Agreed. It isn’t that car theft is that high in general in the more “normal” and affluent areas surrounding the metro Detroit area, it’s that times like Autorama and Dream Cruise are easy soft targets for thieves actively LOOKING for that Diesel truck pulling a long trailer sheltering an expensive car. Southfield by…

The rabbits in general are absolutely a classic. Obviously the GTIs and pickups are going to have more value then the run of the mil 4 door diesel cars, but it’s almost getting to the point where the old diesels are in higher supply now because Grandpa bought that damn thing in the early 80's to early 90's and has…

Agreed. If no fix aside from the 70,000 2015s is implimented then VW will essentially be CRUSHING the 400,000 some odd other cars. What exactly will motivate them to keep stocking and making replacement parts? They definitely don’t support the W8 motors anymore that were a maintanence nightmare, I doubt they will…

Agreed. As much as I’d love to actually RESTORE something classic, I don’t have the conviction or the money to look at a rusting hulk of shit without a motor or an interior and turn that into a perfectly restored car. At least not in a time frame that’s short enough to not make me abandon hope.

I bought an 84 GTI 4…

Amen to that. Ironically buying an old project car a few years ago made me make the smartest automotive purchasing decision I’ve made to date.

I found a bone stock all original 84 VW GTI that was in great shape and I felt was undervalued at $4,000 and I snagged it. I’ve easily put as much into a full suspension…

Making this into a rally car is about the only logical reason I could see to spend $23K on it. Otherwise you just took a giant depreciation hit on a BRAND NEW car that should be worth much more. Besides, in 2 or 3 years when the supply for these are much greater and there isn’t a ridiculous markup over MSRP no one…

Building it yourself to the level of detail and quality that Singer does probably isn’t very realistic. How many of us are able to do body work to the level, and paint to that quality? Even if we contract it out, are you willing or ready to spend maybe $30,000, $40,000, or $50,000 on a paint job? How much does a…

Those are my favorite people. The ones that decide that their “big manly truck” is more stable then the rest of the cars on the road, or the soccer moms that think their SUV is “magic” and don’t need to pay attention to road conditions either.

I love that first hour of a snow storm where you see the median littered…

Stupid that they aren’t willing to put up a damn guard rail. How much could that possibly cost to justify not putting it up to mitigate a safety hazard?

Those house on the end of the T-Intersection scenarios typically don’t end well. Every one of them I’m familiar with that I’ve lived near has had someone smash into…

I’m laughing my ass off about this right now because my football team also picked up and moved one of these Escorts as a prank one day at practice. I can’t remember the reason for doing it or who was the victim, but it probably started with someone saying “Bet we could pick that up and move it.” Either 4 or 6 guys…

Gotta put the right content in the garage. I have a $5,000 84 VW Rabbit GTI in my garage at all times, and my new $25,000 Mazda6 sitting outside. :p

A month after I got the Mazda we had a nasty thunderstorm and a goddamn 12 ft. long tree branch hit the car and spider cracked the windshield. I told my boss that…

The transparent yellow one that looks like a laser pistol and always leaks? Yeah they’d be getting ripped off letting that go for this truck!

As a MK1 VW owner (84 GTI) and a 1st gen Scirocco lover I’d give this a NP even though I still think it’s on the high side for price. You simply don’t find these in that condition and mileage these days, and you hardly see them at all.

I’m willing to bet that if he stands firm on his price someone will pay it. Just…

Agreed. I’d probably counter offer at $8k and see where we ended up. I’m willing to bet that he gets close to his asking price though given condition and mileage.

Buy a powerball ticket today! If I win I’ll be picking this sucker up later in the day after I call Singer and tell them to start building me a Porsche. ;)

Winning some “award” at a local show isn’t impressive. As a VW enthusiast and a fan of these cars I’d be impressed if it “won an award” at Waterfest, H2O International, or SoWo. That would have relevance.

On the other hand though I will say that this would win at just about any show he took it to right now if he…

I am as well and I’ve never done it since, but at the momment it felt completely justified. If you have such an utter lack of respect for other people’s property you deserve this.

I’m still tempted to buy an SLC, but I have my MK1 GTI still and I’m not that big of a glutton for punishment. I’ve heard that super low mileage pristine ones are going for $20,000 - $30,000 right now.....

I would say you need a ratio of 1:2 running corrados to parts cars to keep one on the road. :p

Sometimes it’s the justice you dispatch yourself.

It seems like you almost never catch the insconsiderate asshole that causes damage to your own car by slamming a door against it etc. Frankly this is a good thing because most of us would be ready to murder someone else if they caught them in the act.

So I was a…