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Old 07-21-2009, 08:57 PM
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Re: 2005 New Beetle GL

Yeah, my 07 2.5L with 5spd is around 3 grand at 70mph also. I've heard of guys swapping in the 6spd from the Jetta 2.5L. My guess is that the tranny engineers are from a country with no interstates or autobahn. Somewhere that they almost never get above 45 mph.
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