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Summary: Not perfect, but otherwise, a great book
Review: The Volkswagen bible. Get this book. It's funny and insightful, and really a good read. It's one of those shop manuals where you read it just because you want to, not because you have a problem. Arguably, it's more geared towards the 70's and earlier VW, due to when it was originally written, and it does have a few errors, but the ones that are there are actually funny. If you have but one book for your Volkswagen, get this one. You can add to your book collection later, but this should be your first if you are even considering driving your VW. My grungy Chilton's is fine, but this one is written from a driver and mechanic's point of view, with real experiences, and real solutions. One of the best auto related books I have read ever, and it has some great information in it too. Don't look to this book for restoration information that would cover trim details, and paint schemes. Look to this book to help you keep you Volkswagen alive.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: I have never seen a book that goes into such detail this is definantly worth the money! If I would have known that this book was this good i would have gladly paid 50 dollars! This is the best book ever on VW's! I'd reccommend this book to anyone restoring or simply owning a VW this is great!
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Summary: A Must For Any Aircooled VW Owner's Library
Review: If you own an aircooled Volkswagen, you *need* the famous Idiot's Guide. Even if you've never worked on a car in your life, the Idiot's Guide can have you performing your own repairs and maintenance before you know it. Everything from the simplest routine maintenance task to a major engine overhaul is explained clearly, step by step, in plain English. Even if you plan to outsource your VW's repair needs, I still recommend this book, because it can give you enough knowledge about how your VW operates to help keep you from getting ripped off by an unscrupulous repair shop.
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Summary: A classic
Review: If you have a VW, buy it. It's a classic and contains many useful tidbits, any one of which may save you a lot of trouble one day.
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Summary: No Auto Stick Info
Review: This is a great book, but I own a rare 1969 Auto Stick Beetle. After buying the book from a Motorworks dealer in New Jersey, I found to my dismay that the book contains no information or help for the auto stick owners. Despite this, the book is a great help for other VW issues. I especially like the illustrations. Many of them are funny, interesting and awesome especially for Bug fanatics like myself.
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Summary: A must read for VW owners
Review: For many years now this has been the bible for early aircooled Volkswagen owners or fanciers. This book tells you what to fix, and how to fix it even if you are completely un-skilled. I've worked on hundreds of VWs since 1959 so I have real expertise with these cars. Nonetheless I currently have 8 ( that's right eight ) copies. The best advise anyone can ever get if they have one of these vehicles or are thinking about getting one is to buy this book. Sincerely Tom
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Summary: Best Dam VW book EVER
Review: I've owned several V-dubs and with that several of these books. Somehow they always seem to disappear. Hmmmmmm. I wouldn't do anything with my VW without this book. VERY informative and useful.
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Summary: THE aircooled bible
Review: Don't
even think about touching anything else on your car till you read it cover
to cover. It, for lack of a better term, is THE aircooled bible. It is
written for the VW driver that knows NOTHING about anything mechanical or
electrical.
THIS is the best (...)you
can spend on your car.
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Summary: The best VW book ever
Review: This book helped me gain the knowledge that I needed to keep my VW bus alive forever. If you have a VW or are planning on getting one then you need this book. Why take your VW to a mechanic who knows nothing about VWs? Everything you need to know is in this book. Plus it is written and diagrammed in a way that is easy to understand. Buy it .Read it. Look at the pictures. Enjoy
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Summary: All you'll ever need (besides tools)
Review: An earlier edition of this book, much-battered and grease stained, kept my '66 Beetle alive (and me sane) back in my late, lamented college days. The tone of the text is a bit much sometimes, from a modern perspective - remember, it was written in the 1960s as a how-to manual for VW-owning hippies :) - but it's still a top-notch resource and a lot of fun besides. Aside from the usual technical data (where the bolts are, what order to remove things in, what the bits all do), there's also a lot of generally useful information that can be applied to any mechanical repair - safety tips for the shop, for instance, and my personal favorite, a quick-and-dirty metric-to-English tool substitution guide (to help the Sixties Microbus owner whose roadside wave of distress is answered by a guy driving an American car, you see). Break this information down succinctly: If you own one of the vehicles it covers, buy this book.
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