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.
Frr that leak you have... if it has a sunroof they are notorious for leaking. Also the check both the rear hatch hinge bolts and the rear hatch hydraulic arms mounting bolts, both are known to leak. Otherwise good to see another Rocco being restored!
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