This was my car immediately previous to my NBC.
1995 Golf III GL.
Absolutely loved the car.
I rear-ended someone (somewhat offset) on the freeway, doin' about 60, about 2 months after I got it. Absolutely totaled the Celica I hit. But the only damage to the Golf was the front air dam cracked. Had the frame checked and double-checked for damage and for square many times in the 9 years following, and it was absolutely solid. Sold me on the safety of "German Engineering". It was built like a tank.
Moved my entire house from Portland to Houston in this car.
Other than "the accident", I never had a lick of trouble with the car other than a small cam in the clutch broke (which, unfortunately, meant the entire clutch got chewed up and had to be replaced)... but that was after nearly 90,000 miles of carefree driving.
And even after 10 years, the Tornado Red was still a screamin' color.
Sold it to a 19 year old kid in town when I bought Kermit... and fully expect that it's still going strong.
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