re: #162 wheat-dogg

Yeah. I tried driving VW’s automatic stickshift one time. It was weird. The four-speed manual was reliable as f.

I owned an older, early 60’s bug when I was a teen in high school. The heater boxes rotted out, you froze to death without a gas heater, died in a head on crash, and the stock engine left something to be desired. But it was cheap to run, great in the snow, and was fun to drive. And you would never ever be able to pass a Caddy or muscle car. They would not allow it. Except in the snow as you waved to them as you flew on by.
Oh and one other big plus was in the city you could park where other cars could not fit. Huge bonus.