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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Spent this morning washing my Bird(in the snow) to put away for winter. My son has my Jeep at school down in FL so went and bought a new car which I will give to him as 4WD isnt much use where he is. Its a '12 GTI pretty peppy little carXXX

Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #1
Sounds like a road trip to a warmer climate
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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #2
I like the homage to the interior of the early cars with the plaid inserts on the seats.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #3
Nice car :).
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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #4
Auto...DSG?
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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #5
Quote from: bhazard;371685
Auto...DSG?


Yes it is.

Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #6
Quote from: Chuck W;371601
I like the homage to the interior of the early cars with the plaid inserts on the seats.


My 1977 TR7 had a red plaid interior. SWEET!

Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #7
I like it!

Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #8
i so badly want to molest 1 of these.. a simple little diode and the boost goes uuuuuuuuuup hahah.. nice car! SUPER expensive to fix, when it eventually breaks, though
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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #9
Nice little VW.  If I had to buy a foreign made car, a VW would be my 1st choice.  They make some really nice looking cars IMO.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #10
Nice. The only VW's I'd consider are the Golf/Rabbit and Jetta (in fact I had a diesel Jetta and loved it). They're simple cars that are no more complicated to fix than domestics or puppiesanese, and while the GTI it isn't the fastest pocket rocket, it is definitely the most fun to drive. That being said, make sure you heed the warnings you'll almost certainly hear about using VW-approved synthetic oil in that engine (not all synthetics meet this standard, you need Euro-synthetic). They WILL eat themselves with lesser oils. In particular the cam driven fuel pump will eat the cam.

I'm sure my shaguality will be questioned for saying this, but I rather like the looks of the 2012 Beetle, too. VW took all the girlieness out of it with the redesign. Lower, flatter roof, longer hood, and nicer interior, with the GTI drivetrain available and some really cool retro-looking rims. Once you get into the Passat and higher models they become over complicated nightmares though...
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Put the bird away for winter and heres the new car

Reply #11
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;371864
I'm sure my shaguality will be questioned for saying this, but I rather like the looks of the 2012 Beetle, too.

you said it, not me :giggle:
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R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver