used to own a 80 diesel rabbit, was thinking another one gas or diesel would make a good commuter car. Are these things still around? are they still cheap?
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early 80's rabbits still around?
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If you live in an area with salt from the oceans or ice control they are not around. Where I live they are crushed as they appear in junkyards even though they are not rusty.
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all the ones I'm seeing online are going for $1500-$3000
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technicaly I own a 81 FI rabbit, its sitting in my inlaws backyard in Idaho. Father inlaw rebuilt the engine and it sat there, I bought it for $100 and could never get it to run. Best I could do was get it to start breifly. Well I'm in Ohio now and he was going to sell it if he could, thats been 2 years or so.
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I have a very nice 82 Rabbit that I drive regularly but it's almost the only one left in town. The old Rabbits are becoming pretty scarce
- at least those that are drivable - even here in rust-free California.
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I still see a few Rabbits here in Chicago. Most of the sedans are rusted, but maybe 1or 2 might be clean since they probably came from another state. lol Convertible Rabbits (Cabriolets) are still around but some of them are as new as 1992 though. I can still find the 1984-1986 Cabriolets once and a while for sale. I have even seen a couple of Rabbit Diesels, but those carry 4-digit prices!
Put another way I see more A/C Beetles than I do Rabbits! 8^)
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Heres my baby. Now with Euro bumpers.
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Where is this........Canada maybe Ontario?
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Ontario.
Unfrotunately its sold now. All I have left is my MK1 Scirocco.
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Well they are still brothers under the skin!
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I'm working on a 78 rabbit for a customer that has 53K original miles and I just finishes an 82 cabrio for another
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are a dozen still running around this area. Mario
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The small VW diesels are selling at a premium now on eBay, and at most used car dealers. They aren't sticking around long either ..... several Diesel Jettas and Beetle I saw listed on AutoTrader or cars.com had sold within a day of the listing.
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Please don't, they are SMOKING POLLUTING rusty guns. Also remember a rusty body offers little protection from other vehicles.
No as for the new advanced diesels of this year, go for them.
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Too funny. Do you know how many of the "NEW" VW diesels are on the TOP10 list for most polluting vehicles this year. The Toureg V10 is the #1 worste pollutor. I belive they have 2 or 3 more in the top 10. Just cause its new doesnm't mean its clean.
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Since the only diesel VW is offering for this year is... NONE, with the new TDI Jetta to actually be an 09 model (for which I've already placed a deposit)... one of us has some erroneous information.
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Craig:
Allow me to correct my earlier post... the VW site does list a TDI as optional for the Tourareg, although my dealer laughed when I asked about them as they've never had one. However, and fwiw, the new TDI 09 version will be the FIRST diesel to meet emission standards for all 50 states... and will be the cleanest, greenest diesel ever.
Willy