What’s 1 in 5000?
That would be our new car - an immaculate 2004 VW R32 (with just over 10,000 miles). This was a limited edition run of a high-performance 240HP, 3.2 liter V6, 6-speed manual, all-wheel drive Golf, complete with Koenig racing seats and a few creature comforts thrown in for good effect - only 5000 were brought into the US. Basically, VW let their engineers run wild to design the “funnest” Golf they could dream up. And man, did I lust after this car in 2004. Unfortunately, times were a little harder for me back then and I resigned myself to never having the pleasure to own one - it didn’t preclude me from test-driving, mind you, but owning wasn’t in the cards for me. At the time (seemingly to add insult to injury), Teresa mentioned that her co-worker Sander coincidentally picked one up himself.
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Nice! There was a time, so many many moons ago, that I would have sworn you’d never own anything but a BMW. Volkswagen seems to fit the bill fairly well, though.
It is also nice to see someone doing extending riffs on acquisitions and/or pet interests - I felt rather guilty and boring running at the mouth about my LaserDisc victory, but alas the wonderful thing about the web is that there’s room for everyone’s little obsessions.
Comment by Jim — 6/6/2007 @ 12:49 pm
Yeah, I still need to make the first BMW purchase - they’re sweet cars, but I just don’t know when it’s going to happen. I’m still surprised this whole thing came together.
The original plan was to eventually sell Teresa’s Nissan and pick up a slightly used diesel Golf (we still can’t buy new diesels in California yet - rumor has it the latest generation of engine and emissions designs combined with the low-sulphur content diesel will mean we should be able to buy new in 2008/2009).
Looks like VW’s planning on a diesel version of the Jetta wagon coming up, which I think will make a pretty nice replacement for the Nissan - and a good commuter if need be.
As for your LD obsession, heck - nothing wrong with that! Heck, I wish that my interests didn’t hit the wallet so bad so quickly. Being able to pick up things for little to no money is a huge benefit!
Comment by Brian — 6/9/2007 @ 4:45 pm