My VW Beetle TDI was the first car I ever bought. It was a great little car for getting to and from work and school. I really loved that the car was a diesel and got me are good MPG. I usually got around 40 miles to the gallon per fill up. As small as the car was, it was really spacious inside, or at least in the front seats. The car was pretty easy to maintain when it came to changing oil, headlights and brakes. During the hot summer months, the A/C worked perfectly and I had a sunroof to help vent the car if I didn't want use up gas cooling the car down. Since it was a diesel though it was prone to being hard to start during the winter and did have issues time to time starting up when it got to cold. After owning the car for 5 years, the transmission started to go out. It had a tendency to get stuck in second gear when starting from a complete stop. The battery died twice on the car with in a span of 3 years. The car was had to be eventually sold when the transmission became really bad after I had the car off to my younger brother so that he could have a way to get around his college.