10 Iconic Movie Cars It Would Suck To Actually Own

8. 1963 Volkswagen Beetle 'Herbie'- The Love Bug

Bringing all the hate to number 8 is this awful little car. At the best of times the VW Beetle was a misadventure in automotion, and Herbie himself also comes with the added joy of driving a disabled puppy that urinates oil when it feels like it and has a habit of popping wheelies at traffic lights. Even people on motorcycles look stupid when they do it, imagine how bad you'll look in a Beetle with free will doing the same thing. In all honesty try to imagine owning it, and how a "normal" day of driving would go: you come out of your house at 7am ready to start the day and your car isn't there. Upon further investigation you discover it's at the park on the swings or chasing the local cat, all the while beeping its pathetic horn delightedly and getting you into serious trouble with the curtain twitchers. Trying to MOT it will also be an issue. You know that because it's a Disney car, it's going to be ticklish, so it will squirt oil and other fluids into the mechanic's face when they try to check the suspension arms, which is probably funny at first, but madness-inducing every subsequent time. Herbie would never stay where you parked it, and would be off humping someone's pink Mini Cooper down the street. This will only add to the list of headaches when you have to go with it to court to explain why your car was sexually harassing a German. To top it off, you go for a coffee with a friend, and you're succinctly aware that at any second your car is going to come careering through the window with a Frisbee it's nicked from a dog. Somehow, "sorry" just doesn't seem like it would cut it. Disney are great at making entertaining celluloid vehicles for our viewing pleasure, but they really don't know how to make a car movie.
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