The BaT thread for the cars we won't buy, but kinda wish we would

[wdc330i]

A friend of mine in college had an early Scirocco (maybe a 79 or 80?). Stick of course. Dark blue. It was great fun to drive.

[JST]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

A friend of mine in college had an early Scirocco (maybe a 79 or 80?). Stick of course. Dark blue. It was great fun to drive.

I had a friend in HS that had a carbon copy of the one for sale. I lusted after it. It was similar to my own 8V GTI in a lot of ways, but also measurably better in most respects. He got it nearly new and basically destroyed it, which was a pretty sad waste.

I was always more partial to the styling of the 16V GTIs, which these days are somehow even rarer than the Sciroccos. But for the time the Scirocco was a cool fucking car, especially in black 16V form.

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

A friend of mine in college had an early Scirocco (maybe a 79 or 80?). Stick of course. Dark blue. It was great fun to drive.

Todd Holbert, Al's son (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Holbert), lived on my freshman hall at Lehigh and we were pretty good friends. He had a first gen Scirocco and used to scare the shit out of me on rides. He could drive better than anyone else I've been in a car with.

He's been at Toyota Racing Design for a while now. I wonder if he has a camry that he drives like he did the old VW now...

EDIT: Also, there is an '84 GTI for sale on P-Car with an awesome interior:
https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/d...vw-rabbit-gti/

[JST]

Those blue (and also the red) interiors on the mk 1 GTIs were wild. That’s a really well preserved example, will get big money.

I dig the idea of a 16V GTI or scirocco or similar, but for the amount nice ones go for I think I’d rather do something different, like a Pug 205 GTi, now that those can be imported.

But I don’t really see myself doing that; cool to have but doesn’t fit into my life right now.

[wdc330i]

Speaking of VWs: A Porsche 914 on BaT is getting some funny comments.

I do love the color...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...bGz5X1He9z1sVI

[JST]

That color is amazing. Trying to imagine owning the same car for 44 years...

I guess only 33 to go for me.

[RMR]

My best friend bought one of these new a few years after college in 1998 as his first car. Back then it stickered at $22k and we thought that was a lot of money. The car was amazing. (especially compared to my 1997 Ford Contour Sport. I miss that era of Honda/Acura.



For me this would be an incredibly fun car to have for under $10k today. Especially one that looks to be mostly stock.


https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...tegra-gs-r-11/

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by RMR

My best friend bought one of these new a few years after college in 1998 as his first car. Back then it stickered at $22k and we thought that was a lot of money. The car was amazing. (especially compared to my 1997 Ford Contour Sport. I miss that era of Honda/Acura.



For me this would be an incredibly fun car to have for under $10k today. Especially one that looks to be mostly stock.


https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...tegra-gs-r-11/

My friend had one in college and never rev’d it above 4K rpms.

He let me drive it and I did yes I am still friends with him

[equ]

Love that green frog. Would be such a hoot...

[RMR]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Speaking of VWs: A Porsche 914 on BaT is getting some funny comments.

I do love the color...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...bGz5X1He9z1sVI

I love those old Porsche seats. That car would be a blast to have in the summers