This guy… this, err, Trip. He's an amateur. Or, at least, Compared to me he is...

Get prepared to be humiliated! Ready… Get set… GO! Look, Maggie, if you don't want to drive, just stop screaming! I've already taken over, you irrational human! Damn! Ha! Gullible! You think I'm behind you… Heh, look to your left!
Nya- Nya! OOF! OW! Whoa… whoa! Eep! Oh great. Yikes! Hey! Let go of that! Woooah! Okay! Not a fan of this! Maggie! He's going to bash into you again! Gotcha! Ow, ow! Bumper sparks! Owwww! Yipe! Maggie! Noooo, you're making us fall behind! Here we go! Huh? I'm sensing something…

The board… it can rail slide… Maggie wishes to rail slide past Trip! Gotcha, chief! I hope to make a pal out of Maggie. I really hope so! I stopped, realizing I had won.

Kevin opened my door. "I thought you hadn't been racing in a while! That was UNBELIEVABLE!" he cried.

"I know! Unbelievable!"

Later on, I was back at the shop. I was lying down, relaxing, and watching my human talk to Kevin. I sensed a mutual crush between them. Kevin peeked inside my window.

Um, what are you doing to me?

I didn't understand much of what he said except for "car" which usually meant me. I sensed he had devised a plan to fix me up.

"With this..." Kevin patted my door, "Hunk of junk!"

I sensed he didn't mean it personally. I whacked him with my door, getting up. He talked to Maggie as I let her in.

"That's what I thought" Kevin chuckled sending me and Maggie off. I let Maggie show me the way home, where Dad and a person I sensed was a friend of his, confirmed that I was in outstandingly respectable shape. After their observation, I fell into a doze in the sun, but this time, without sand blowing in my, err, front. I slept in until late afternoon the next day, when I saw her. She was a newer beetle. I sensed that in her past life as a human, she died at a young age, like maybe 12 or 13. And she was only recently resurrected. Maybe only about a year or so ago. I could sense nothing about a past life when it came to me, though. All I could find is that I was a little mute kid of maybe 8 or so. But hey… It's cool! I personally am having a blast! All this racing stuff is actually really fun! I really like her headlights… you know what she kind of makes me think of? Pikachu. The little mouse thing I saw on a shiny card somebody dropped. The headlights would look like his cheeks if they were red… Heh, she's cute!

Hm? Maggie? Dad? Am I In trouble? Maggie?

"No more racing!" I caught from Dad's speech. I looked up.

"Dad… I wasn't even driving!"

"Who was driving?"

"It was Kevin's friend Maxx… who was driving!" Maggie lied. "Car…. Race… One shot deal…"

I couldn't comprehend everything. Dad sooner or later left and Maggie sat on my hood. Right on the 53.

I watched the other beetle leave. She mostly let her pretty owner take control. Not the most active chick, but hey…! She's cute! I sighed and Maggie patted my hood affectionately. I looked up. She got off and sat in front of me.

"Herbie," she said. I knew my name. But not much else of what she said. "Help me … my cover…okay?"

I think she wanted me to help make sure Dad didn't find out. I sensed it.

The next morning, after a good meal, we headed to go see Kevin. He discussed something with Maggie and something flew in front of me. I inched closer.

"Race". That was all I needed to know.

Maggie got in and I refused to start. Instead, I opened my hood and shut it, placing the weird flying thing on my windshield. Maggie yelped. I soon found myself in an extremely cold bath. BRRR! MAGGIE! KEVIN! THAT'S COLD! STOP IT! THAT'S IT!

I shook, throwing the cold water on everyone. Maggie, Kevin, and myself. I'm sorry, but even a car deserves a little warmth! Brr! Huh? Okay… I think I had better stay still! I do NOT want to plummet from this lifty- thingy! Umm… Yipe! Do you know just how much I hate welding torches? That's where Tenisee Steinmetz welded me back together back in the day!

Even later..

Hehehehehheheehhehehehe! Stop that, Maggie! That's my ticklish spot! Thank you. BWAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAA! Not again! Well, now I know to expect some tickle torture from now on! Yeeee!

Okay? Coming down… Holy crap, not another bath! Oh. Okay, you made it warmer this time. Maybe I can enjoy this! AAH! You just dumped the bucket of water on me! Woah, I'd better shut my sunroof! Hey! Well, soap back at ya, Kevin! I used my door to fling it back at him. Ha! Sud- face!

Huh? We're going to a movie? Can it be a funny one?

Later…

W-WAAAHHH! N-NEVER MAKE ME SEE THAT DEAD THING AGAIN! That lady was creepy, too!

Ohh! Test drive! You guys wanna go fast? Alright then! Buckle up! Wooooo hooooo!