my '89 was falling apart and was costing me more and more money every few months, but I was being stubborn and swore i'd never get rid of it (youthful thinking) One day at a gas station, some guy in a huge jacked up truck pulled up and while i was gasing up, asked me about the year of my car and mentioned he had a '91 16v he was wanting to sell. He had been for owner for a while and just didnt like it much anymore (he was into trucks now as I could see) He had done some restorations to it from an old accident and it was in perfect shape. he only wanted $2000 for it to get out from under it and actually agreed to hold it on my behalf for another three weeks while i got the money, which I did and had the car those 3 weeks later. Sold my 89 GLi which I heard the kid that bought it blew it up a week after (a moment of silence) and ive had this 91 ever since.
The result of being at that gas station 4 years ago: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/majhone/GLIREALM/91GLi.jpg now THIS one, i doubt ill get rid of anytime soon, as I see maybe a handful or less of them every year. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Yip" <[email protected]> To: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Sold My Jetta GTX > At least you're smart enough to let go of the car when it starts to > become a money pit. I've held onto a few cars WAY PAST their prime > and have taken my share of financial baths because of it. > > While I enjoy the 16v VWs for their simplicity, it's now at a point > where I don't know that I want one as a daily driver anymore. There > are simply too many newer cars that are better BUT they don't have > the same "soul". > > Have fun looking for a replacement - heck, more than half the fun is > in the looking. > > Matthew > > --- m reda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Right now I'm without a car, but I do have a brand new mountain > > bike ;) > > I'm looking to pickup a 2000 Audi A4, 2001 Golf 1.8T, or whatever > > deal happens to walk though the door at our dealership. > > > > I remember the 16V list at its prime, the big rafflle! > > > > Its kinda weird talking about my Jetta in the past tense. > > > > But it was becomming a problem for me and it was best to let her > > go. > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
