I'm not sure how many of you have seen this video - Volkswagen put it out in honor/remembrance of 70 years of the Beetle.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=vw+-+the+last+mile&view=detail&mid=4CC6705D12ED3353FFCD4CC6705D12ED3353FFCD&FORM=VIRE
I have to be honest with you guys - it brought tears to my eyes.
My first car was a '62 Beetle - just like the one in the video. I bought it with a bad engine for $75 in 1973 at 15 years old. My Dad and I rebuilt the engine, and it was ready to drive at the end of my sophomore year of high school.
My god, what freedom and dreams that car brought me as a 16 year old kid working at McDonalds after school and on the weekends.
It stoked a love for German cars that continues to this day.
I went through college with a '69 Beetle and a '70 Karmann Ghia, while being able to have Dad's '67 Porsche 911 to drive whenever I could talk him out of it for a day or two.
Every day on my way to classes I drove past the Porsche dealer with the new 911SC, 928's and 944's parked out front. Absolutely the cars of my dreams.
In 1985 I went off to flight training in the Air Force behind the wheel of a '78 Porsche 924. The 924 was eventually sold to buy an '87 944S, then that was eventually turned for a '90 944S2 cabriolet, which I still own.
Now my fleet is composed of a large handful of 986 Boxsters, a 996, my 944S2 cab, several 928s and a 914. Rounding out the collection are a couple of BMWs - an '85 635CSi and a big '07 7-series. In my past are a couple of Audi's as well.
I live and breath my Porsches and my German cars. They are a part of my identity. I've owned my VW's and then at least one Porsche every day for the past 45+ years. What a blast it's been.
And it all started for a 15 year old kid with a '62 Beetle with a bad engine.
