In the mess at Brüggen, Sunday lunchtime just starting my second pint of Heini, mate says ‘could you do me a favour’?
The favour was to drive him to Rotterdam Europort in his VW and drop him off (his wife was in the UK with the other car) and drive the VW back to Brüggen. No problem.
We got to Europort as night was falling, filled it up from the jerry can and I then experienced my first drive in a beetle. There was a strong crosswind and this ancient beetle had a six volt electrical system. I drove on lights like sidelights in this strong wind (it was a bit like steering a boat) and my technique was to get behind a truck and stay there line astern! Two hours later I got back to base.
Never again !