[bluebug]

Three options I know of. First one, take a hand towel and roll it up and wrap it around the bonnet handle, pull hard while wiggling it back and forth. Second one is, on super beetles, there is an access panel under the front of the car just behind the grill. But if the spare is in there it is difficult to get open, as it is sealed down from above. The third is to cut the bonnet handle in half and unscrew it to get to the mechanism behind.