In July of 1999, seven years ago, I bought a brand new VW Beetle...
New Beetle.. July 1999
It served me well in many ways, but in recent years, it's been completely falling apart. In the last year alone, I've had to replace the tires and the battery, the air conditioning died while we were in Vegas (and still doesn't work.. they want $1400 to fix it). In addition to these problems, there are still too many other things broken to count.
So, I figured it was about time to go out and get a new one.. Last weekend, Veronica and I went out looking for new cars. I had an idea of what I wanted, and what manufacturers I was interested in. We looked at a couple of different things, but ended up falling in love with the Mini Cooper.
Through the website, you're allowed to Build Your Own, to actually customize every last detail, so yesterday we took the print-out to Long Beach Mini and put a new Mini into production. I'm hopefully going to get a production number sometime this week, and then I can track its progress online. In the meantime, here's a photo of my future car (which I should be receiving sometime in the next 2-3 months):
