I found one for ten grand!!
I love Mustangs. I had to unfortunately get rid of my red 2002 GT a few months ago, because the transmission leaked for the millionth time and the second heater core in less than a year conked out. I sold it for a good price and had to share my 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe with my girlfriend (even though it is in my name). I had had enough of car sharing and started to search for a new one. My girlfriend came across a new bug she saw at a nearby (4 minutes away from the house) Lexus dealership. We went in and checked it out. I had been eyeballing a new GTI and a white Rabbit, so Volkswagens had been on my mind as a Mustang replacement. Maybe VW is in my blood. My dad used to hop them up in the seventies and late sixties. My girlfriend swears by them, so I thoght I'd give them a whirl, too.
Anyway, I love building model cars, and the paint jobs are the most fun thing about making them. I also work in the paint industry, so I know my stuff about paint. Well, I'm always jazzed over cool paint jobs, so imagine my surprise when I saw a 2003 New Beetle Turbo sitting on the lot at my local Lexus dealership complete with a flwaless Chromaflair paintjob!! The thing only had 32,004 miles on the odo, and the price was fair considering the paint job alone was a fortune. Low miles and excellent, rare paint was enough to get me to talking to the salepeople about purchasing it. I just got over a bout of I.D. theft, so I didn't knbow how good my chances would be at getting this car. Turns out that I have a great car history on my credit. Even better, I got them to come down from almost $13, 500 to ten grand. I'm not fibbing. I olny test drove it for 10 minutes and knew I had to get it. Where else are you gonna find those miles on a 6 year old car anywhere? My Mustang had almost 87,000 miles on it when I got rid of it, and it was a year older. Anyway, the VW had a clean record. No recall work and no accidents. I'm not religious, but a nice Christian girl owned it and took super excellent care of it (complete with 2 keys and the manual). It was a non-smoker's car. It drives like new, smells pretty new, and is surprisingly fast.
So, I didn't egt on here to gloat about it. I just really like this car. The paint job had a lot to do with it, but the car itself is perfect. No squeaks, either. Excellent quality for a car its size and age.
So, as far as the rarity of the color; I have no idea how many were made. If anyone knows, then let me know. Houston is a huge city as some of you might know, and there's a crapload of cars. It's a necessity to get one, and out of all the years this color Beetle has been out, I think this is only the 2nd one I've ever seen. So, do I count myself lucky on this one? I think so just based on the mileage and the price. I'm a guy, and I do not consider myself girlie for driving an Easter colored car. I get "the look" when I'm cruising, and I've only had it a day. Really a nice, nice car...so far.
It was like the color of this guy: 
