• Rollin' in my '86 Jetta

    • 1986 was a great year. Not only was I born, but the sickest cars ever came out.


      I am a girl of simple pleasures. I enjoy hikes in nature, the Olive Garden, Hamm's and old boxy cars.

      Growing up, my parents drove a 1986 navy blue Jetta. It was a glorious car even down to the last shred of upholstery my dog Samson clawed off. It kept trucking well into the new millennium and I'm convinced it would still be running if a shady mechanic hadn't totaled it during his carjacked trip to Athens.

      I've reserved the tenderest spot in my heart for old Jettas and, one day, if I decide to buy a car, I'll get the very same one I knew in childhood. I'll put in a new engine and transmission to make sure it purrs like a kitten and I'll spend many a summer day waxing it in my driveway. In cutoffs. While drinking a crisp canned brew.

       
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    jess said:
    OMG! First of all, I'm really old. Born in 1986? I REMEMBER 1986! And I remember that car. My mom had the same one that's in the picture. Well, I'd say it was the same one if I hadn't been in it when she smashed into the back on an ice cream truck (sorry, that must hurt you). I'm going to head on down the street to the Fountain of Youth now...
    posted over 2 years ago
    mizpens said:
    VWs are steady and reliable cars, from what I've heard. I'm glad you have fond memories of your '86 Jetta. I felt the same way about my family's old Ford LTD station wagon back in the day. Hopefully you find another old school Jetta one of these days! :-)
    posted over 2 years ago
    Elle_eh said:
    my sister had a grey '86 jetta, she would bitch everday about "how ugle it was." i always gave it a gentle pat on the hood, and told it i would drive it someday soon...2 years later i turned 16 and it was alllllll mine.
    it was the best car i've ever owned, and i'm pretty sure it saved my life when the drunk t-boned me. i cried on the way to the hospital, and they kept asking me what hurts, and i clearly remember stating "NOTHING HURTS, BUT MY CAR IS DONE FOR!"
    i cried even harder when i went to see it at the car lot the night day.
    i too have a tender spot in my heart for them.
    posted over 2 years ago

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