New Blue Beetle Sighting

Today, I spotted my first sighting of the 2012 VW Beetle. This one had denim blue paint, which is not my first choice. This one was the basic Beetle and not the Turbo. I love the Turbo's wheels and would prefer the basic VW. I don't need all that Turbo stuff, especially if or when it starts to go wrong. May more new Beetles start infesting the streets of Seattle.

New Beetle Baja

So, I spot this red New Beetle every once in a while here on Capitol Hill. It's different from all the others in that it sits up higher and has the word BAJA on the side. I can't seem to locate any information on this model via Google. Am probably using the wrong verbiage. Anyway, I believe it's one of the first versions of the New Beetle, as it has the divided tail lights (amber lens on top and red lens on bottom) and not the pupil designed tail lights. Anyone know how I can find information on this Beetle model?

Sixth Avenue & Seneca Street

This morning on the walk to work, I spotted a cute little red late 1960s BMW 2002. It zipped off the freeway onto Sixth Avenue downtown. At the same intersection, an early 1960s Volvo 544 was waiting at the light to continue forward on Seneca Street towards the waterfront.

A Convertible Subaru?

Where was I in 1982? For some reason, I never knew that Subaru created what appears to be an early 1980s GL convertible. When I came upon this rare automotive species late last week near Westlake Park, I didn't know what I was exactly looking at. I knew it was a Subaru, as the body gave it away as an early 1980s model, but there was something odd about this creature. There was a black cloth top. In googling '1982 convertible subaru', I've only come up with two photos of this car. One is bronze in color and the other is black. I wish that I had taken a picture to show you. This is a very cute rare car. Not sure how many are out there in the world.

Saab 9 5

A couple of days ago, I spotted my first 2012 Saab 9-5 roaming the streets of Seattle. Boy is this a great looking car. I'm not sure which trim level it was, but the sedan was silver in color. Bet there will be plenty of silver 9-5's soon to be on the road. As I write this, I'm building and pricing "my" new 9-5 on their website. To my surprise, they list eleven colors to choose from. How surprising. Granted, not all the colors are that inspiring. I sure hope Saab can survive.

License Plate Day

As I walked to work this morning, I took an inventory of the out of state license plates of all the cars on Summit Avenue between E Howell Street and E Pine Street on Capitol Hill. Within these two blocks, I spied a bakers dozen out of state and out of the country license plates. The states and Providences that were represented on this street were California (two examples), Michigan, Florida, Nebraska, Minnesota, Oregon (two examples), Alaska, Nevada and Idaho. There were two Canadian plates; one British Columbian and one Manitoban. The two that I find rare in Seattle are the Nebraska and Manitoba plates. It's rare to find eastern US plates here. Tomorrow will be another day of searching for plates and rare vehicles.

Cute Little Italian Car

Today was Fiat 500 day. Within a couple of hours, I saw two brand-spanking-new 500s. The first one was parked under the Alaskan Way Viaduct and was silver. It looked to be the sport model, but not sure. It had the sport wheels, but they are option on all versions. The second Fiat was parallel parked on Seneca Street between 1ST and 2ND Avenues. This one was the charcoal gray with the same wheels. I'm guessing that most people will upgrade the wheels to these. I'd love one of these little cars. Not sure if it would make me look even more gay that I already do. At least my Mustang is my butch car.