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Ich trage mich schon seit längerem mit dem Gedanken, mir einen VW Käfer zuzulegen und die Pläne werden gerade erstmals etwas konkreter.

Allerdings bin ich selbst alles andere als ein Autoschrauber und werde also ohne professionelle/fachmännische Unterstützung über kurz oder lang aufgeschmissen sein.

Meine Frage daher: kennt jemand hier eine gute Werkstatt oder einen privaten Schrauber in Köln oder im Kölner Umland, an den ich mich wenden könnte.

Bin dankbar für jeden sachdienlichen Hinweis!

Vorab: Ich kenne mich mit Autos nicht wirklich aus. Ich bin Mitte 40 und habe bislang noch nie ein eigenes Auto besessen (mit Ausnahme eines alten Ford Fiesta mit 18 für ein paar Jahre, aber der gehörte streng genommen meinen Eltern).

Ich bin aber, so lange ich mich erinnern kann, begeistert von der Idee, einen VW Käfer zu besitzen. Es ist für mich einfach das mit Abstand schönste Auto, das je gebaut wurde, ich liebe die Form, ich liebe den Klang. Ich hatte auch mal die Gelegenheit, einen Tag lang einen zu fahren, und war vom ersten Moment an begeistert.

Mein eigentliches Anliegen: Ich bin heute an einem zum Verkauf stehenden Modell vorbei gekommen und habe spontan mit dem Verkäufer Kontakt aufgenommen. Das Auto ist äußerlich in einem tollen Zustand und preislich in einem Bereich, den ich mir leisten kann. Ich habe spontan für morgen einen Termin zur Besichtigung und Probefahrt vereinbart.

Rahmendaten: Baujahr 1969, angeblich nur 38.000km (laut km-Zähler, ziemlich sicher nicht die tatsächliche Laufleistung), laut Angebot H-Kennzeichen-Gutachten Note 2.

Worauf habe ich jetzt bei dem Besichtigungstermin besonders zu achten? Welche Fragen muss ich auf jeden Fall stellen?

Bin dankbar für jeden Hinweis und Tipp.

Edit: was ich noch dazu sagen kann, der Wagen ist wohl hauptsächlich in Griechenland gefahren worden, was vielleicht ein gutes Omen in Sachen Rost sein könnte, oder?

Habe wegen Krankheit 2 Tickets (Eventim, Ticketdirekt) für das o.g. Konzert zu verkaufen. Dachte an 80 Euro. Bei Interesse gerne DM.

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Got two tickets for sale for Richard Thompson in Cologne tonight, due to illness. 80€ for both tickets. Can send tickets via email. Message if interested.

This question has probably been asked before, but here goes nothing:

what popular songs released over the last 10-or-so years do you think will actually stand the test of time and will still be listened to, say, 50/60/70 years from now?

I'll go ahead and nominate the Weeknd's "Blinding Lights"

Recently listened to this album again for the first time in a long time and boy, did it bring back memories for me!

In August 2006, I was about to turn 24 and had just landed in Chicago where I spent a couple of days before heading to Madison for my year abroad at the University of Wisconsin (I'm from Germany). I'd been traveling a bit on my own before this, but this was really my first longer-term stay abroad, and I enjoyed the hell out of the feeling of freedom that came with that.

Now, this was a time before smartphones (I distinctly remember the first time I ever held an iPhone in my hands in Madison's West Towne Mall about a year later), so everything about this felt a little more like an adventure than I imagine it would feel nowadays.

On my first or second night in Chicago, I took the El out to the Ukrainian village to go see a show at the Empty Bottle: Devin Davis and Beirut. Two artists I'd never heard about before, but the announcement in the Chicago Reader had piqued my interest.

To this day, the show I saw that night remains among my favorite live music experiences ever, and I'd seen a lot of shows before and have seen a whole bunch more since.

Conor Oberst and his band were definitely the highlight of the night, but the opening act, the aforementioned Mr Davis, certainly left an impression as well. He went on stage by himself and used a loop station to record himself playing drums, guitar and singing - the first time I'd ever seen something like this happening on stage. And it was obvious that he was putting his heart and soul into these tunes.

I bought both albums at the merch stand that night (Davis' Lonely People and Beirut's Gulag Orkestar) and these two CDs (along with The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America) were on heavy rotation in my rental car as I went for a road trip through the Midwest about a week later.

I don't know if I've ever been more excited about new music than I was during that time in the mid-2000s. So many great albums came out in the span of that year alone (Spoon's Ga Ga... and Bon Iver's For Emma... are two that come to mind immediately, also Loney Dear's Loney Noir).

As far as I'm aware, Devin Davis has not released any music since. And probably not enough people have listened to this still very listenable record. But boy am I happy and grateful that he released this batch of songs when he did, and that I got to see him perform them at exactly that moment in my life.

Is there anyone here who also remembers this album as fondly as I do?

I'll be cycling for a couple of days next week. I'm planning to spend 4-8 hours on the bike each day and I want to take the opportunity to listen to some music. What albums should I put on?

The plan is to expand my jazz collection by purchasing at least one album for every year of my life so far. I've been getting great suggestions here for the first two years, so we're on to year number three now: 1984. Let's see what you've got!

A little while ago I asked you for your favorite albums of '82 for a project of mine which will eventually have me expanding my jazz collection with at least one album each for every year of my life so far.

And while I haven't made any purchases yet, I've really had quite a bit of fun listening to some of your suggestions for that year. So I'm back today to ask for your favorites for year number two: 1983. Let's hear what you've got!