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Aerostar...eeeewwwwww! One of Ford's disasters. I own a Windstar, as well, which my dad drives (he lives at the Armed forces retirement Home in DC) to church. It has 130k, and is going good. The transmissions on the Aerostar are shoddy, and fail constantly. the Windstar isn't much better. I owned an '88 Aero, bought new,, and one day stopped for a sudden red light. When the green came, the van went nowhere...until the tow truck arrived!

The new VW beetle is not the same as the air cooled ones. they were simple. Even I, with ten thumbs, used to take out the engine by dropping it on a soda crate, and a friend and I rebuilt it...

Better than a VW, find an older carburated Benz. We just sold our '88 420 SEL, which was easy for small stuff. they last a long time, and are much safer than the VW Bug. I still have my Towncar, for road trips, but drive a volvo wagon everyday, except when I need 4WD. Then, I pull out my Explorer (yes, we own 14 cars, and a motor home). Its a 95, and has 147k... I drive all of them. A LOT! We live in WV, but also have places in NM, AZ, and NC. I love road trips!!!

Be careful opening electronic things. Many times, there are live electrical storage things, called capacitors, which can bite you pretty bad, even when the device is unplugged...

but, nothing ventured...!

I sure don't want a new Beetle! We want one of the old air-cooled. I have such a great shop...it's sheetrocked, carpeted on one side...has heat and air and a bed and a TV even! On the side that isn't carpeted, you can drive into it through a sliding door. A very comfy place to work on an old Bug!

I would like one like this...a 1966. Just to putz around town in. Gosh, I only really consistently go to church and Walmart! And if I got it fixed up nice and running well, I'd like to take it on road trips! The back roads of America, you know? Stay in little mom and pop hotels with my family...