Buying a low-mileage well-maintained 1993 Corrado from the second owner and keeping it as such for the last 20 years. When I had to choose a couple years ago if I was going to put some work into it, I opted to go all in so I can keep it for another 20.

Confirmed. I’ve been driving a 2016 GTI for 4 years now, and it’s quite comfortable even with 3 kids in the back seat, in a combination of 5 point and booster seats.

Wilmington, VT. The only leaf peeper I wouldn’t mind tailing through the mountains.

For several years, before kids, I owned a Montana Green MK2 GTI. I will forever love that car.

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The VW Corrado, for sure.

Short Circuit 2, from the moment I know Johnny 5 is about to be beaten up to the entire “Holding Out For a Hero” climax scene. Just listening to that song puts a tear in my eye. When it queued up on Spotify the other day, I doubled down on my run while simultaneously trying to keep my eyes dry.

Before the Internet, I would occasionally have flashbacks to this show, but couldn’t remember the name. I’d run around like a crazy person asking if anyone else remembered a show with this kid who turned into a car when he started sweating. I got the strangest looks. I couldn’t disagree that it was an odd premise.

Needed to sell off my 91 Jetta and buy my first “real” car after college, but all I wanted was a 93 or 94 Corrado. Found one for sale in Philly from the second owner with only 46k miles, so flew out with my fiance at the crack of dawn and the owner picked us up at the airport. Paperwork was completed by early…

Because they’re waiting for VW to finally put an Atlas in the showroom so they can finally use their TDI buyback money.

A cherry red, absolutely perfect International Scout 80

Do it, but make sure it’s low mileage, well cared for, and not chopped up with poorly thought out modifications. We bought our 93 VR6 14 years ago with 46k on the clock from the 2nd owner. It’s treated us very well though I’ve not even added another 25k miles (the first 1.5k driving it back from Philly to Houston,…

I owned a MK2 8V 5spd, Corrado brakes, LSD and coilovers and that car was pure bliss; more power would have been ideal, but not have fundamentally changed my ability to throw its lightweight, rigid frame through any tight turn I could find. It wouldn’t win a drag race, but it would win my heart every day (that it…