We bought it for fun in simpler times, when thoughts like "someday there might be more of us," or "those of us already here might grow to huge porportions" didn't occur.
At first we had fun in the bug on sunny days with the top down driving around town listening to music and singing at the top of our lungs. But later, we had to listen to Stephen and Mason groan as their legs were getting too long to be comfortable in the back seat, or hear one of them whine about it being too windy or too sunny. (I know, right? Aren't wind and sun the point?) Yeah, the poor bug didn't have much of a chance as our family aged, and besides, it would have been a serious drag doing 60 or less all the way to Oklahoma when we do finally sell this house and move. No, bug is a Missouri car, and should stay here in her homeland, with people who love her and will care for her. We bid you a fond farewell, bug. You gave us many a pleasant afternoon on the way to get ice cream.Kristi
P.S. That car was built in 1978 and marketed as a family friendly car, because four adults were supposed to fit comfortably in it. For long periods. Four adults. I can't even get Monte and the three boys in it anymore. I guess the projected height in 1978 for the average person achiving maturity was 5 foot 3 inches. Either that or we have a serious metric to traditional measuring system conversion snafu here. Good thing Americans have discovered carbohydrates and protein since then or we'd never be able to grow our kids into giants like I'm doing now! I've had near four footers since kindergarten, and Mason is tall enough to ride every ride in every theme park in the US at the tendar age of ten. My two year old is already three feet tall. Those poor late 70s European car manufacturers wouldn't know what hit them! In the end we were like clowns coming out of that car, and I don't mean just in the traditional sense.
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If 5'3" is average height....alot of people owe me an apology!!! Name calling needs to stop (shorty, shrimp, etc...)!
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