Hi There,
I'm Léon from Holland.
My friend Ian (pretty white) sended me an email to tell me about your discussion about what would be better, a Nissan or a beetle.
:D
Your at the right person for that question !!
I'm driving a beetle for 11 years now, with a phat 1600 engine with dual carbs, discbrakes, Porsche dash, etc etc, and for the weekends i drive a VW microbus from '66.
My 100NX is just a daily driver to get to work, and to enjoy the sun in the summer.
You can't say the beetle is better then a Nissan (it's almost as fast as my Nissan ;) ) but is has much more potential then a Nissan !
All the girls are standing on the street when i drive by in my Bus or beetle, and i never had that in my Nissan :(
But in the cold winters here in Holland you really need a car with a good heater and wipers so that's why i have the Nissan.
Also for long distance it's handy to have a car like that.
So if you ask me, i would say, take the Nissan as a daily driver, and next to it, drive a beetle for fun in the weekends !
So if you ask me, what do you think is a cooler overall car to own ?
I would say: THE BEETLE !!