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I can't blame her for liking the way it *looks* (I'd install a Pikachu tail made out of a magnet). I loved my Tonkas too. But you gotta crunch the numbers and show her the cost of ownership. Registration + fuel + insurance.
PS - I wanted this when I was groing up but the Karmann Ghia in me couldn't *justify* it :
CarloSW2