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“My family has owned the land
that will be condemned for the
garage for 30 years,” he said. “Obvi
ously I have a personal interest in the
project. I also question the location of
the garage. The University has acres
behind Albertson’s with signs not to
park there. That area was not consid
ered.
“The garage benefits what I call
the hole-in-the-wall businesses in
the area. There are some textbook
stores there, but the bars there don’t
provide parking, so they expect the
city to provide parking.”
Don An, owner of Cafe Excel and
Crooked Path Ale House, said a park
ing garage will enhance the North-
gate area.
“We are hoping it will revitalize the
Northgate area and attract more
businesses,” he said. “We think busi
nesses will take a second look at
Northgate if there is a parking
garage.”
An said the garage will attract peo
ple who do not normally frequent
Northgate.
“Right now, people don’t really
take visitors to Northgate unless they
want to go to the (Dixie) Chicken or
are going to a football game,” he said.
“This (Northgate revitalization) is a
visionary thing — It’s not going to
happen overnight. But if you put a
garage in there, it will bring in more
businesses. It can be something that
people are proud of.”
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) —
Not long after Wally Leach paid
$18,000 for a new Volkswagen Bee
tle, he was stopped in a parking lot
by a man offering him $27,000 for it.
That came after someone else of
fered him $23,000.
“When I told him ‘No,’ he said,
‘Can I give you more?”’ Leach re
called.
The popularity of the new car
has led to Beetle scalping.
Demand is so great and the
number of cars so small that some
VW dealers are selling them for
thousands of dollars above the
sticker price. Also, non-VW dealer
ships and auto wholesalers are pur
chasing them and reselling them at
a mark-up.
VW spokesman Tony Foulad-
pour said the company tries to dis
courage dealers from selling cars
above sticker prices but can’t stop
them. “The dealerships are inde
pendent businessmen and some
are much more independent than
others,” he said.
Fouladpour pointed out that cus
tomers who buy a new Beede from a
treehouse
apartments
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MSC Film Society
presents'. . . ^
Jackie Brown
Friday, May 1
9:30 p.m.
L.A. Confidential
Saturday, May 2
7:00 & 10:00 p.m.
Tickets: $3.00 at the door or $2.50 in
advance at the MSC Box Office
(845-1234)
All films shown in Rudder Theatre
Complex.
Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema
Hotline - 847-8478.
L Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to
inform us of your special needs. We request
notification three(3) working days prior to the event
to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability.
Website:http://films.tamu.edu
Film on Video
presents . . .
Annie Hall
Thurssday, April 30
7:00p.m.
Bullets Over Broadway
Sunday, May 3
2:00 p.m.
Free Admission
BICH Rm.107 (West Campus)
12th Man Student Foundation
presents our annual
Baseball
Barbeque
Friday, May 1 @ 5:00 p.m.
before the Baylor Game
Next to the Olsen Pavilion
Members: FREE
Non-members: $5
Win Autographed Stuff!
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non-VW dealer lose out on the 10-
year, 100,000-mile warranty.
That doesn’t bother some peo
ple. The allure of the Beetle is that
strong.
Ronald Pogue of Berkeley, Calif.,
said his cherry red Beetle gets him
attention everywhere he goes.
“Can one purchase coolness? I
think so,” said Pogue, who bought
his car at a VW dealer.
Leach, who lives in Gray, Tenn.,
bought his Bug for his nearly 16-
year-old son. Leach’s wife, Jennifer,
said their son’s classmates tell him
he has “the baddest car around.”
Volkswagen stopped making
the old Beetle in 1979. The new
version is sleeker but still looks
pretty much like the bulbous old
Beetle. The base model starts at
$15,200. A car with all options
costs about $18,000.
Mick Adams, a salesperson at
Livonia VW in Livonia, Mich., said
Beetlemania has struck his dealer
ship. Livonia’s policy of no waiting
lists has created problems, he said.
“We did have some customers
arguing” when a Beetle arrived on
A new bug
Since its introduction last month,
Volkswagen's New Beetle has become
so hot that dealers' waiting lists are in
the hundreds. And in a throwback
to the "Flower Power" days of
the 1960s, the Beetle's
dashboard even
sports a bud
vase.
Bug-eyed
headlights
Water-cooled
engine in front
A look at some standard features of the New Beetle:
Anti-lock breaks
Built-in
sideboard
© Front-wheel drive
® Pollen and odor filter
® Six-speaker stereo with CD
capability
© Beverage holders
e Anti-theft alarm system
Halogen projector-beam
headlights
Four-wheel disc brakes and
central locking system w
remote
• Bud vase on dashboard
• Folding rear seat
• Front seat side airbags
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There have been 4,988,350 Beetles sold in the United
States.
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engine x
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sideboard
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headlights
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400
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the lot, he said. The manager had to
ask one of the customers to leave.
“Tve had some pretty nasty
people come through the door,”
Adams said.
An Ohio woman bought a Beetle
from Livonia after seeing a truck car
rying the new cars. “She just followed
it until it stopped,” Adams said.
Prestige Motors in suburban
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Detroit has sold 10 Beetles
around $22,500 each, according
salesperson James Fox. By law,i:
cars must be classified asusedt*
cause Prestige is not aVWdeale
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Texas A&M.
Dance Team
Tryouts
Whenl
Where?
Saturday, May 2
G. Rollie White Coliseum
What Time? 9 a.m. - ?
• Current A&M Students should bring a transcript
• Incoming freshmen/transfer students should bring a
letter of acceptance.
• Tryout attire is a black halftop/sportsbra and
black bikers/jazz pants
• For questions please call Susie @ 696-2904
Attention All On-Campus
Residents
The deadline to cancel your housing contract
for Fall 1998-Spring 1999 academic year and
receive a 50% ($100) deposit refund is:
MAY 1, 1998 @ 5:00 P.M.
in the Housing Assignment Office
Cancellation forms can be
filled out in 101 YMCA
Letters of cancellation can be faxed to
(409) 862-3122, or mailed to (must be
received by 5/1/98 @ 5:00 p.m.):
Housing Assignments Office
101 YMCA Building
College Station, Texas 77843-1258
(409) 845-4744
Deadlines to receive a portion of vour deposit:
May 2-May 15 $50 (25%)
After May 15 Entire deposit forfeited
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