our
local Greenmeadow Motors Garage, who then diagnosed a failure of
the electrics yet again and the need for VW specialist attention!!!
Having once travelled to Copenhagen in 826EAF and subsequently
attended a Race-Day at the Roskilde Ring, I had already been made
well aware of the engineering build quality of SAAB, so at that stage
we decided to cut our losses, trade-in the vehicle for scrap value
and purchase a 55 plate SAAB 93 Aero Convertible, a terrific car
even though [IT]'s NOT German • pictured here on our recent holiday
to Cornwall • which looks and drives like new with 100,000 miles plus
on the clock compared with the 47,000 miles for the VW NEW BEETLE.
Having subsequently discovered the absolute shenanigans of the VW
senior management in the so called "Dieselgate Affair" as a British
purchaser of VWs I'm glad I quit when I did.
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