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Water Beetles set sail

Depending on your keywords, an online search for ‘Seagoing Beetle’ or similar will offer answers to a number of relevant questions.

One of these is ‘Do Beetles float?’ We who know our Beetles can point out a number of potential leak points which would need attention first. On Google, veteran Volkswagen dealers Arnold Clark (over 200 multi-franchise dealerships, mainly in Scotland and northern England) have more input.

Their answer is yes, the original Beetle would float on water – but, warn Arnold Clark,

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