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[wlaidlaw]

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I went and test drove an early one of those Nova cars for my nephew who is a Beetle and Beetle specials enthusiast. This one was based in Worthing so not too far for me to drive to try it compared with my Nephew who lives in Devon. I told my nephew to run a mile. There were rust holes in the floor pan, the steering seemed half seized, the brakes barely worked and with a very tired 1300 engine, the performance was glacial. It was also exceedingly noisy, both engine and gearbox noise. You had to prop the canopy open with a broomhandle to get in and out. When I told the seller I would not be recommending its purchase, he got very stroppy and said it was just like a 356 Porsche. I took him for a short run in my 997 Turbo S with its GT2 560HP engine to show him what a real Porsche was like and told him that I regularly drove a 2.2L 356 Cabriolet A, showing him a picture of it, so I knew exactly what they were like. That rather silenced him. 

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Edited 11 hours ago by wlaidlaw
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