Saturday, November 19, 2016 3:52:40 PM
Sadly no, turned into cash assets in a divorce.
Here's my entire sad story with VWs, my older brother and sister had cars bought for them when they were sixteen and wrecked them doing predictable teen shenanigans messing everything up for me as I was automatically tried and convicted when I became a teen.
Sooo, the deal was I'd work to buy my own car and maybe appreciate it more only being able to drive us in the family car to church and whatever after I got my license. That meant I was in danger of not having my own car until I was 17 and I had visions of 'there goes the current girlfriend'. Having an 'in' with a construction co. my brother had worked for, I asked for and was given a job my 15th summer and also got my best friend with a car and license a job there too so he could drive us back and forth.
We got paid $2.75/hr. and were the envy of all, most of whom had neighborhood lawn jobs at best. Anyway, I ended up with $600 bucks after dates, movies, dinners etc. and had been eyeing a wreck of a '56 Chevy and even shabbier 442 when my dad wouldn't let me buy either, but drug me down to Century VW and bought a '61 bug with my summer's earnings. Wth, it was my money man! Turned out pops knew best as the car was driver ready, never needed a repair I couldn't handle and even at 25c a gallon a little necessary siphon job or two kept me going until the following summer's job. I liked spending bucks on upgrading it with Empi equipment if you remember that.
So yeah, got a fond spot for VWs, took that one to college with new girl friend in tow, who didn't seem to mind the ride. I finally upgraded my junior year.
I came about the '71 when it turned out my new bride had a slow pay on an old apartment before I met her. We put her name on the car so to help build her credit back up, still miss it.
Phew, careful about asking me these kinds of stories.
Here's my entire sad story with VWs, my older brother and sister had cars bought for them when they were sixteen and wrecked them doing predictable teen shenanigans messing everything up for me as I was automatically tried and convicted when I became a teen.
Sooo, the deal was I'd work to buy my own car and maybe appreciate it more only being able to drive us in the family car to church and whatever after I got my license. That meant I was in danger of not having my own car until I was 17 and I had visions of 'there goes the current girlfriend'. Having an 'in' with a construction co. my brother had worked for, I asked for and was given a job my 15th summer and also got my best friend with a car and license a job there too so he could drive us back and forth.
We got paid $2.75/hr. and were the envy of all, most of whom had neighborhood lawn jobs at best. Anyway, I ended up with $600 bucks after dates, movies, dinners etc. and had been eyeing a wreck of a '56 Chevy and even shabbier 442 when my dad wouldn't let me buy either, but drug me down to Century VW and bought a '61 bug with my summer's earnings. Wth, it was my money man! Turned out pops knew best as the car was driver ready, never needed a repair I couldn't handle and even at 25c a gallon a little necessary siphon job or two kept me going until the following summer's job. I liked spending bucks on upgrading it with Empi equipment if you remember that.
So yeah, got a fond spot for VWs, took that one to college with new girl friend in tow, who didn't seem to mind the ride. I finally upgraded my junior year.
I came about the '71 when it turned out my new bride had a slow pay on an old apartment before I met her. We put her name on the car so to help build her credit back up, still miss it.
Phew, careful about asking me these kinds of stories.
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