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When my wife and I first married, we then drove a blue VW Bug we named "Himbie." It was joined by an a tan VW Bug a couple of years later (never had a name for that one). Two daughters then "inherited" these stick-on-the-floor sports jobs.

I've arrived at a full circle this late summer. I traded in my 2005 Chrysler T/C Touring mini-van on a 4-year old VW Beetle. I'm really hoping the dealership will sell the van to someone, who needs the pneumatic handicap chair lift I had in the back, accessible by the rear door. It was a really helpful tool for transporting a power chair. And the Chrysler van is still in great shape with a most comfortable ride.

Anyway, the Beetle's color is called "reef blue," and it has a 4-cylinder turbo engine, and dressed out with kind of fancy sport wheels. It is a base-model in the Beetle line, although it doesn't quite look like it. What I particularly like is that a number of the instrument switches (e.g. temp control, fan, floor heat, vent heat, A/C, radio, etc.) all have manual controls. Very little digital stuff, which is my speed! It is a 2013 car with only 30,000 miles driven so far. Thought I got a fair deal on my van/lift trade-in, so I went for it.

So far I have really enjoyed driving this new-to-me car.....lots of fun and handles really well. BTW, the gas mileage is a significant improvement over the van. Rather than the 16-17 miles/gallon on the van, I'm getting a little over 32 miles/gallon with the Beetle. Not too shabby, although I don't drive a tremendous amount these days. Still, every penny saved is good.

Posting a few pictures of my new blue turbo. Maybe I'm showing off my "late-life-crisis."
Have a great holiday weekend, Everyone!

PT7's 2013 VW Turbo Beetle

Uh huh! And your new forum name will be "It's Turbo Time!"

Looks great! Enjoy!!

Very pretty color and cool car, PT.

Looks to be fun to drive, I'm sure.................

Turbos will put a smile on your face. I have 2 of them under the hood of my F150. Nice color PT and enjoy. Dont forget to wake up that turbo every now and then. Al

BigAl, thanks. I like that "reef blue" color a lot. OK, I never drove a turbo before, and have already "wakened" it up a few times! After the surprise, yes, a smile happened!

The turbo awakens quite wide-eyed and bushy-tailed as the road in the rear view mirror rapidly recedes. Also found out I need to behave with it, too.....KCMO cruisers and radar abound in my area!

BigAl52 wrote:Turbos will put a smile on your face. I have 2 of them under the hood of my F150. Nice color PT and enjoy. Dont forget to wake up that turbo every now and then. Al

Great looking Beetle PT7! It looks to be in perfect condition and well taken care of. I have a special feeling for VW beetles both old and new. My wife and I.... both had VW Beetles as first our first cars. I've had many older ones over the years. Congrats on your purchase.
Dale - AZ

Nice little car, sharp looking and I like that color too.
Enjoy it. Are your kids giving you grief about your "turbo sports car?"

Thanks, Marine. The kids have been good with my new wheels. No grief....just some raised eyebrows over a wide grin!!

BrokenolMarine wrote:Nice little car, sharp looking and I like that color too.
Enjoy it. Are your kids giving you grief about your "turbo sports car?"

PT7, I like that Beetle. It sure doesn't look base model, as you stated. It looks very nice. I like the rims.

As Al said, you need to kick the turbos once in a while. I'll bet that turbo gets that Beetle moving in a hurry. Two of them get my F150 up off it's knees in a hurry.

Enjoy your ride. It looks fun.