 I wanted one of these cars for ever.  I finally bought one a year and a half ago.  It has cost me more in maintenance and repairs in that year and a half than any other car I've ever owned for the entire time I owned them!  I went over a bump and it cost me $850!  There is always something broken, now it is a window sensor.  Don't be fooled with the German engineering thing - It's now Mexican engineering and they are not the same.  I am selling my little lemon bug.  Lesson learned.