I know that this is the Typ2 list, however please bear with me on this... January 7, 1980 - February 17, 1995
It is with much sadness that I announce the death of our recently purchased Bug Convertible which was totaled out when struck by a delivery truck travelling in the breakdown lane while the driver was asleep. My wife was driving HER convertible when it developed engine trouble, she promptly pulled to the far side of the break-down lane on the interstate, checked to see if there was anything she could do to fix the problem...then got a ride to the dealer's so they could go out and fetch the car. About two to five minutes after she left, the truck hit the bug.. dead center in the back...shattering the brand new factory rebuilt motor as well as the transmission...forced the car into a gully at which time the truck rode over the top of the bug and caused the bug to roll over twice before both bug and truck came to rest in the trees on the upside of the gully. Fortunately, my wife was not in the car....otherwise I would be preparing an obituary of a different type. Our two-year-old Alex is very upset his "New Bug" as he called it is not dead..... So folks, if you would sometime this weekend, hoist a beer/or observe a moment of silence in memory of "New Bug"...cut down in the prime of life at 45,000 miles!
Ric
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