While I defend the right of a vehicle owner to treat it as s/he wishes, I really hate to see a vehicle trashed.� There's a Wolfsburg Edition hardtop living nearby and I spotted it in the lot of a tire place today.� Stopped for a close look and saw that it got new Tiger Paws installed on its scuffed and corroded alloys.� It's got a vanity plate that practically brags VW awareness but the right side cladding is missing and nearly every panel is dented.� Worst of all, the groovy diagonal striped blue interior is loaded with gas weed whackers, dirty tools and a big Jobox that can't be doing the interior any good.� What a conflict!� Maybe it's the guy's only ride and it does exactly what he wants of it, but some folks would kill to have that van in better shape.� I had my camera but declined to take a pic, not wanting to document the decline.

On the plus side I spotted a new arrival in town, a sano grey Syncro hardtop that looks like it's moved or visiting from Williamsburg.

And on the non-van front I got a pic of the local fenderless, RHD lowered Beetle rat rod that I've seen before.� Talk about a strange expression of the automotive art...

Stephen