Oddball 1999 VW diesel on ebay

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1999...7025535?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3376d558ff

1999 Volkswagen Other SDI

1999 VOLKSWAGEN POLO SDI TDI WAGON GLX, 32,742 Original LOW Miles, 60 MPG

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I have no connection with this car. Looks interesting, but title has TDI and description says normally aspirated.

 

[s.pavel6]

This car has been around a few times before, iirc. Can someone explain how it could have possibly gotten an Ohio title??

 

[oilhammer]

Funny how a car that isn't particularly special or rare globally speaking would command such a high price here. I wonder if a "rare" 1999 Chevy Cavalier would warrant $11k+ in Germany? Probably not.

 

[Baron VonZeppelin]

With 32k miles - i'd consider it for sure - if it wasn't Red.
And had Alloys and AC.

I've been driving an 89 NA IDI 1.6 daily for years.
1.9 NA DI would be an upgrade. lol
If it was TDI, i bet it would get Clicked quickly(er).

 

[GTiTDi]

Funny how a car that isn't particularly special or rare globally speaking would command such a high price here. I wonder if a "rare" 1999 Chevy Cavalier would warrant $11k+ in Germany? Probably not.

Once again one of your comments has left me ROFL'ing!

 

[Rxfire]

I saw that when someone was looking desperately for a red wagon:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=351209


Here is the dealer:

http://www.elitemotorz.net/2003_Volkswagen_Golf_138894462.veh

 

[frugality]

This Beauty comes to us from the other side of the globe. It was imported by USA Government from USA Air force base in Greenland.

Plate tectonics must be speeding up, because last I checked, Greenland wasn't that far away....

This is a very rare VW, but do not worry, if something ever goes wrong parts are fully interchangeable with Golf, Jetta as well as Passat.

Hm. Window regulators? Bumper cover? Seats? Radiator? And SDI parts are replaceable with TDI parts?

 

[oilhammer]

Oh, so this IS the Greenland car? The one that spent all of its 32k miles blasting about unpaved roads and had nearly 500kg of rocks and grit stuck in its undersides once they got it here! ROFL! Yeah, I'd be offering far, far less money, especially since I know just how cheap it was originally gotten for from the gov't.

 

[freakwithracket]

And so it continues. It has been kind of interesting watching this car move from place to place over the past year or so. It started on a craigslist add, then showed up on ebay, then on a dealer website in Penn. I think, and now back to ebay. And to think, it all started in Greenland? Anyway, as far as the title thing, I'm not sure why everyone freaks out about that. Literally every state has a process where you can get a title without having the previous title. For example, in NJ one has to post an add in the news paper for 3 weeks and if nobody claims it you get a title. Many states have similar laws.

 

[s.pavel6]

Anyway, as far as the title thing, I'm not sure why everyone freaks out about that. Literally every state has a process where you can get a title without having the previous title. For example, in NJ one has to post an add in the news paper for 3 weeks and if nobody claims it you get a title. Many states have similar laws.

Sure, getting a title for a US car is no problem. Getting a title for a vehicle that was never DOT certified is the more difficult task, as I understand it. Otherwise, all of us would be driving Euro-spec T4 Diesel Transporters, and other oddities.

 

[BrianCT]

Oh, so this IS the Greenland car? The one that spent all of its 32k miles blasting about unpaved roads and had nearly 500kg of rocks and grit stuck in its undersides once they got it here! ROFL! Yeah, I'd be offering far, far less money, especially since I know just how cheap it was originally gotten for from the gov't.

Orange peel on the rear trunk [boot] area. I bet there's been a hellova lot of repaint work to most of this car.

 

[oilhammer]

I saw pics of this car when it first arrived from Greenland... it was NOT pretty. This is NOT some "low mileage cream puff" of a car, not by a long shot.

 

[freakwithracket]

Possibly. As I recall though, this car was one of only two in the United States. Truly rare. I also remember it being owned by the United States Army, being used in Greenland for some purpose. I would imagine when it came back to the states there was some process that got it into "the system". Plus many states have laws for "rare" cars.

 

[94x]

Funny how a car that isn't particularly special or rare globally speaking would command such a high price here. I wonder if a "rare" 1999 Chevy Cavalier would warrant $11k+ in Germany? Probably not.

Here in the northeast Cavaliers are rare. They've been beat up, rusted thru, and crushed. Had one come into the shop a few weeks ago overheating. 2.2 head gasket leaking from #4, and thought 5 years ago I would see 3 a week. Now nearly extinct.

 

[Baron VonZeppelin]

... and now its a $13k car
since it wasn't moving at $11k

 

[diggindiesel]

I've ridden in Polo's and I wasn't impressed. Like a lot of things, rare for a reason (well, only rare here).