In the almost two months I have been driving Dakota it’s like I’ve become inducted into a secret society. 4/5ths of the time when I spot another New Beetle on the road warm greetings result. If it’s opposing traffic it’s usually flashing fog lights or high beams and a wave. Meeting up with one in the same direction is almost always a smile and a wave, sometimes a peace sign. Last month on a trip to St. Petersburg I came up to a girl in a Techno Blue New Beetle on the interstate and we ended up carabugging most of the way down I-275. Midway across the Howard Franklin Bridge we came up to a Cyber Green NB who joined in. We went our separate ways at the Hwy 682 split but it made my day.
It’s also a game to try and park next to another Beetle in a parking lot. My record so far is 3 side-by-side. It’s especially fun when I can park nose to nose with one so it looks like they are smooching! I like to think the owner of the other Beetle gets as much joy out of seeing mine as I do theirs.
Oh, and watching kids in the back seat of a car next to me punch the crap out of each other when they see me gives me fuzzies, too.
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