Yesterday I successfully drove Jody's Volkswagen from Garner to our house, it did not die once, we did not get hit, we did not hit anyone and we all survived! I have not been able to successfully drive the VW since he's gotten it, about a year ago. It is a 4 speed, which is not the problem. My parents taught me how to drive on a stick shift and boy am I glad they forced me to (I wasn't at the time)!!! The first automatic I've ever had was our van which we've had l about a year and a half!!! The problem is it doesn't have ABS, power steering and the pedals come from the bottom of the floor instead of the top. I've been practicing driving around the neighborhood. I will add here that my very first car was a 1984 VW Scirocco (a stick as well), a german racing car. . .it was tiny, you couldn't get it into 1st gear ever, and it was just plain old. So you see I have had experience driving complicated cars. . .Jody tells me all the time I should have kept that car, but I traded it in for my lovely Ford Probe when I was 17!!!
Back to the story, we went to Garner to see my brother Josh, since he had shoulder surgery Tuesday. The girls picked out a card, some balloons and a stuffed dog to "cheer him up". We have to drive two cars since we can't fit in one. Time came for Jody to leave for work and I either had to leave with him or I could drive the VW home. After some coaxing Jody convinced to take the VW out for a spin around my parents neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods. I felt pretty comfortable so I passed! I didn't have any trouble driving it at all!!! We even stopped at the grocery store on the way home where I was bombarded with questions from people about the bug, telling me how cool it was, asking what year it was, how good of condition it was in for the year, etc. All in all I do believe that I like the VW and it can stay!!! I've added a few pictures of the VW for you to see, these pictures were taken right after we drove it home, it hadn't been washed in a while, it looks much better now. . .
Jody bought this car with the intentions of completely restoring it. So far he's had to do a lot of work to the car to keep it running, and hasn't really been able to do any cosmetic work to it!!! He loves this car. . .
4 comments:
Good for you, Sarah! I bet you looked pretty sporty in the VW... And I bet the kids enjoyed it too! If only it were red:)
Hope Josh is feeling better. We've been thinking of him!
We are praying that your car situation gets settled. We miss you all very much! Keep us posted on your brother.
You forgot to mention the shirocco was a du du brown color! Not the coolest thing to be seen in high school! Remember when becky and amanda made a birthday cake out of it! Ha!
What a great car! Your husband sure does have great taste. How lucky you are to be able to drive a '72 Super Beetle that is in such great shape (with little rust to the floor pans and only a few spots to the exterior). Your husband is sure proud of you!
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