Reading the Audi-bros argue with the BMW-bros about whose cars are more reliable is the best part of this article.

And yes, I’m staring at what I built on my second monitor and I want this car: https://www.bmwusa.com/byo.html#!/build/summary/da9hyzuj

I was shopping these late last year, and finding a BMW wagon with no options so that it falls south of $50k was pretty tough. Remember, this is BMW where you pay extra for tires. Just now, I went to BMW’s site and optioned out a 330i xDrive wagon with Every. Single. Option checked (and there were a lot of them - again…

Is that a trunk lid? That’s a trunk lid, isn’t.

I bought in the Boston area 2 years ago. The only question to ask was, Has it sold yet, and how many cash offers are already in above the asking price?

So long as the rust is localized and not-structural, and the interior isn’t trashed, I’d say NP.

Sorry - I was more defaulting to my standard reply for when people ask me about what car to buy. Per my ownership history, I like VW’s. I think they’re great cars for the money, and offer performance and refinement unmatched by anything close in price. Tune-away, because it sounds like you have the ense to not whine…

As a Mk6 owner, and a former trackrat (and Mk1, Mk4 and Mk5 owner), I’ll say that if you’re concerned with cost of ownership, you shouldn’t be going to the track or thinking about tuning.

NP/CP aside, can we take a moment to appreciate what well executed photography does for a car ad? This car looks cleaner then the details suggest, mainly due to proper lighting, an attempt at cleaning the car, and a good background - it’s not sitting in a dirty, cluttered, oil-stained garage with a beat camry next to…

This is the definition of “nice-price.” Do I want it? Absolutely not. But 3-digits is more then spot on for a rare & rusty project. Think of all the ads that have been posted here for cars in similar condition looking for well into the 4-5-digits because a car is “rare” or a “barn-find”.

I agree - I think VW just added this verbiage as a buffer in case said dipshits show up again. Now they have the right to refuse, which they didn’t expressly previously.

This. We’re in a car forum, so obviously everyone is up to speed on the buyback. But outside of here - well, remember, lots of people buy Chrysler 200's and Kias (sorry, struggling to quickly think up another “laughable”-per-car-geek car).

When you hear people complain about having to take their cars in for safety inspections, and getting failed for this or that, this should be your response.

I just looked up Volvo’s sales figures over the past year: https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/corporate/sales-volumes

I used to be a firm believer of this as well. Then I flew Swiss Air to Italy late last year. They weren’t the cheapest option, but not too far off the bargain-basement fare. I decided to go with them after a friend talked about how “efficient” they were.

So many bees. So many angry, angry bees.

Tough one. This is a cool, unique car that I’m sure is fun to drive. However, it leans a little too far into daily-driver land as opposed to weekend toy. And I personally have no real desire to have a 30 year old car as a daily driver regardless of what it is (sorry, I’m old, my back hurts, and a base Accent is nicer…

I find selling cars on CL (or similar) to be an enormous PIA, and would be willing to lose upwards of $1k just to avoid the hassle. Sitting around all weekend for missed appointments, tire-kickers, hagglers (like the KBB example at the top of the comments), and finally, the follow-ups (a tire went flat and it’s your…

Haggerty’s is showing the average value of these at $58k. I’ve probably been watching too much Wheeler Dealers, but what would it cost to clean this guy up? I bet $10k would go a long ways on this. Get your british accent on and bargain it down to $25k. Then, get your turd-polish out, flip for a profit, and let it be…

11. Be prepared to completely fail and be financially able to eat the losses that you will have to absorb if/when you fail; and or the losses that any business will inevitably have to absorb over the first few years.