Matthew, I see this also with the 20 somethings buying the Mk2s. Love to pull up next to the Bimmers & Porsches in my ‘85 Golf and see them looking down at my not so pretty Golf. I learned years ago not to give a S**T about what other people think about the vehicle I drive. Then the 20 somethings and teenagers see my Golf and can’t believe it looks so good for a 31 year old VW.
In my area Mk3s are not popular for the reasons you stated. In simpler terms most of them are pieces of S**t around here. The local, family owned VW Sales & Service place sees 2 or 3 Mk3 Jettas in their shop EVERY WEEK that have to have rusted out sections of their floor boards patched. This seems to happen almost exclusively to the Jetta model for some reason. Funny how the Mk2s & 4s don’t have that problem. On the subject of value, I too have seen the value of Mk2s and Mk1s rising quite significantly in recent years. I do however tend to take the value numbers from companies like Haggerty Insurance (on their valuation web site) with a grain of salt especially since they are not very welcoming when it comes to insuring newer Antique Vehicles. I tend to believe the value increases more so from the Antique Insurance companies I have used over the years to insure my VWs. FYI, I will be at the Antique Car Show in Hershey, PA with my GTI 16V on Saturday October 8th in case you or other 16V Listers might be in the area that day. My VDub will be in the HPOF Section (Historical Preservation of Original Features). Cars start rolling onto the show field at 7 AM and the show usually goes to 3 PM. With about 1,400 vehicles of all makes and models (including commercial vehicles) from around 1900 to 1991 there is a lot to see. There is no spectator admission for the show although they do charge for parking. BTW, Matthew, sorry I did not get to see you a few weeks ago at the York, PA VW Event. It was nice talking with your racing buddies and THANKS for the VW Parts I bought from you. Small World. Charlie From: 'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] MK2 Jetta on Bring A Trailer (9/2016) Most of the folks I see buying Mk2s are twenty-somethings which is interesting unto itself. The folks in their 40s and 50s are buying BMWs and Porsches, not VWs, because they tend to be looking for the status-car of their youth rather than their first car or the car of their parents. The Mk3 isn't popular b/c it's both a very overweight Mk2 AND it was a transition period for VW that resulted in lack-luster styling and extremely poor reliability. The Mk4 is very popular but it's still a relatively new car whose propensity for illuminating the CEL has created it's own subculture. On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:05 PM, Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: I think it is related to the age of the buyers. Many of the people who love these cars were in their teens when they came out. Now they are in their 30s, 40s and 50s and have money to spend on the car they could not have as a youngster. This is what is driving the BMW E30, Aircooled Porsche 911, Ferrari Testarrosa and Lambo Countach markets to go sky high. Few people lusted after MK3s and MK4s. They were popular when new but did not age well. Did not have the nostalgia these others had. Maybe because they were not as impactful. The MK2 was way better than the MK1 (whose values are also climbing) but the MK3 and MK4 were just incremental improvements which while they were much better cars overall – people don’t lust over incremental. Just some thoughts on what I think is driving the market. 40 year olds in the 80s were buying 50s - 70s cars and that fueled that market. The same is happening now – except the 40 year olds are buying 80s cars.. By the time the MK4s came out, most of these same people were into adulthood and the cars that came out then did not imprint in their memory as much as when they were teens. -Larry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Noriel Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] MK2 Jetta on Bring A Trailer (9/2016) To further Matthew’s observation, I’ve noticed that MK2 resale values are markedly higher when compared to similar condition MKIIIs or MKIVs. I was surprised at how inexpensive MKIIIs are selling for these days. They’re practically worthless. I’ve seen two 95 Golf hatchbacks with the six cylinder VR6 motor this week which appeared in decent condition for around $750 -Les On Sep 14, 2016, at 8:02 AM, 'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting that BAT would offer a Mk2 - maybe these cars are finally gaining some recognition in the collector market even though they were mass-produced. This example is very clean especially since most diesels were beat to pieces by their owners who saw them (correctly) as work-horses rather than collectibles. What's amusing are the younger generation who flock to Mk2s because they accept power upgrades more readily than the Mk1. To read some of their exploits, it's as if they discovered the New World and to their shock and dismay, the Mk2 isn't a Honduh or a Toyota but instead, it's an old German car that's filled with idiosyncrasies and maintenance nightmares. On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:41 AM, Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/2016/09/13/well-kept-driver-high-mile-1989-volkswagen-jetta-diesel/ -Larry 91 GTI 16V -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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