This. Can’t believe it wasn’t mentioned (the BMW-sorta thing, I mean).

Here’s a couple of pics of one that my neighbor had about 10 years ago here in LA. Bought it in Mexico for something like $10k, as far as I remember.

Turn it into a Driftsuoka.

Hah, Yuri, didn’t even realize that was you!

Was just going to say this. Also, bizarrely, the USDM convertible is completely different from the JDM convertible. Two different top designs/mechanisms (one power, one manual) and even differently designed trunk hinges.

Mk3 Jettas were a pretty popular car to mod. That Jetta wasn’t even built for the movie, it was owned by Shawn Tai of ZteamYOSSi up in NorCal. His brother Wilson had a similar Golf.

So ubiquitous there was actually a song about them (semi-commercially released in 2002, I think, but I believe it was actually written when the Mk3 was giving way to the Mk4). Ima Robot - Black Jettas:

Weird, looks like it was rear-ended in August of 2016 and she never fixed it... I haven’t noticed it when I’ve spotted her, but maybe I’ve never seen it from that angle.

Not sure about “beat-up.” The one thing she’s always had was a new Corvette. She currently has a new model (C7) (I see her once every couple of weeks):

Why did your mom start wiggling?

Do these people not know how to check out a neighborhood? I mean, presumably they saw all this when they drove to see the house? I just cruised StreetView for a minute and I know this place is not in the best neighborhood. Let’s see, there’s a liquor store directly across the street from the house (apparently one…

41 seconds in. At least three errors.

They still do this at Bob Hope/Burbank.

This wasn’t the only Soviet self-built/home-built sports car. There were several, going back as far as the 1930s.

Correct. Russian law requires each vehicle to have at least one fire extinguisher.

Per Russian law:

Also, did he think he was going to out run the fire?

Or you may have given away a very rare early Airportable :P.

“The joy ride is over for these Hooligans,” said Deputy U.S. Attorney Mark Conover.

Same here, 1989.