In some ways living in Brazil was like living in a time warp. I remember seeing VW Beetles as a kid and playing punch buggy on long car trips. My mother told me stories about her Beetle, the first car she ever owned. She cursed herself the first day she drove it, because she had neglected to learn how to drive a stick-shift car before deciding to buy one. Oops.
Beetles have been dropping like flies though. It seems like you hardly ever see them anymore, except for those candy-coated pastel impostors that were all the rage a few years ago. The Beetle was the car of the 60's, and now it is the car of newly licensed 16 year olds.
I still have a fondness for those old Beetles. In Araraquara, I would see Beetles all the time. And not all beat up ones manufactured in 1977. These look brand new! Well maybe not new, but not nearly as beat up as the classic Beetles that you see in the U.S. One day took a picture of this sea foam green one. Perfect. I want to commit grand theft auto just looking at it.
Seeing vintage vehicles will definite make you feel like you are in the old times. But the irony is, their appeal never changed. They may look aged and worn-out, but you can tell they still have the beauty the lies beneath the rust and the old age.
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