1985 Volkswagen Scirocco review from North America

Bought it in 2004 because I needed a car.

It wasn't in the best of shape.

It was spray painted flat black by the previous owner, which I later found out that he painted over a 2000 dollar paint job because he wanted to make it look hot rod ish.

When I bought it the only things it needed were, basic maintenance (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fluids)

a battery and tires.

I later found out that the voltage regulator was bad and caused the battery to drain every once in a while.

I drove it to and from work until November of 2005 when I bought another Volkswagen to daily drive.

At the time I parked it to start repairing it, it needed the following:clutch (slipped very badly),shocks and struts as well as springs, oil change, shift linkage rebuild kit, basic maintenance once again, and find where I was getting all this water inside the car from (sciroccos are notorious for windshield leaks, altho I don't think this is the cause of my problem).

It's a great car. i had owned a first gen scirocco when I was in my twenties back in 1980.

This scirocco is very quick compared to my first one.

Due in part to the 4k transmission (better acceleration tranny than a cruising tranny),and a higher compression motor (JH 8v).

It has had for the longest of time a serious interior leak:it collects water in the rear pass floorboard, deep puddles, and I have yet to find where the source of the leak is.

The seats broke for some reason so I couldn't adjust the seat back or fold the seat forward to get into the backseat.

Overall it's a great car and I'm looking forward to my son repairing the car to its best.