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I have the beetle up on the neighbor's lift and it is coming apart nicely for a 21 year old rig. I have all weekend but the airbags are not here, so I will get the brakes and struts etc refreshed and roll it out until the bags come.

Hello all, long time no see. I have a gunmetal 2003 Beetle with 181K on all original stuff. Brakes made a noise so I checked them and I'm ordering up parts tonight. It has been ducking and weaving for a while on the OEM struts, so I think new strut assemblies, rear shocks, loaded control arms as...

Mine is mid 150's mileage, has a fresh timing belt and new skins. I don't drive it to work as my job provides a work truck. There is no incentive to sell it, we will keep if for the sheer comfort of the NB for bigger people. I will probably retire before it does. :)

thanks guys for all the write ups. I am doing this on my wife's '13 tomorrow. I have some more powerful low profile LED lights from Amazon to install. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8QJ3UT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Edit: This is in a shop with plenty of windows, so...

++ for Asheville how you holding out? We visited friends there in 09.

It punched out the end of the boss. Case is toast. Anybody in Florida have a spare trans?

thanks a ton guys, that was what I was thinking too. I will pass it along.

It's already leaking, so you think it would make the drive? I suppose it will be trashed bearing already.

Posting this for a friend third hand, so it will take a while to answer any questions. His son's car, away at college and possibly has to come home. " He said his transmission started making a weird noise based off axle rotation (as best as I could get from him) and was leaking transmission...

I pulled the factory engine cover and installed the ECS tuning road plate. Going out to touch up some low scratches on the bumper. Wife's 2013 DSG Beetle dieselgate car.

With just extra weight, you get the push down every hill you climbed, unless it's an uphill run all the way ( like climbing up to Denver from the east). With increased aerodynamic drag, it's all bad :D It even holds you back on those downhill runs. Of course, speed kills economy and that goes...

4 newer tires and stock wheels bump

I installed the hitch off the wreck, the trailer wiring kit on Gandalf the Grey. Did some more investigating on it. Some enthusiast has it before me. The vent mod was done, and a European headlight switch was installed. I had not seen one before so it took me by surprise.

Fired it up and took off the hitch and skid plate.

Much envy. My first TDI was a stock '81 .

My wife has a '13 DSG beetle and a kinda rotten commute sometimes, so I had predicted upper 30's when we picked it up two months ago. So far it has been spot on. I got a 40 MPG tank by taking a ~300 mile road trip in the middle of it. That was as fast as traffic would bear :) She never strayed...

That was my take on the OP too. It sucks.

I won't tow more than 40% of the weight of the tow vehicle without trailer brakes. I would have brakes on a 2000 pound trailer behind one of ours. With the stage 4+ MkIV, I would be driving by the temperature gauge. Do the common rails have better cooling?

I purchased two used beetles and we ran them from the 120K mile range to 200~210. I pranged my black modded one beyond sensible repair, and my wife has moved into a 2013 with DSG. She got tired of shifting :) I was looking at a clutch and timing belt on her 2002 beetle, and it has some other...

my bike rack splits the plate in two, and no issues here in WA state. Of course it's a huge YMMV.