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Has DIY tinkering had its day?

When I was learning to drive, old VWs made sense on two levels. First, they were cheap to buy and secondly, they were easy to fix at home using basic hand tools. Now, while the fact that they’re easy to work on obviously hasn’t changed, the relative value of old VWs certainly has. Let’s be honest, only the most fortunate of youngsters can afford to purchase an air-cooled VW as a first car these days and I’d imagine that, more often than not, those classics will be

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