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Don't That Beetle?
Aug. 2nd, 2006 01:53 pm...or cars.com has a real BUG in it.
Just spent the midday running to car dealerships to check to see whether the Volkswagen Beetles they had for sale were in fact Diesel-powered. Nope, they weren't.
I am shopping on behalf of my elder sister, who is selling off her Honda minivan as with Gennie going to college she doesn't need such a big vehicle...and wants something cute that can run on bioDiesel. And so a diesel Beetle would be ideal.
So she looked up cars.com and keyworded "diesel" in her search...
Only, as I found out, cars.com has defaults on what information they add to a car's listing if the dealer only gives the VIN number. And sometimes the information is faulty...like as to whether a specific car runs on diesel or ordinary gasoline.
Later tonight I have to give Sis the bad news. :( Diesel Beetles are RARE critters indeed...catching one is going to take a real safari effort.
FP
Just spent the midday running to car dealerships to check to see whether the Volkswagen Beetles they had for sale were in fact Diesel-powered. Nope, they weren't.
I am shopping on behalf of my elder sister, who is selling off her Honda minivan as with Gennie going to college she doesn't need such a big vehicle...and wants something cute that can run on bioDiesel. And so a diesel Beetle would be ideal.
So she looked up cars.com and keyworded "diesel" in her search...
Only, as I found out, cars.com has defaults on what information they add to a car's listing if the dealer only gives the VIN number. And sometimes the information is faulty...like as to whether a specific car runs on diesel or ordinary gasoline.
Later tonight I have to give Sis the bad news. :( Diesel Beetles are RARE critters indeed...catching one is going to take a real safari effort.
FP
