My VW obsession truly began in 2004 when I bought myself a 2001 2.0 New Beetle (I needed a reliable modern car as I was doing a 150mile round trip to/from work), which was then named 'Gertie' I spent a lot of money on her changing bits etc etc and became a member of the New Beetle Club Evvo (http://www.evvo.co.uk/).Then after owning Gertie for Two years attending several shows etc I decided I wanted a change and bought this:
VERY VERY fun to drive, but apalling build quality and leaked like a sieve, after ownig it for 5 months, over half of which it was in Mercedes with them trying to fix the leaks, I decided enough was enough and rejected it getting most of my money back.I then decided I had to get another VW!
So in September 2006 I decided on another New Beetle as I still required a modern Daily driver and couldn't afford to run two cars. But this time I wanted something special so after several weeks of searching I managed to find an 11,000 mile V5 Sport Edition New Beetle in Silver, or 'Archie' as he became known.After owning Archie for only two months I got promoted at work and they gave me a company car, A Mini Cooper! So now I could FINALLY afford a classic bug! After selling Archie in late December 2006 my hunt for a classic bug began in earnest!
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