So the car isn't pretty, it isn't fast, and it isn't in very good shape.

It isn't rare or desirable, it wasn't previously owned by (insert celebrity here).

I love me some German goodness, but this one doesn't even have a cool funky 5 cyl to recommend it. It's pretty cheap, but not cheap enough for me. CP.

It's awesome, but it's still ugly as malaise ever got. No way any American car from the '80s is worth $15K to me.

...even if it does have a turbo larger than my wife's car.

I daily drive a '69 German car. I hate Ethanol. :)

I daily drive a classic and there are some significant other considerations:

I respectfully nominate VW/Audi's 2.0 Tdi. 140Hp, more than 200lb/ft of amazing torque, no smoke or strange noise, and 50MPG in real world highway driving with a comfortable wagen.

I wonder what they'd make of the oil spot my '69 would leave?

It's probably totally worth the money... just not to me.

Ugly little econobox with a motor that you could sell for the price of the whole car? NP all the way.

CP: nice car, in fact, very nice car; but just a a bit too much coin.

Soooooo much goodness under one company. It's like the exact opposite of GM. :)

I agree. It actually resembles the bizarre Porsche setup. It likely stayed strange because the first 2 or 3 years of the Vanagon were air cooled.

As the proud owner of a 1969 911 daily driver, I can emphatically agree with the climate control argument. I have finally cracked the code, but it is a darn complicated way to do a simple thing.

Porsche 2.2E from a 1971 911. This Brazilian owner installed an amazing home grown EFI system using the original MFI throttle bodies. Truly one of the most beautiful engines I've ever seen.

Super cute, but still gets a CP, because it's worth no more than $1G to me.

How can you forget the mainstay of Navy Recon for the last 40+ years? BEHOLD! The mighty EP-3E Skypig.