The Volkswagen Scirocco Rekindles a Forgotten Fury

Jason, Thanks for taking me on your humble ride across the ages. Its very nice to see someone who is passionate about his/her car that isn’t worth a mint. (not thats its not worth that to you) It shows you know a lot more about your VW than most people know about their own ride.

Thanks for sharing Jason, and hope you can inspire VW to make a batch more fenders for you guys who drive these. Very cool story.

Beautiful road, great car.

Great story. I had a 1983. I loved my scirocco and it is the reason that I got into cars, especially German sports cars. I’ve had a few modern Porsches (997, 991) and classics (I own a 1964 356). This story brings back great memories and makes me miss my old car …

Very interesting and not an obvious choice of car in my opinion. It was good hearing Jason’s view on the Scirocco as normally its not a car I would have even given a second thought whereas now I will look at them under a different light.

“raw enough”, that’s it for me, as someone who will need a ‘tasteful’ car to be road registered because that’s where I drive, not a track, a car that offers rawness, the test for every Petrolicious driver?

Im very much like Jason in that I learned to wrench because of my mk1 VWs. Ive owned about a dozen different mk1 VWs whether its a Rabbit, Jetta or Scirocco and I absolutely agree that the connection to the car cant be matched in almost any other car. I currently own a E30 and it has all the things I loved about my mk1 but just seems to be better in every way. Im sure a big part of that is because I purchased the 84 318 model with no power windows, locks, sunroof, etc. I feel so connected to the car and I have no idea what I will want to get next, so rather than worry about that, Ive just poured more money into making this the best I can.

Parts availability is concern for the tens of us who love 1980’s and early 90’s hot hatches. These were the last light cars, the bridge between the simple, old, carbureted past and the all-electronic, vari-valve wizardry of today. Yes, the 80’s had digi-dash madness and Poke-gami styling but there were some real gems among the cubic zirconias.
I’m hoping 3D printing will make bespoke parts easier to acquire. David Czy, it’s good to hear Wolfsburg is still supporting these old Dubs but the sick few looking for Ford EXP Turbos (yeah, I said it) may be out of luck for a while.
Another great video; it’s not the dollar value of the car it’s the intrinsic value to the owner, well done.

WOW! Thank you Petrolicious. Finally a video on VW’s.
Jason, ” I get IT”. My buddy had 3 Scirocco’s when we were teenagers in the early “90’s. And he used to tear up the roads up here in Ontario, Canada. I couldn’t get the smile off my face either, or stop laughing…..and I was only in the passenger seat.
Your Scirocco is a real beauty and looks absolutely mint. Try Rockauto.com for parts. They seam to have everything for every car. Even the hard to find parts. Another one might be to try ECS Tuning.
I’ve loved VW’s (and Porsche’s) my whole life and currently have 2 on the go now. And currently restoring an older VW Golf Cabrio. I just love these cars for the same reason you mentioned. They are unassuming, can be modified in a million different ways if you choose to, and they will always put a smile on your face. And when you do have to work on them, they are relative easy to work on.
Jason, my advise is to never get rid of your Scirocco. Very few cars will give you that sense of happiness and fun factor. Others may not agree but remember,that fun factor and happiness is an individual thing and different to everybody. You’ll always be able to find parts for it. The internet is amazing for sourcing parts.
Now, Petrolicious, Can you PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASE make a video on the old VW Golf GTi’s.
There are million’s of enthusiast world wide that would love to see another video on the Golf’s.

Thank you Petrolicious for this one.
And thank you Jason for sharing, (I’ve already watched the video 3 times ….. and counting).