Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
GTI day!!
Went up to peep the GTI I found on WhoreTex. While on paper this thing seemed too good to be true, it was indeed, true. I pulled up to this kid's house in Wayne and the entire driveway is filled with lowered VW's. MK6 GTI, a super pimp MK4 GLI, an Audi S5, R32, MK3 GLX, and a brand new '86 Cabrio with the window sticker on it. WTF!!??
I ask what the deal is with all these pimp VW's. This kid was in his 20's and didn't seem to me that he had this baller status. Turns out his dad, mom, and sister all work for VW. His dad's been with a dealer up there for like 40 years. Was a mechanic for over 30. I talked to his dad for a bit, he's owned VW's his entire life, including all the cool ones. We talked about the Bunny for a bit. The mom played with the boys and talked about girl stuff while we were out playing with the cars. Super nice people.
So the GTI I went to look buy. Black MK4 VR6. '01. It was his dad's, then his. Dealer maintained it's entire life. Super clean. Blah, blah, blah. I decided to buy it the second he started it up. There's nothing on the planet that sounds as good as a VR6 with a little work. It's got a 42 Draft Design 2.5" exhaust and a K&N drop-in with a chip, sounds insane. I kept goosing it and driving in too low a gear to make it to burble. Car is slammed on H&R coilovers. Black Forest poly mounts everywhere in the engine bay, except one, which he gave me new in the box. Has some interior stuff done. The vents have been swapped with GLI vents. It's got R32 lights and a 20th grill. He also gave me smoked and blacked out headlights. I'll put the black ones in a sell the R32's. I'll also pick up smoked tails and side markers at WaterFest to murder everything out. I'll keep my eyes peeled for some wheels too😀
They were nice enough to follow me home in the GLI with their plates still on the GTI. When we got here I pulled the plates off and they drove back home. Execpt I left my bikes at the shop and now I have no way to get there, so it would seem today will be a recovery day. Oh well, maybe I'll detail the new dub😉
-Jim.
Went up to peep the GTI I found on WhoreTex. While on paper this thing seemed too good to be true, it was indeed, true. I pulled up to this kid's house in Wayne and the entire driveway is filled with lowered VW's. MK6 GTI, a super pimp MK4 GLI, an Audi S5, R32, MK3 GLX, and a brand new '86 Cabrio with the window sticker on it. WTF!!??
I ask what the deal is with all these pimp VW's. This kid was in his 20's and didn't seem to me that he had this baller status. Turns out his dad, mom, and sister all work for VW. His dad's been with a dealer up there for like 40 years. Was a mechanic for over 30. I talked to his dad for a bit, he's owned VW's his entire life, including all the cool ones. We talked about the Bunny for a bit. The mom played with the boys and talked about girl stuff while we were out playing with the cars. Super nice people.
So the GTI I went to look buy. Black MK4 VR6. '01. It was his dad's, then his. Dealer maintained it's entire life. Super clean. Blah, blah, blah. I decided to buy it the second he started it up. There's nothing on the planet that sounds as good as a VR6 with a little work. It's got a 42 Draft Design 2.5" exhaust and a K&N drop-in with a chip, sounds insane. I kept goosing it and driving in too low a gear to make it to burble. Car is slammed on H&R coilovers. Black Forest poly mounts everywhere in the engine bay, except one, which he gave me new in the box. Has some interior stuff done. The vents have been swapped with GLI vents. It's got R32 lights and a 20th grill. He also gave me smoked and blacked out headlights. I'll put the black ones in a sell the R32's. I'll also pick up smoked tails and side markers at WaterFest to murder everything out. I'll keep my eyes peeled for some wheels too😀
They were nice enough to follow me home in the GLI with their plates still on the GTI. When we got here I pulled the plates off and they drove back home. Execpt I left my bikes at the shop and now I have no way to get there, so it would seem today will be a recovery day. Oh well, maybe I'll detail the new dub😉
-Jim.
