Help Me Decide What Car To Get Oppo.....

"Vince-The Roadside Mechanic" (vincent-becker)
05/13/2014 at 10:28 • Filed to: None

I am looking for a car and have been for sometime and have narrowed it down to two vehicles.

THE SCIROCCO

It is a unmolested Scirocco for $1200. It has been owned buy a VW enthusiest all of it's life. (not actual picture)

THE FIAT

$500 X1/9. It has been sitting for 9 years and needs valve work and a water pump.

Oppo I need your help to decide. As always you are my only hope.

DISCUSSION (24)

davedave1111 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:30

Either that Scirocco's bargain of the century, or it's a basket-case despite being owned by an enthusiast.

Personally I'd rather have the X1/9, but it likely needs lots of work doing. Do you live somewhere you have to worry about rust? If so, it's probably only an X1/5 or 6 by now.

Jagvar > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:30

Scirocco! It's going to be the more enjoyable car of the two, and less of a headache, especially considering the fact that it's been taken care of by an enthusiast.

505Turbeaux > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:31

scirocco. I had a 16V as my first water cooled car and it was great. Especially to find an unmolested one. DO IT, POST PICS

-Jelly

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:32

The Fiat might collapse around your ears. It's cheap, though, with mid-engine freakiness, and you might be able to get a lot of laughs out of it. Might or might not be a nightmare to make minimally reliable.

The Scirocco is a practical choice that is also cool.

No chance of getting the Scirocco to drive while you fix the X1/9 and see if you really have a preference, is there?

Chairman Kaga > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:33

How much spare time and money do you have? My gut says Scirocco. The VW community is really supportive and helpful. The FIAT community doesn't exist. Consider parts availability, people who know how to work on the car, interchangeability of components.

t_s > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:34

Run away from the Fiat, run very far. Once you run out of breath, hide in a dark room and think about what you were about to do. Think about it for a long long time.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > davedave1111
05/13/2014 at 10:35

If measured by weight, lingering rust flakes and bondo might have it as high as an X1/10.

(I'm assuming the weight as a fraction of an arbitrary number. X1/5>X1/9>X1/10, etc.)

davedave1111 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/13/2014 at 10:45

Yeah, I don't think it was a fraction. Fiat people look at you funny if you call it an X Ninth.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 10:49

Scirocco. 100x the Scirocco. If you don't go with the Scirocco I will sad.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > davedave1111
05/13/2014 at 10:52

I've always pronounced it X 1(brief pause)9. That being said, if it looks like a fraction, I will pretend it's a fraction at any time that's convenient.

Matthew Phillips > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 11:16

...Scirroco...

Big Bubba Ray > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 12:13

100% Scirocco! They're fantastic little cars. The $1,500 price tag seems a little suspect though.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > davedave1111
05/13/2014 at 12:52

Wisconsin so rust is everywhere.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Jagvar
05/13/2014 at 12:52

That is what I was thinking.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > 505Turbeaux
05/13/2014 at 12:53

I think I will get it.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/13/2014 at 12:54

Not enough cash for both. :(

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Chairman Kaga
05/13/2014 at 12:55

I have $1500 and the VW community is gigantic in Wisconsin.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
05/13/2014 at 12:56

I don't want sad.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 12:57

Kinja'd!!!

Is either of them selling $500 of burglary tools?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Big Bubba Ray
05/13/2014 at 12:57

It has a cracked windshield,and needs shocks/struts.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/13/2014 at 12:58

No sadly.

Big Bubba Ray > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 13:00

Pretty simple fixes. GO SCIROCCO!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Big Bubba Ray
05/13/2014 at 13:01

I have decided SCIROCCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chairman Kaga > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/13/2014 at 13:10

My decision was between a Miata and an Alfa GTV6. I clearly did not heed my own advice.