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Quoted from Splitskull

Ian.. do you fit in a yaris? lol

I drove a Mini Cooper for a while and an Innocenti Turbo for 3 years. A Yaris doesn't scare me...

Quoted from Sparky

And the reason it is used today as a rusty prop is?

Ya, I know, but it was a BC bug before I got it, when I was 19 and it was my daily driver. I only bought it because it was a cheap ride. A to B. That's it. I was actually vigilante about cleaning as much of the salt off that I could at the coin-op wash during the winter. The '81 Volvo I was driving at the time had 436,000 on it, more rust than paint, couldn't fill it over half or it spilled gas and I had the clean the oil off a spark plug every few days or drive on 3 cylinders. Grudgingly, it had to go. I had no idea at the time I would actually like owning a beetle. Near the end of college, the brakes went and the floors were rusting through and I didn't have cash for a proper fix so I bought a neighbour's '79 Skylark for $200 (3.8 L, V6 engine) which I drove for the winter and gave it back in the spring. I didn't bother to change the ownership or afford insurance at the time. My appreciation grew over the years and I met a VW enthusiast, Klaus, who towed it away to his shed about 9 years ago and haven't had the heart to get rid of it despite paying him rent all this time. I hopeful that I'll get to drive it again.

Quoted from OTTOgd

My appreciation grew over the years and I met a VW enthusiast, Klaus, who towed it away to his shed about 9 years ago and haven't had the heart to get rid of it despite paying him rent all this time. I hopeful that I'll get to drive it again.

That's dedication. Take it from someone that has seen it happen to others....you are far better to buy a restored car than pay to restore a car. Unless you can do alot of the work yourself, the end price is always waaaaayyyy more than quoted and more than the car is worth.

I'd see that VW to collector getting into the hobby and buy another restored example from someone leaving the hobby

Duane

I am considering a Prius when my lease comes up in a year. It actually averages 5L/100km which is 1/2 my V6 Accord's consumption.

But the kicker here is I can get it with everything I have in the Accord PLUS a technologhy package that has more gizmos than you can shake a stick at. Yes, I agree the self parking feature is kinda dumb. But the distance sensing cruise control makes a lot of sense and the solar panel in the sunroof keeps the car cool when it is off. That is impressive.

There are quicker cars for the buck for sure, but if it can't be a Challenger with a Hemi might as well get all the technology. Kinda like an Apple car (said sarcastically).