This car from 1986

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
06/09/2014 at 19:56 • Filed to: None

has less miles than my mom's car from 2008. It might also be in better condition.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/4470733862…

DISCUSSION (23)

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 19:59

This is what my dad doesn't understand about used cars. An '05 car with 5k miles is NOT older than a '13 with 40k miles.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 19:59

Surely owned by an older person.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680
06/09/2014 at 20:01

The tires they put on it could have told me that!

I still want it. Put some different rims on it, some exhaust, maybe a few performance upgrades... unf.

Takuro Spirit > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:01

NP!

LOL @ the space saver.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Takuro Spirit
06/09/2014 at 20:02

Of all the cars that need the extra room a space saver gives, this is one car that doesn't need the room.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:07

Nice, I'd rock the shit out of that car. Looks clean and would give a sweer sleeper, though I probably wouldn't want to cut it up

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:08

land yacht coming in to the harbor

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford
06/09/2014 at 20:10

Mmm body roll.

Bench seats.

305 V8.

Column shifter.

This is the quintessential land yacht.

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:11

would be awesome for a cross country road trip, it doesn't have bench seats, it has couches.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:27

Get it! It looks awesome.

GeorgeyBoy > Brian Silvestro
06/09/2014 at 20:38

I would say it varies. I would like a car that is regularly driven. Just because it sits doesn't mean it stays perfect.

webmonkees > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:41

Basically it's a Caddy with just the stuff that works.

Gasoline consumption would normally be a factor, but I think that space-saver spare probably boosts it 5 mpg. Would buy if on company gas card.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:48

Yes, but even with the low mileage, the built quality is still...questionable. American cars in the 70's and 80's weren't screwed together amazingly well. That being said, this may be the cleanest stock Caprice Classic I've ever seen.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/09/2014 at 20:50

Lol trying to tell me about 80s build quality.

It looks solid internally though.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:51

Wait, the Safari was 90's I thought

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/09/2014 at 20:53

Its an 80s design built in a factory tooled in the 80s. I'd call it 80s quality.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 20:54

I see

twochevrons > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 21:52

Yeah, the lowest-mileage car we own (including my wife's '11 VW Golf) is a 1985 VW Scirocco. Apparently, a previous owner parked it in their back lot in the early '90s with 30,000 miles on it, and forgot about it, so it looks like it was pulled out of a hedge, with hail damage, ruined paint and damaged trim, but it drives like a new car!

It's an odd departure for me. I normally gravitate towards cars with interstellar mileages...

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > twochevrons
06/09/2014 at 22:11

None of the cars at my house are over 150,000 miles...

twochevrons > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/09/2014 at 22:27

Heh, we're the opposite. Aside from the Golf and Scirocco, every single car I've owned has been over that. My family have always bought old cars and then nursed them along for years, so high mileages feel normal to me. Driving the Scirocco and realising what a car can be like without a horribly worn engine and suspension was quite a revelation!

Birddog > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/10/2014 at 00:06

70s design, 70s factories, 80s build. Even the refresh for 80/81 would have roots in the 70s.

They were screwed together pretty well all along.

Andl > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/10/2014 at 00:26

Buy it or no balls

noringnocare > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
06/10/2014 at 00:55

This is the shortest NP/CP segment ever