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General MINI TalkShared experiences, motoring minutes, and other general MINI-related discussion that applies to all MINIs, regardless of model, year or trim.
Yoda - I had a '71 Super Beetle in that exact same color when I was in high school. Yukon yellow, if memory serves me right. I noticed something peculiar about my car, as well as other VWs in the same color (if they still had the factory paint job) - they seemed to attract flies in the summertime.
I'd be interested in buying that Super Beetle (I've had the itch for an aircooled VW for years now) from you if I didn't have more project cars than I could handle... Good luck with the sale - it's a beautiful car!
When we first bought our MINI we had a 2001 Honda Accord as our second car. We later traded that in for a 2004 Volvo XC90 2.5T AWD. Then we sold the mini for a 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser.
I fully intend to return to the MINI family when our kid gets a bit older and we don't have so much junk to haul on cross country trips.
My second "car" is my 2004 Dodge Hemi Ram 1500 pickup. It only gets taken out of the garage when I need to haul or tow something....or I just get the urge to drive around town and get 12mpg and then spend $80 to fill it back up.
My wife and I both have Minis and our other car is a 2010 Ford F350 Dually, crew cab, 8ft bed. In desperate times we could take my teenaged sons 2005 Pontiac Sunfire
VW Passat. I actually got the Mini because the Passat was becoming unreliable (after 90k miles ). I still have it for my kids to drive but definitely not for long trips. I think it will be a while before I consider VW again.