My next car is 4-5 years out. I have reliable relatively new transportation now. I intend to buy a VW Microbus EV. So, I am projecting the future, which can change.
In 1980, I sold my 1973 MG Midget and purchased a 1970 VW Microbus. I needed a larger vehicle to move my possessions to Florida for law school. On a long straight-a-way the VW Type 2 could reach top speed of 67 mph, and slow down to the upper 40s in the Tennessee "mountains."
Even more problematic was trying to stop the Type 2 with its 4-wheel drum brakes that sucked. When a hydraulic brake line went out, I blew a stop sign at the apex of a hill on a highway intersection in the driftless area. I fortunately did not encounter another vehicle and stopped a mile later toward the bottom of a hill in SW Wisconsin.
I hope to buy a faster more nimble version of the car that took me from Dubuque to Tallahassee for law school, and back multiple times, that will also stop. The old Microbus had a lot of space inside, but you would be the 1st to a head-on accident if driving, and in any event in an emergency you couldn't stop.
