[skyking]

I scored big time in this regard.
I got a TDI beetle, and she was a bit skeptical if she would like it; it had been years since she had a manual transmission and feared the hills a bit. I quietly observed that the diesel will take a hill start much better than a low torque gasser, and said no more.
I was splitting a long commute, I would drive one week and the other guy would drive the next. She took the beetle for a week and came to me and said "what if I like to drive it"? with a grin.
I answered "whoever is driving farther gets it" knowing my Mount Rainier commute would win.
She starts looking at 2013 TDI's and I quickly find her a 2002 beetle. I got her from 18 MPG to 46 MPG in one stroke