Woohoo! VW rocks! What year's the bug? I owned VW buses(caravelle) but not now. I have a 2002 Saturn Vue. I love it. If I could have ANY car, I wanna Hummer 2 in dark grey...the ultimate plastic car. hahahahh! I heard there's alot of plastic on it. No big deal to me. I don't mind it. My car's plastic. Or...I want a New Beetle Platinum Grey TDI(diesel)...at 50mpg ya can't go wrong and it's CLEANER than many other diesel car engines. Lesse..Horsepower isn't the answer, it's torque! Being a bus driver we talk torque. But a 430Hp Detroit Series 60 isn't bad either hahahah I had a custom built engine once. It was in m 1971 VW bus. Gene Berg inside the 1776 cc block...got whopping 65 hp! WOOHOO! Done 80 with a tailwind on the freeway! I believe I'm a safe driver even though I drive fast, in SoCal you have to or you are a road hazard. My little Saturn Vue only has like 130hp I think? It's a 4cyl FWD...and it's a ton of fun to drive. First year model, yep had a few probs but nothing incredibly major. Just dumb little things. Well, I just had to get a front bearing replaced but that's warrenty junk. Big deal. For me it's I want a car that gets up out of it's own way which my little 5sp does, it's gotta have room, it does, can NOT look like a mommie mobile...it don't(I got a freakin ninja turtle sticker on my back window!) http://www.buslady.com/RaphShrineCollection.htm <-scroll thru the photos until ya find it Driving's a big deal to me, it's my job. I have to get up to 90 kids from one point to another while avoiding the jerks out there on the road.