I ended up with a black new orphan Cabrio that I took delivery on today
The tranmission that some folks do not like was just fine. I was raised as a teen ager with a 59 VW. The pickup on this car is way more than adaquate. Enough to be fun. Handles hiway speeds at 65mph just fine. Nothing scary at all. The red interior was not ugly like I thought it might be. I had ordered a yellow on the long term reservation. but the black is growing on me after a couple of hours. On a 30 mile trip, the gas guage did not move one notch. Maybe it is broken. Ha.
JS