On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Corky Scott wrote:

> Besides all the difficulties the bugs had, they were susceptible to rust
> and salt corrosion like no other car I know of.

Well...the Chevrolet Vega was built using space-age compressed sheetrust,
but that's scarcely a "car".

> And it never did have a working heater because the side channels that
> conducted the heat forward from the heater boxes had literally
> disintegrated.

Probably a good thing. Develop an exhaust leak on an air cooled VW, turn
on the heater, gas yourself to death.