My beetle is an idiot*....

Funny enough that was my first thought. A neighbour was out having a smoke, would save the hassle!!

 

As said, it's alive and doesn't want to go. My bay seized it's gearbox less than two minutes after me patting it's dash saying "you're off to the new owner tomorrow, let me know now if you don't want to go". Never had a problem with the gears which worked very well before that. Cost me a thousand and I still sold, immediately regretting it afterwards.
On my last journey with my previous beetle which happened to be a mates wedding, kept dying at every junction, turned out it had rattled loose the carb mixture screw?! Then a new fuel filter was twisted and blocked the fuel supply after the mixture screw was sorted. I'm telling you, they're alive!

 

The bloke that's selling it lives in Chester ,and come to think of it so do i but I wouldn't trust my mechanical knowledge

 

its definitely trying to tell you something

 

So, chap turned up having made a formal offer through eBay. Travelled by bus from Perth in Scotland, took 9 hours. Arrived with his dad and a toolbox and an envelope of cash.

Brilliant people. He'd had a beetle destroyed by an 'expert' and showed me the shocking photos. Also recently had his leg destroyed riding his motorbike, showed me even more shocking photos - so this was his 'thank Christ I'm alive still' purchase.

All great, very happy with it, it started and everything worked. Miracle.

But then the test drive showed that the poor chaps leg no longer bent enough to operate a beetle clutch peddle. Poor bloke was almost in tears - his beetle driving days are over it seems.

So they insisted on giving me the eBay fee for wasting my time and then departed back to get the bus back.

So still not sold, but not the beetles fault this time!!

 

WOOO HOO! It finally sold to a man who transferred the money to me without even having seen it. Mentalist.

Came to pick it up and drove it the 150 miles back to his house without problem, other than the tinnitus from the Monza 2 tip exhaust...

I am now in trouble with my wife, as the evening it sold she found my eBay searches for "VW Doka", "GMC Stepside", "VW Notchback" and "Hillman Imp". Apparently we don't need anything else right now. I have learnt my lesson and will now be searching at work where she cant see.