stackyFACTSBecause nothing instills confidence in German engineering quite like playing Russian roulette with your fuel tank.
Because nothing instills confidence in German engineering quite like playing Russian roulette with your fuel tank. Early Beetles genuinely didn't have a gas gauge on the dashboard. Instead, drivers were given a dipstick to manually check the tank, or they just waited until the engine sputtered out. Once it died, they kicked a small lever on the floorboard to access a one-gallon reserve tank, hopefully giving them enough time to panic-drive to the nearest station.
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