 I have owned '01 Beetle GLS Turbo for 
the past three years, and found it 
unreliable car. Not to mention there 
have been numerous recalls which my 
local dealer can not fix properly, 
there have been many breakdowns such as 
1. driver-side door hinge cracked 
within 2yr,
2. headlamp lightbulbs out
3. a portion of dashboard lights out
4. can not roll down passenger-side 
window due to major defect in window kit
5. rear breakpads wornout before 15K (I 
am not an aggresive driver).
I strongly advise potential buyers to 
think before buying this car. Remember 
beauty is only skin-deep (some may 
disagree this is a beautiful car) !!