Bargain Beetle

Dear Wheelspin

This little story is about my "Lucky Bug*er" and it will sicken some of you ~ with envy, of course!

One Sunday, I popped in to see a mate of mine and during the normal chat, he told me that he had bought a Bug at auction the previous night, for £30! "I know nothing about Beetles" he said "but my mate told me you could get good money for them!" You lucky bug***, I thought, I would really earn some brownie points if I could get The Wife a Beetle for that price! "You can have it for what I paid for it plus the auction’s commission ~ £63 is all!" He said. " Yes please!" said I!!!

You see, The Wife has been after a ’63 Beetle (the year she was born!) for ages (there goes the brownie points!!! ) Well, I thought, would she be happy with a £63 one instead?!
"The only problem is" he said "It won’t go, you’ll need a tow" So, off we went The Wife, Des and I. Once there, Des had a look at the Bug whilst The wife and I stood by. " Look, there’s an immobiliser on it!" said Des as he rolled up his sleeves. Once the immobiliser was off, he started the engine and we drove it home!

OK, so it had a hole in the floor, the ignition barrel was damaged, we had no keys and no quarter light! Trigger took care of that! £350 later and she now has an MOT and a years free Tax, thank you very much! This poor little Bug had been left abandoned by the side of the road and the local council had towed her away, she is now safe and well and in good hands but who is the Lucky Bug*er, her, The Wife or I?

Gary Law