Perhaps I should have qualified a little...
The A2 is a great car, and runs brilliantly. The gearbox issue has been there from when i got it and does not appear to be getting worse, but who can tell?.The other issues are the glow plugs (2 snapped off) and a blow on the flexi somewhere, along with niggly things like the alarm going off all the time, which i fixed by disconnecting the glass sensor. All in all, although it has issues, they are plainly things that don't bother me at all and the car still keeps chugging out 65mpg regardless. Passes MOT every year
The Beetle has given no major problems other than the ususal VW failures, MAF, temp sender, coil packs, new ARB bushes (new ARB). etc.
My dilemma is which one is going to cost me the next big ticket? At this point in time I can't see my self wanting to spend a grand or so on a car to keep it going (again), when niether are currently worth that much in the market.
The idea of the i3 was to make it cheap(ish) to get me to work and back, but £20K is a lot of diesel for the A2, and of course the mileage on the car would make it probably worth a lot less in say 3 years, I'd lose a fair bit i'd say.
So then do we replace the beetle and get an i3 for the other half to knock about in. For the 4k a year mileage is it really worth the outlay. Given that my yearly diesel bill would remain.
I'm surprised no one said keep the Beetle and the A2, forget the I3. I would keep the (an) A2 if i had space in the garage, but there's a bloody MG Midget in there that I still haven't got around to finishing. And then where do I put the MK1 Golf GTI.
Is this a midlife crisis?
