#2) 1981 VW Rabbit Convertible w/ 1.8L 16V Conversion (AUG95-OCT96)
After two months of driving a Dodge Shadow rental car I finally settled on this cute little Rabbit to replace the charred Jetta. It was super clean, ran great and the top goes down! My friends poked fun that I was driving a chick car, but it worked both ways. Girls LOVED this car and always wanted rides. I lowered her a bit, bolted on some 16" Borbet Type-C wheels, swapped in a Cabriolet grill and called it good... until I blasted through a deep puddle and hydrolocked the engine. Crap. For a few months she gathered dust until I could afford a replacement engine. A lightly-used 1.8L 16V GTI motor went in and now she was even more fun to drive! Unfortunately, when I went off to college I couldn't afford (and didn't really need) a car, so the Rabbit went to my step-sister who proceeded to trash it.
