The June 22 is the date chosen internationally to celebrate World Beetle Dayas the car models manufactured by the Volkswagen brand were popularly nicknamed. SIt is a festival that fills its owners with pride and joywho see in their car a classic model that is capable of reinventing itself and accompanying them on the roads. Going out to show it off on the streets is a true honor!
so tonight the ‘beetles’ of the city prepare a ‘shot’ through the streets. Those who wish to participate They will be able to meet from 6:00 p.m. at the Albán Borja shopping center and from there they will leave in the direction of the Oasis shopping center, located on the Narcisa de Jesús highway. Initially, the group planned advance by the av. Carlos Julio Arosemena to Av. October 9 and cross it to the Malecón 2000 and continue through the tunnels of Cerro Santa Ana. But due to the protests and to guarantee the safety of the drivers, they decided to change their route.
The celebrations will last until Sunday June 26 with the realization of the seventh edition of the Beetle Fest, which this year will take place at the Oasis shopping centeron the Narcisa de Jesús highway. If you have one of these cars, the organizers invite you to attend starting at 10:00 (no amount will be charged for exhibiting your car).
In the free entry event you can enjoy the different models of the brand, many of them with improvements and renovationsand musical interventions by Cirilo Kanga, Luis Ernesto Pazmiño (finalist of La Voz Ecuador) and the saxophonist Kelo López are announced, among other activities such as contests.
The first edition of this festival took place in 2014 at the Albán Borja shopping center with the participation of more than 150 cars, remember Xavier Rivadeneira, founding member of The Beetle Clan Guayaquil. Since then, he relates, it was organized in different places in Guayaquil as Adventure Square Y garzocentrowho have welcomed this meeting.
“We want to invite you to commemorate World Beetle Day and give a boost to the automotive culture of our city”, he comments José Francisco Alvarado, president in charge of the club. “It’s always nice to see how our ‘pichirilos’ steal a look no matter where they are, they make a child smile, o They remind adults of their stories with this car, for example, if they learned to drive in one of these“, He says.
In that sense, They hope that these models continue to create more stories together with the new generationswhile inviting more people restore them and save them from being scrapped and forgotten.
Other organizations invited to this automobile festival are the Scale Car Club, Classic Power Club, Club Clásico Durán, Guayaquil Riders, Old Timers Ecuador, Los Avispones (Vespa motorcycles), among others. Likewise, a space has been prepared for a sale of original spare parts for these modelsalready considered classics.
“These cars They have the peculiarity that, due to the simplicity of their mechanics and because they were sold worldwide, they are easy to repair., then they are chosen by people to make long trips. There are those who leave Argentina, go around the Southern Cone, reach Tierra de Fuego and the goal is to reach Alaska and return, and many have already done so,” says Rivadeneira, who has a reconditioned ‘limousine’ with comfortable finishes. and a truck that he uses in his day to day.
How do you join the club? First you must start attending the meetings that are held on Thursdays in My Urdesa police station, then you will be part of the WhatsApp group and, when you have fully integrated, your car will be officially christened as a member of the club and your car will be affixed stickers in a beautiful ceremony.
Source: Eluniverso
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