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As a member of a car club I often wonder what inspires others like myself to join such an organization. Certainly, the camaraderie, the sense of being part of a large family, is an important factor. The club to which he belongs, is dedicated to all Volkswagens, old and new. The question for others fascinated by these cars is what interests us at Volkswagen in the first place? There are probably many stories of inspiration, as there are dandelions in my garden each spring. That said, here is the mine.

I was born in 1959, and my memory reaches back as 1962, when he was about two and half years old. In those days, usually only one parent was the breadwinner, as was the case with my father. We just had a car, and besides, my mother did not know how to drive. The car I had was Beetle oval window 1957 that was bought "new" in Kansas City, Missouri. I say "again" because at that time had no similar waiting lists will forty-one years later, when hit showrooms New Beetle first. In 1957, 1946 Chevy was exhausted and my father began his search for a new car. Volkswagen was interested in after reading about them in popular publications of the time.

At least ten years before the hippies exersise the concept non-conformity, my father decided he wanted a car tail protruding from the usual giant finned, gas-guzzling dinosaurs that roamed the streets during that period. It costs less, too. For a little over $ 1700 that became a salesperson demonstrator with only a few miles showing on the odometer. Yes, miles (for those of you readers, USA). It was a European model specifications, with semaphore signals turn (literally, for those not familiar with Volkswagen, an arm waving from one side of the two doors that glowed, indicating the direction the driver intended to turn), as well as a piece bumpers. (US-spec models had overriders.) Thanks to my father, I knew the difference between miles and kilometers by the time I was only five years old. It was fun seeing my friends gasp as we would cruise down the highway at 62 miles per hour, while they thought we were going 100.

It would be many years before they begin driving, but I knew he was driving a Volkswagen any day. When I was in elementary school mid and late 1960, the Muscle Car Era, the boys in my class might argue that the cars were better, depending, of course, which led to their parents. Most of time vs. Corvette vs. Charger vs. Mustang GTO. I have a lot of laughs when Volkswagen contributed to the discussions but did not care. I thought the "bug" was better-looking than any of the cars, and still do. I did not and still do not care about 0-60 times. It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and owners of VW can all agree.

Unfortunately, in 1970, after 13 years of reliable service and about 257,000 kilometers (160,000 miles) from my father decided that it was not cost effective to keep the car. Many trips to Oklahoma and the perpetual road salt that covered highways during the winter in the Midwest had taken its toll, and when fans of body and patch did not help that it was time to say goodbye to our Beetle. A salvage yard that offers just $ 25 for the VW, so my father gave it to a friend to use as a car parts. I vividly remember the tears as the friend gave us a ride back to our home. It was as if we had lost a family member, and as I'm concerned what we had.

I have my driver's license in 1976, but I was in a hand-me-down Ford Maverick. Bearing into account the way I went at 16, which is nothing short of a miracle I'm alive to tell this story for almost thirty years later. Turning to 1978, finally had my own Volkswagen, a 1971 Super Beetle. In the early 1980s had two more beetles. In 2000, after trying several other brands that wanted a new VW and bought a Golf 1996 Beetle 1969 followed three years later. Until then I was the only member of our club that VW did not have a classic air-cooled model of the early years. In nearly 46 years of life in this world, I have calculated that 22 of them have been with a Volkswagen.

I've gotten to the point of no return now. It will always be owner of a VW of some kind. My 8-year-old daughter has already elected its first car, a New Beetle. Children have a tendency to change his mind very often as acquired new interests, but in this case, I do not think he will. It runs in the family.

Pat Sills is an avid Volkswagen enthusiast and writes articles and feature stories for his club's Newsletter. His first novel, REUNIONS, was published in March, 2005. Check it out at: http://outskirtspress.com/reunions or at: authorsden.com/patricksills

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