This.

Wow. I wish they would increase the workshop sequences. I find myself fast fowarding through that annoying used-car dealer guy just to see the cars getting worked on.

Rudy @ VIR.

I have a fun game where when I park next to a large-ish truck/SUV, I glance at the tires. More often then not, they are bald, often even corded.

As a former E46 wagon owner, I’d say that it was more equal in size to what we consider a “small” car these days. Like Corolla small.

A friend just got rid of one of these (I think a second gen). It had over 200k miles and in her words, was “tired”.

Hah - this. I had the pleasure of removing a “Volvo of Northborough” decal because I was in a rush and overlooked this.

I got caught by one which was a link to a Youtube video. And since Youtube is owned by Google, I logged in. Best part was that the log-in page was www.qoogle.com. So a quick glance at the URL told me, ok, this is legit.

I want this more for the 4000. Those seem to be harder to find then the coupes and have that classic Euro squareness that I personally love. Doesn’t help that I see the McNeil Rally guys with one all the time. I would totally swap all of the working parts out of the Coupe into that sedan body!

$2000 down and a 30k mile limit - I work from home and bought this as a fun, city run-a-bout. It’s a stripper in that it has zero options. I couldn’t justify the extra money for the Sport model for a car that I bought to run errands on the weekends.

Totally the conversation I had with myself (with a very foggy head), especially the guaranteed maintenance part.

I just double checked on VW.com, and they’re not showing Free Maintenance - they just show the same pay-packages that I bought into.

Good idea! Never even thought of this, even though I did this with the pro-rated part of an extended warranty I had on the TDI I turned in earlier this year.

On my current GTI, I spent 2-3 hours at the dealer finalizing a lease deal - all while fighting a head cold. Then came what I call the “interrogation” by the finance manager, where they try to sell every dealer option while finishing up the paperwork.

Exactly! And just to be clear, I’m not saying “kids will be kids.” I’m more saying that kids (and young adults) do stupid things. Some are stupider then others, and some have consequences far greater then others. It’s just a tad hypocritical to start labeling as “idiots” or “deserve to die” when, face it, we’ve all…

Well said. Because none of us ever did anything stupid when we were 18. Granted, I couldn’t jump my N/A Volvo 740 because it was an N/A Volvo 740; but yes, I tried.

Around the 1:00 mark, there’s a top shot that shows this giant array on the roof (along with all sorts of tech-wizardry in the hatch). Since the explosions are coming out of that doo-dad, I’m guessing it’s something related to recording data.

My Dad had an ‘86 Turbo - with an automatic (which my sister quickly killed when she got it stuck in the snow). Definitely not slow, especially for it’s time. But also not your usual 30 year old project dream, lol!

My dad had one of these in the years before my parents split and he moved out. Spent my summers with him before getting my license learning how to drive on this car. So yes, there’s a special place in my heart for the original 9000.

I don’t see custom tuned Koni Shocks. I don’t see passcode ignition. And I definitely don’t see a license plate that changes at the touch of a button. CP all day long.