My car has been my baby for the past nine years.
When the Volkswagen New Beetle came out when I was in highschool in the late '90s, I fell in love. It was so cute! I made dowith two hand-me-down cars until the age of 24, when I saved $6,000for a down payment while living in Lake Charles, La., picked outthe silver New Beetle I wanted online, and headed over to adealership in nearby Orange, Texas to pick it up. Only regret: Theauto loan was through Chase Bank, not a credit union. Scoldaway.
The Beetle survived a cross-country road trip from the South allthe way to Oregon, a move to San Francisco, another move back upnorth and a final move to Los Angeles. I learned how to fit mybelongings into the oddly-shaped vehicle like a puzzle. Now, withscratches on the back bumper and rips in the leather seats, it sitsin my ridiculously-small parking spot, which is just the right sizefor a Beetle, at my apartment.
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