New car!
I recently traded in my '02 New Beetle. Kind of strange to remember how excited I was to get that car originally; over the last five years, it spent a great deal of time in the shop and accumulated thousands of dollars of repair bills. When I traded it in, it had 75,000 miles--was on its third windshield, had a driver-side window that still wouldn't roll up without yanking on it, a new clutch (replaced at 60,000), assorted weird squeaks and groans, a brake pedal that would audibly and physically pop when pushed, and so on.
So, here's hoping for better luck this time:
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This tasty little thing has about twice the horsepower of my old car, weighs in at 100 pounds lighter, and has so much torque that you can bark the tires at 60mph if you slam the accelerator. Its handling is phenomenal--the comparison to steering a go-kart is well-deserved. It practically begs you to drive like an asshole.
In fact, I think I'll go for a drive now. :)
So, here's hoping for better luck this time:
(large image 1, large image 2)
This tasty little thing has about twice the horsepower of my old car, weighs in at 100 pounds lighter, and has so much torque that you can bark the tires at 60mph if you slam the accelerator. Its handling is phenomenal--the comparison to steering a go-kart is well-deserved. It practically begs you to drive like an asshole.
In fact, I think I'll go for a drive now. :)