You sure are a long way from home, boy ... I mean car.

Andy · Feb 29, 2016

Anyone find cars that had no business being where they are? Yesterday I spotted this Seat Leon (kind of a Spanish Mk7 Golf) a mile from Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA:

It had Mexico license plates, very shiny seats, and appeared to have a manual transmission. Badging said "TSI" so I suspect it's a 170 hp 1.8L.

vreihen · Feb 29, 2016

That's a bigfoot sighting if I've ever seen one!!!!!

Rembrant · Mar 1, 2016

Andy said:
Anyone find cars that had no business being where they are?

A neighbor of mine has a late 80's Syncro Doka...I don't believe they were ever sold in this part of the world...

He's had it for many years and if I recall correctly, he imported it from Sweden...or somewhere like that.

Spacewalker · Mar 1, 2016

Seat ... the poorest part of VAP group in EU
Maybe Cupra or Leon ST , ..... but you must very like Spanish style to buy that car
But they did full LED front light in Seat earlier than in Mk7
Price - almost this same as Golf, but interior style

vreihen · Mar 1, 2016

This is a great example of why we need a huge wall at the southern border.....

Eric · Mar 1, 2016

Spacewalker said:
Seat ... the poorest part of VAP group in EU

Yeah I was telling the natives in our company chat that Seat & Skoda don't have that much to get excited about. It's more a case of the grass being greener on the other side

I might have bought an Ibiza TDI 160 if I didn't move to the US 10 years ago though, definitely couldn't find anything close from VW & Audi.

golfi_vend · Mar 1, 2016

Why do you dislike SEAT/Skoda?

The MK4 Leon did look hell lot cooler then mk4 golf. Yeah, not so popular, but still. I have 2005 mk1 Leon with ASV engine. - You know, the one with old, good and reliable 81kw engine. And in 2005. You wouldn't find that on golf in that year.

Current Leon is cool, yeah interior, including the headunit lost its touch with second gen. But still has the cool looking outside.

Skoda sells better in EST, has better resale value. Same year Passat vs. Superb and you can place a bet that superb costs more.
Although yeah you might hate SKODA-s, because they are used mostly by the police.

Eric · Mar 1, 2016

Didn't mean to imply I dislike them, if your comment is addressed to me. My parents have a Mk1 Octavia ALH with 540000km or more, and a Mk2 with a BXE(?) 105 HP. Those have been great and the huge trunk that opens all the way is one of the best features of the car. My sister's Ibiza SDI (handover from my mom), meh, not as reliable electrically. All bought new. But realistically, we picked those because of the price... if VW had a better price on the Polo, that's what my mom would have gotten. If my dad could have gotten a Passat TDI for the same price as the Octavia (yeah right...) he'd be driving that

BGB · Mar 14, 2016

Eric said:
Yeah I was telling the natives in our company chat that Seat & Skoda don't have that much to get excited about. It's more a case of the grass being greener on the other side I might have bought an Ibiza TDI 160 if I didn't move to the US 10 years ago though, definitely couldn't find anything close from VW & Audi.

I've had the Octavia II and just got my Octavia III and the difference is so big that it should have been a model in between. The OII is old and far from its sisters in the VAG group. However the OIII is now on the same level as VW. In fact my 2016 Skoda Octavia Scout is more comfortable and "high-tech" than my 2013 Audi A4 quattro wich I sold just before I got Octavia.

golfi_vend · Apr 2, 2016

I'm in local Pskov, Russia bar atm and on day i saw many vw polo sedans here.

Never seen one in Estonia before.

rucklet · Apr 14, 2016

Uwe · Apr 14, 2016

It would be better if that was a VW or an Audi.

-Uwe-

vreihen · Apr 14, 2016

Or Bugatti Veyron.....

Uwe said:
It would be better if that was a VW or an Audi.

-Uwe-

Uwe · Apr 14, 2016

vreihen said:
Or Bugatti Veyron.....

Nope, do not want. Not offered with a proper transmission. Now an R8....

summitradio · Apr 15, 2016

Local Mexican restaurant has a SEAT leon hanging round back. Wonder where that came from....

rucklet · May 6, 2016

Uwe said:
It would be better if that was a VW or an Audi.

-Uwe-

Close enough? :-)

Uwe · May 6, 2016

rucklet said:
Close enough? :-)

Better!

FWIW, this is real:

rucklet · May 6, 2016

Uwe said:
Better!

FWIW, this is real:

I can't beat that....

Uwe · May 6, 2016

Also real (and I still have this car and plate):

vreihen · May 6, 2016

Uwe said:
FWIW, this is real:

I can vouch for that one being real.....

You sure are a long way from home, boy ... I mean car.

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