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1979 German Vw Karmann Beetle Convertible on 2040-cars

Year:1979 Mileage:135500
Location:

Miami, Florida, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

  1. Up for auction is my wife's 1979 Karmann German built beetle convertible. The last year VW imported the beetle into the states... :-( 
  2. ** she's been mildly customized with subtle pink accents here and there... 
  3. **Stock suspension, not modified. Rides nice.
  4. **She has dual port 1600cc 
  5. **New 34 pict carburetor, (I've eliminated that troublesome expensive K-jetronic fuel injection) new ignition points, wires, plugs, etc. 
  6. ** new German stock exhaust (within the last 6 months)
  7. **4 new USA made Cooper 185.55.15 tires on factory chromes 
  8. **Front brake have been converted from drum style to Ghia hydraulic disc brakes, 100% new rear drums, hardware, shoes, cylinders, lines, new front wheel bearings. Better safety.! 
  9. **Floors were replaced many years ago
  10.  **Recent paint job, factory VW Alpine white 
  11. **Body fender moulding in pink ( took forever to find ! ) 
  12. **Clear European turn signals in the front (yellow ones were ugly!)
  13. **All factory trim has been powder coated pink. (Have new replacement chrome - if you want to replace it {comes with the sale}... Plus many other parts if you want) 
  14. ** and 'yes' that's a pink fire extinguisher...!! 
  15. **Alternator recently changed (Bosch) new Interstate H6 battery 
  16. **Rare factory clock ($$) yeah it's accurate! 
  17. **New "German cloth" Black convertible top (not vinyl) with new headliner, with inner filler.
  18.  *Black interior seats, and carpet 
  19.  *Pioneer DEH3300UB (DIN euro) stereo with two boxed 6x9 speakers... Sounds good in the vert!
  20. ** she's not perfect, but drivable, presentable, enjoyable like she is!
  1. She's been used in the University of Miami homecoming parade..! 
  2. She's been used in Miami Christmas parades..!(3)
  3.  She has won many awards, and plaques...almost every show she attends!
  4.  Every year she drives from Miami to Tampa for 'BUGJAM' VW show in November 
  5. She's won every year at Fort Lauderdale 'Show & Shine' VW show She's won numerous awards at The Miami 'VolksBlast' VW show. 
  6. ~~~~~You can not drive this car without receiving a 'thumbs-up', smiles, waves, and winks !!! ~~~~~~~~~

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VW announces recall of 26,000 2014 models with 1.8T engines

Tue, 22 Apr 2014

Volkswagen has followed up on a stop-sale order from earlier this month, announcing a voluntarily recall of 26,400 vehicles that are powered by the brand's 1.8-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The new mill replaced the despised 2.5-liter five-cylinder in the Jetta, Passat, Beetle and Beetle Convertible last year. Weirdly, though, of the 26,452 units covered in the recall, only 1,655 are customer vehicles.
According to VW, the affected models were built between February 1 and April 6 of this year, and feature bad O-ring seals in the transmission oil cooler. Apparently, the faulty O-rings could cause a fluid leak, as they won't seal between the oil cooler and transmission. VW is blaming a material change from a supplier for the problem.
There have been no fires, injuries, accidents or fatalities relating to this issue, which VW will be fixing free of charge. Customers will need to report to dealers to have the O-rings replaced.

Fully Charged rolls into season 3 with VW XL1 and electric Land Rover

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It's been some time since last we visited with British actor and electric car proponent Robert Llewellyn and his web-based video series, Fully Charged. The show, now sponsored by Ecotricity, has started rolling out its third season and now has available two episodes featuring a pair of truly unique – and diametrically opposed – vehicles. The first installment starts with some interesting numbers involving the host's Nissan Leaf and its energy consumption over the past 36,000 miles, but soon moves on to the ultra-aero, ultra-expensive Volkswagen XL1. Now, if you've already seen the footage from our own XL1 first drive review, there's not a lot new here except, perhaps, more enthusiasm and a better listen of the two-cylinder diesel kicking in. Still, it's a great reminder of a truly unique vehicle and we enjoyed the segment. The second episode features an electrified Land Rover Defender 110. This is a vehicle you'd more likely see on an African safari than at the local mall. It's not a home-built conversion either, but rather, something the company has put together "for the boffins to create the ideas and see if they work." Boasting a 50-mile range, it's certainly something we like to take on an off-road adventure. Llewellyn is given the chance to do just that, and though the course is somewhat milder than what we might attempt, it does feature a stretch of river and some rough, rutted tracks. You can watch both episodes by scrolling below let us know which vehicle you'd prefer in the comments. This writer is going with the four-wheel-drive. This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. News Source: Fully Charged Green Land Rover Volkswagen Technology Emerging Technologies Electric Videos robert llewellyn fully charged vw xl1

Here are a few of our automotive guilty pleasures

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It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. The world is full of cars, and just about as many of them are bad as are good. It's pretty easy to pick which fall into each category after giving them a thorough walkaround and, more important, driving them. But every once in a while, an automobile straddles the line somehow between good and bad — it may be hideously overpriced and therefore a marketplace failure, it may be stupid quick in a straight line but handles like a drunken noodle, or it may have an interior that looks like it was made of a mess of injection-molded Legos. Heck, maybe all three. Yet there's something special about some bad cars that actually makes them likable. The idea for this list came to me while I was browsing classified ads for cars within a few hundred miles of my house. I ran across a few oddballs and shared them with the rest of the team in our online chat room. It turns out several of us have a few automotive guilty pleasures that we're willing to admit to. We'll call a few of 'em out here. Feel free to share some of your own in the comments below. Dodge Neon SRT4 and Caliber SRT4: The Neon was a passably good and plucky little city car when it debuted for the 1995 model year. The Caliber, which replaced the aging Neon and sought to replace its friendly marketing campaign with something more sinister, was panned from the very outset for its cheap interior furnishings, but at least offered some decent utility with its hatchback shape. What the two little front-wheel-drive Dodge models have in common are their rip-roarin' SRT variants, each powered by turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engines. Known for their propensity to light up their front tires under hard acceleration, the duo were legitimately quick and fun to drive with a fantastic turbo whoosh that called to mind the early days of turbo technology. — Consumer Editor Jeremy Korzeniewski  Chevrolet HHR SS: Chevy's HHR SS came out early in my automotive journalism career, and I have fond memories of the press launch (and having dinner with Bob Lutz) that included plenty of tire-smoking hard launches and demonstrations of the manual transmission's no-lift shift feature. The 260-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder was and still is a spunky little engine that makes the retro-inspired HHR a fun little hot rod that works quite well as a fun little daily driver.