So I dropped by my local VW dealership tonight, DH in tow, to finally test drive a New Beetle Convertible. I drove an automatic, triple white convertible; sticker was 26k as I recall.
I knew I wanted to drive my daily route to work, because one of the roads I take is a twisty, windy backroad that in my little Saturn is an awful lot of fun to speed along. The Bug was a slug, no body roll or sporty feel to it. The pick-up was terrible too. DH's Jetta has no pick-up either, so I don't know why I was expecting anything different. Once I was up to speed the Bug was pretty responsive, and we went from 30-65 at a very peppy pace.
Eh... it wasn't a dream ride. I've had my car for 9+ years. so I know I have become habituated to its peculiarities. I was pretty disappointed my dream car was such a slug.
I'll have to test drive a Mini, I guess.
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That sucks! Get yo'self a Mini Cooper S!
Let me tell you my last rental was a Suburu Forrester (I think) and boy did that thing have some zip. I know what Jeffro would say about girls who drive a Suburu, but I really liked it. My one complaint: the gas pedal was higher than the brake pedal--it's reverse in my Honda so that was a little weird, but after driving it for about a week I got used to it.
Speaking of classics,
http://www.slate.com/id/2167797/
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