How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot

The "bible" on the VW as far as I'm concerned. I have owned this book, two different revisions and it reads great, makes you understand the principals of the VW well.

My husband is a VW Beetle addict and this is the perfect book for him. Someone else must have thought so too because now he has 2 copies

Every Volkswagen enthusiast needs this book.

great book. it has everything you need to know.

Easy to read and understand.

Update after reading it more: So, in all fairness, the beginning of the book does state that you need to read the entire thing. So, I started reading it more like I'm reading a novel and it did start to help more. It talks through a lot of detail about functionality that if you're not completely familiar with, is quite helpful. I'm slowly gaining confidence to tackle my first repair project on my VW engine, and I am starting to think this WILL in fact help me do it. Some people have criticized the fact that this has hand drawings instead of photographs, but honestly, it's better than the Haynes books with the black and white photos. There's something about those photos that make it so tough to tell what you're looking at. The drawings in this book are excellent and filled with detail. Again, the more I'm reading it, the more things are making sense. Just keep at it! It'll help. I'm pretty stupid, so if it ends up helping me, then I do think it can help anyone. I recently bought a '66 VW sand rail and am needing to learn as much as I can about its 1500cc engine, so I had high expectations that this book could help me with that, given I am a complete novice when it comes to working on cars. However, this book has not been helpful, and does not give me the confidence to work on the engine. I have a Hayes book for my daily and even with its blurry, black and white photos, I've found it more helpful when it comes to walking me through a repair. Granted, I have not read this all the way through yet, and I may still do that, even if it doesn't directly help me with a problem, it may help me understand some aspects of these engines a bit better.

Very good product

Good for familiarizing me what to do about the 67 beetle.

Excelente manual

Habe dieses Buch auf Anraten eines Bekannten für einen Freund zum Geburtstag gekauft, dieser war im Mai die Freude über dieses Geschenk hält bei ihm bis heute an. Schuld daran sind die von skizzierten Bebilderungen die so weit ins Detail gehen, das selbst Laien verstehen worum es in diesem Buch geht und das wollten die Autoren wohl auch erreichen, einfach ein tolles Buch und schönes Geschenk.

If you are working on a classic VW . Beetle or Van. This book has everything in it . And it's written in a comical way. It beats any other technical book

Een hilarisch boek en tegelijk een zeer duidelijke omschrijving van werkzaamheden en onderhoud voor luchtgekoelde volkswagen eigenaren en / of liefhebbers. Een lust om te lezen met zeer mooie / maffe / geweldige tekeningen ter illustratie. Een echte aanrader ! Voor de prijs hoef je het ook niet te laten liggen.

já comecei a leitura e tradução pra conseguir conversar com mecânicos e comprar peças. ainda não avancei na recuperação da Kombi mas o livro é bem completo. recomendo.