1.  Beetle Up-Date

Saturday, May 1. I Faxed a copy of the first page to Perry Johnson at Brockman VW. I thought that since I had used his name
and Brockman VW on my page it would be considerate to let them see the page. (I also included my phone number on the Fax.)
I really expected a call from them, but nothing. I guess they're not concerned with the loss of one NB sale.

05/13/98
 

2.  Beetle Up-Date

Made a trip to the dealer where I have the deposit for "NB" to see how things are moving and let my wife see an actual Beetle!  I think that she has seen almost all the NB pages and pictures on the Web even watched the Insurance crash test several times.
  Arrive at Vic Bailey VW early.  We look at the nice red NB on the showroom floor.  She agrees that it looks better in red than what she thought it would.  She gets in and checks out the seating, cup holders, clock and the long black dash.  "WooWee...   You could land a plane on it.  It's gonna be fun cleaning the front windshield".
  Barry the salesman I placed the deposit with was busy so we just looked around.  Tim Pitts, a salesman  there came over
and spoke to us.  We talked about NB stuff.  I think Tim could qualify for the "Salesman of the Year Award".   One of the nicest salespersons I've ever encountered.  Hey, and I'm the guy when approached on car lots that greet the  salesman with...  "OH, No!  Attack by the Killer Salesman. Run, Quick."  Yep, that one always goes over real well.  I like to tell 'em stuff like,  "You can't Sh^t a Man with a Turd Every Pocket".
   So, the guys at Vic Bailey never attacked me and I haven't had to use any of my (poor) sense of humor on them.  And just to think of all the fun I missed.

Here's the car that they have on the floor right now.  (Sorry, it's already sold.)  I asked  Tim it he would like his picture on the Internet.  "Sure", he said.  He was even nice enough to offer to swap jobs with me. (I've bought enough cars, selling them might not be a bad idea!)  He might have thought I was joking...  Who, Me?  Never.
  Their waiting list has grown and also a few people have dropped off the list by locating a few cars from "Scalpers".  Five or six cars are due any day.  The most popular colors on their list are the 2 blue colors and green.  I think I am one of the few people that actually wanted Yellow.  Could this be a bad color?  One of the colors I didn't want was red but as you can see the red looks very nice!
  So, now I'm in the wait mode again since the other half of the "Finance Committee" has approved.  I hope the yellow NB arrives soon.
 

05/19/98  Up-Date

Call Barry to bug (get it BUG) him about the cars that he should have received.  He says that the shippment was delayed because of the "Battery Box" problem.  "They're on the way".

OK. Good news. I received a call on Monday asking if I would take a Diesel? Humm... I don't know. Maybe? So, look the WWW over for TDI information. Not any... Except Nancy's web page. Sent Nancy and Al a "I need information or opinions"! They seem to be very happy with thier diesel!
I receive a call on Wednesday concering color etc. of the diesel. And the Color is BLACK! WooWee. She's gona be HOT! Again I'm wating. My cars on the way! :-) Who want's the 325i with 59,000 miles for $17,200.00. Yep, it's got to find a new home!

Found this picture on the web today and had to steal it (opps) for my site.

Morons are born every day!  Check out the Smoke,  think Mom or Dad knew how the front tires got worn a little?

A Free Beetle from
Rock 101 (WROQ) is giving away this New Beetle in Greenville S.C.!  I went to a remote in Simpsonville S.C. on Saturday the 16th to get a look.

Their NB is Yellow w/grey interior and has a automatic transmission.   If you "Click" on the "Rock 101" logo above you can go to their home page to take a look.  I've been a avid listner for many years.  If you notice the guy in the pictures he's "Tony Magoo". Tony's a DJ at 101 and has a real sense of humor.
 
 

My 1998 Beetle

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