How important are skid plates???
I've got a basic beetle. I'm working on some other things right now that are more important for my Colorado Trip in August. And I'm on a quite limited budget.
My stock plastic plate broke and fell off AS I WAS DRIVING MY BOBBY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE DAY I BOUGHT HIM!!!
But... now I'm dealing with servicing a VW Transmission due to SOMEHOW, under what was left of the plastic skid plate, a bolt fell out of my transmission pan, and I lost about a qt of trans fluid?? This shouldn't be related I'm hoping. But if it is, I'm definitely investing in a metal skid plate for future protection.
My next question would be, how well do the metal ones work in hot environments? I'm in the arizona desert..
