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#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/19/2011

Yesterday was quite a hectic day that turned out much differently than I had expected.

I decided to go to the Honda dealership in Peoria to get the splash guard on the Hybrid fixed. They said they could work me in and I wanted to get it fixed before we drove here to Decatur. While I was waiting I decided take a look at the #VW Beetle they had on the lot.

Tracey has really been wanting one with heated leather seats and this one fit that bill. It also has low mileage for a 2007 model, only 32,000 miles.

I called Tracey and we decided to buy it. The rest of the day was a flurry of phone calls to get the money, insurance, etc. The deal was done by 5:00 and we were on our way here to Decatur in a shiny red VW bug!

I had originally thought about trading the Honda but they didn’t want to give us as much as I thought it was worth. And until we get A & B through ICC it will be nice to have another car so we aren’t always having to schedule rides, etc. Especially when one of the cars has to be worked on. I won’t have to drive Tracey to work and back just so I can have a car.

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#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/19/2011


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#3 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 03/08/2012 #9

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/03/2012 #2

Fans of Volkswagen Beetles gather in Hanover, northern Germany. About 3,000 VW Beetles from all over Europe traveled to this year’s meeting.
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#5 Click this link to see Blog page --> 05/09/2012

The oil change on the #VW seemed to take forever yesterday. Fortunately they have a nice waiting room with plenty of free coffee.

Of course they tried to sell me new wiper blades, new air filters, spark plugs, rotate the tires, etc.

They tried a new one on me this time —— they wanted $113.00 (plus tax) to “flush brake lines and replace fluid”.

I know I have never done that to ANY car I own or have ever owned. New scam or necessary? I think I’ll pass whichever it is.

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#6 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/20/2012

I make a habit of going back through the blog to read each year’s blog entry and a year ago yesterday we bought the #VW.

It doesn’t seem that long ago! That thought jogged another memory I forgot to blog about. Remember me complaining how we had lost one of the VW keys the very day we bought the car? Tracey found it!

Last week when she was packing a suitcase to take with her on her visit to family in Effingham, Watson and parts south .. she found the key in an outside pocket of the suitcase! We had used that suitcase to go to Decatur the evening we bought the car.

Evidently one us put the key in there while we were sorting through the paperwork for the title, insurance, etc. and then promptly forgot about it. It is always the last place you look and in this case — we weren’t even looking anymore.

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#7 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/09/2012

I took the #VW to #Raisor in Morton to have them replace the dead headlight bulb. It was worth the $20 labor!

They had to take apart most of the drivers side to get at the bulb assembly. There were a couple plastic covers and the air cleaner to be taken off and then it took two guys to work the release and pull it apart.

I think part of their problems was our model year is different from the last one they had worked on. I was quite impressed with their mastery of profanity as they cussed it apart and back together.

I don’t think they usually have customers in the work bay, but I have taken so many cars there over the years.

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#8 Click this link to see Blog page --> 02/19/2013

We had some trouble with the right front tire of the #VW holding air and a couple days ago Tracey noticed there are some cracks in the sidewall. Time to replace tires. I spent about an hour on the phone calling about prices and waiting for calls back about prices. Today I will be spending much $$$ on new tires. I hate when that happens but I also don’t want to get into an accident or stuck on the side of the road due to a bad tire. Always something.

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#9 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 04/20/2013 #1

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#10 Click this link to see Blog page --> 05/10/2013

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#11 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/08/2014

I managed to get Tracey’s #VW bug through the drift in front of the garage and out to Mom’s trailer. It was touch and go a couple of times.

Still no water so I called the #OakLawn office and Mark came out to look things over. He removed the panel to the water heater in the front closet and also the side skirting to get to the shut off valve. He couldn’t shut the water off as the valve is frozen open but couldn’t see any leaks under the trailer.

He told me the flexible plastic pipes don’t “usually” freeze but it could still happen. He told me to come back and check every day and he would let me know if they had any calls of water running out from under the trailer.

I told him to shut the water off if that happened and let me know. I even managed to get the VW back into the garage when I got home —— but just barely.

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#12 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 02/07/2014 #1

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#13 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 04/17/2014 #4

Alan and I drove to Colorado in a #VW bug just like this.

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#14 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/14/2014

The right front tire on Tracey’s #VW Bug went flat on her way home from work yesterday afternoon. She was almost home and left it at the end of the lane down by the mailboxes.

I called our towing insurance and burned one of our “free” tows to get it hauled to the garage in Pekin where we got our tires last year. Now I’m glad I let them talk me into buying the road hazard insurance. I just hope she got the car stopped before the sidewalls were damaged on the flat tire.

It didn’t look too bad but you never know until you can get it off the car and look at it all the way around. We are supposed to go pick it up later today.

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#15 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/15/2014

We got a call from the repair shop around mid-morning yesterday. The tire on Tracey’s #VW bug was not repairable. It had a large gash in the sidewall.

So we have to wait until they can get a replacement tire. Hopefully they will get it done today. It is always something.

MjL

#16 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/16/2014

I think the episode of the #VW Beetle flat tire is finally over. We eventually got a call around 4:15 yesterday afternoon to tell us the tire had arrived and had been mounted.

Tracey went in to take care of the paper work and pay the bill and it was good thing it was her and not me. She had the opportunity to train a new guy how to ring it up.

He had never done a transaction with a tire warranty before and screwed it up a few times. Finally a co-worker wandered over to help him out. Tracey has far more patience than I do in these situations.

I sat out in the car but I could see them through the front door and I could see the body language of frustration going on with the clerk. I’ve taken less time to buy a used car much less pay for a tire.

MjL

#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/30/2014 #1

Visitors look at a Volkswagen from 1950 at the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany.
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#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/26/2015 #3

Visitors attend a Volkswagen Beetle owners’ meeting in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Sunday. Around 1,000 Volkswagen Beetle cars took part in this event as part of celebrations marking Brazil’s annual National Volkswagen Beetle day, which falls on January 20th.
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#19 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 11/19/2015 #5

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#20 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 05/04/2016 #3

#VW #BernieOrBust

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#21 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/11/2017 #3

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#22 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/12/2017 #3

#FerdinandPorsche #VW

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#24 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/15/2019 #3

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#25 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/10/2019 #1

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#26 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/09/2020 #4

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#27 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 03/02/2021 #4

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#28 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/17/2022 #5

In 1972 #VW
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#29 Click this link to see Assorted Stuff page --> 04/27/2023 #3

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