I agree Blue's the best colour to me also but if it has the Subaru badge on it I'd have it :D
I have a bug like your's to be fair and it's my pride and joy but is used as my daily :( along with a blobeye but had to let one go :( and it was the blobeye I've gone past the point of no return with the Bug :D And I was driving an X-type V6 saloon not long ago but I only had that to sell on nice car's for just driving but almost as bad as the Subaru for fuel drinking :D Or maybe I just have a heavy shoes ;)
And no my car's have never been metal to me it's like one of my kids :) And I wash it more then I do myself