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VW Rail Buggy (May 2009 - present) Rail buggy project to use at local OHV parks, not planned to be street legal.
Okay... I admit it - I have a Volkswagen problem. But its not my fault - really. I grew up in a vw family, and I can't seem to get out of the habit. I can cout about 28 different vw's that we (my immediate family) have had since I was in middle school including 2 or 3 parts cars. Between my Father, Brother and I we currently have 10. This is my list from the most recent to the very first.
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VW Rail Buggy (May 2009 - present) Rail buggy project to use at local OHV parks, not planned to be street legal.
2006 Honda Pilot (February 2009 - present) We were to have 6 people in our family and needed something that would carry everyone... after deciding mini-vans were out of the question, we shopped at a local honda store (owned by the same company as the dealership I work at) We were looking at vans and SUVs... this one had everything we wanted and the price worked out. It happens to be 4wd and with the addition of a tranny cooler, can tow 4500lbs which will help when it comes to towing the pop-up camper (2011 maybe? part of the decision to sell the vanagon) and the rail buggy. You may have seen the commercials "everyone knows someone who loves a Honda" well - we've got to admit, this is much nicer than any of Kellie's other cars and she does love it. Nice ride, seats up to 8, good power and still gets mid-20s mpg, nice interior... the thule bars already installed were a nice bonus too.
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1992 Cabriolet Wolfsburg Edition (January 2006 - April 2009)We decided if we were going to have a toy / weekend car we wanted it to be a convertible - the Scirocco was a "me" car and Kellie didn't enjoy much of anything about it. We traded the scirocco for the cabriolet with some car show friends of ours (see link for details) I did some basic maintenance stuff to it and replaced the top, cleaned it up and enjoyed it for a few years. When our family outgrew it's seating capacity (4) and I put less than 2k miles on it a year we decided it was too impractical to justify keeping around. Part of it's sale went to fund the rail buggy project.
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1984 Vanagon Westfalia Wolfsburg Edition (September 2005 - September 2009)Originally purchased for hauling r/c airplanes... decided to rebuild it to use for camping, but ultimately could not justify the cost to do so, especially when our family grew to 6 persons and it only sleeps 4. Sold to a nice fellow from Montreal.
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1987 Scirocco 16v (October 2004 - January 2006) Originally purchased to use for building a 16v rabbit, the scirocco turned out to be too nice to gut. After several months of work and many coats of wax, I was able to round up a couple of trophys during the 2005 season and had a great time w/ the car. I wasn't a fan of sciroccos, but its sleek sexy lines made an impression on me. Later traded for a Cabriolet citing that if I can only have one show/toy car, it is going to be a convertible.
2002 Jetta GLS wagon (March 2005 - February 2009) We were finally able to pay off the Jetta we no-longer had, and the Passat was on a further downward spiral, so it was time to get kellie another vehicle. It's pretty nice; our major gripe is that the rear seat space is really tight for 3 baby seats, and you can't fit an EZ up in the trunk w/ the back seats up. Traded in on the Pilot... was almost paid off too, dangit.
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1987 Scirocco 16v (October 2004 - January 2006) Originally purchased to use for building a 16v rabbit, the scirocco turned out to be too nice to gut. After several months of work and many coats of wax, I was able to round up a couple of trophys during the 2005 season and had a great time w/ the car. I wasn't a fan of sciroccos, but its sleek sexy lines made an impression on me. Later traded for a Cabriolet citing that if I can only have one show/toy car, it is going to be a convertible.
1990 Passat GL wagon (October 2003 - March 2005) Kellie's get-by vehicle while we sorted out the mess with her wrecked jetta... It had a rich running problem I was never able to sort out, but I was able to get it to drive well enough to be somewhat reliable. Kellie wasn't too fond of it however, as it had stranded her 4 times. (heater core, fouled plugs, tire blow-out, and ignition switch) Traded in on the '02 when the tranny started to slip (worse).
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1989 Jetta GL (June 2003 - present) My Jetta.. bought from a co-worker to replace the beetle, it makes a fairly reliable vehicle to drive back and forth to work. It's comfortable and drives nicely; plus it gets good gas mileage. I got it at 188k miles and it's a bit past 290k as of 11/09.
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1968 Beetle (July 2002 - June 2003) I just had to have another bug... It was fun, but kinda sour at the same time. I bought it over the internet and the bodywork wasn't as nice as dude made it out to be. I built up an engine for it and drove it aboug 20k miles. I was driving about 100 miles a day between two jobs and it wasn't really good for that. minimal interior (seats, dash) no radio, poor heat even when plumbed directly into my coat sleeve... the cool factor was pretty high though.
1999 Jetta GL (September 2001 - September 2003) Kellie's first VW. She loved it to pieces... (literally) We had driven the car for 60k fairly trouble-free miles when we were rear-ended up in NY and the car was totalled. We also learned what gap coverage was, and that we didn't have it. That sucked.
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1984 Rabbit Convertible (December 1998 - April 2002) I bought this car from the junkyard for $200, and in 3.5 years I spent about $3500 on it and drove it about 30k miles. It was a great learning experience, and I enjoyed the car immensely. I decided to sell it to get another aircooled vw; and I wanted to part company while we were still friends; rather than have have a lawn ornament I hated.
1974 Beetle (April 1996 - sometime 2000) I really wanted a vw bug... I thought they were really neat.. not just in style, but how they were built - the engineering. I had memorized John Muir's book "How to keep your Volkswagen alive forever" and after several months of looking around for one I could afford, I found this one. I probably could have patched it up and drove it for a year, but as obsessive as I was I totally disassembled the car with the intent to restore it. The bodywork was a bit more involved than I was ready for though, and it sat around when I got the rabbit (since I could work with that) Later sold in a basket while I was away in college.
