Used 63 VW- Custom designer bucket seat included! - cars & trucks - by... for sale in OAKTON, District Of Columbia

I got the bucket (see photo) at home depot. Its purpose is to hold the seat upright, so I don't fall backwards into the back seat when I "accelerate." The bucket is also very handy for holding things, like your phone for when you have to call AAA to get towed, or the local fire department should the gas tank fall out and cause a bothersome conflagration. The passenger seat is in my attic, but can be put back on easily if you want. There's lots of legroom without the front seat, which is why I have been toying with starting a stretch limo business with this majestic Bug of mine as the first vehicle in what will surely one day become a large stable of luxury vehicles. One of the first things I thought of was that that the bucket can also hold cold beers and hors d'oeuvres, and doesn't leak at all, which is more than I can say for the seals around the doors and the sunroof of the VW.

I also have seat belts from a Buick LeSabre that I got at a junkyard, and have hooked them up (with rope, so all you have to do is cut them if you don't want them.) Safety first, that's my motto, which is why I drive a 63 VW with rotten floorboards.

Note: Let me stress here that I believe in personal liberty. If you don't want to wear a seat belt or want to drive around high as a kite with bald tires, why should the government tell you what to do? This country was founded on free markets and freedom, no matter what you hear from radical socialists like that whacko Rachel Maddow on MSNBC or read in the failing New York Times.

Some call me a very stable genius. It's clear that I have an aptitude for the art of the deal which is not common these days. Buy high, sell low, that's my motto. I've spent about $3,800 on this bug so far, all told, meaning I'll only be losing $475, which is pretty good, given my track record. I believe I am the only person ever to lose money on a real estate transaction in the DC metro area. I saw a Sham Wow demonstration at a convention once, and had the brilliant idea to buy a large quantity of them in bulk, and to reap the profits shortly therafter by reselling them at a hefty markup. Alas, in order to sell them, one has to do a demo, over and over, of wiping up spills to prove to an often skeptical audience that the Sham Wow picks up 21 times its weight in water. Sadly, it turned out that my hands have an unusual propensity to become painfully chapped when they are wet all day, to the point where I couldn't hack it anymore, so I had to stop selling the Sham Wows, just when I was starting to get the hang of it.

Note: If you would like to purchase approximately 6,000 Sham Wows in their original packaging at a more than reasonable price, I am willing to consider a package deal with the VW.

But I digress. I have gotten some feedback from a very close and dear family member that maybe I should consider getting out of the flipping cars business. So, in the interest of what is called "wa" in Japanese, loosely translated as group harmony, I have decided forgo my dreams of the big score, and just keep on working at my ho hum day job instead as a means to pay the bills. ( When our older daughter was a little kid, she actually thought that my job duties consisted of pushing large piles of actual physical paper around, since that is what I always said I had done at work that day when I came home at night.)

But, dammit, one of these days my ship will come in. I know it. Granted, I haven't had a lot of offers for the VW yet, but that's not my fault. Someone has been messing with the algorithm on Craisglist, so that anytime someone wants to contact me about my car, the email gets routed to somebody in Nevada.

$3,475, and not a penny less. Don't even try to negotiate with me. I never lose. Never.