Three new VW Beetles recently parked on our street. The Beetle has lots of great lines that make for potentially nice pictures—both inside and out. The picture at right is a view of the “cockpit” of my mom's Beetle, which she kindly let me drive while I was visiting her over the holidays. Her Beetle (a TDI) was a pleasure to drive—very peppy and responsive. Yeah, owning one would be pretty darned cool. (Note: This is three pictures integrated into one. Now that I see it like this, I realize I should have tried three stacked horizontals, instead of three parallel verticals. Next time.)