Been lurking for a long time, so might as well introduce.
Alrighty, so long time lover of Sport Compact cars, mostly JDM branded, had a STI from 2004-2008, put way to much money into it, absolutely loved it. A bundle of life things occurred, wrecked a Ducati Monster, that I should be dead from, that accident broke my leg. Two weeks later my daughter was born, with 2 kids and a broken leg, my wife basically had to drive me everywhere because i could drive the STI MT. So...decided to part ways with the STI, it was starting to have clutch issues because of the power, and couldnt fit 2 kids in back that easily. So took my insurance money from Ducati and my STI to a toyota dealer and got a fully loaded Tundra CrewMax. Got real good money for my STI, about $10k over what I paid for it. Sadly, the dealer let one of their young mechanics drive it, and they crashed it into a median trashing all my work, they put low quality parts back on it and sold it at a massive loss. I still have the Tundra, great truck. My son is about to be 16, so my wife told me I should start looking for a newer vehicle so he can have the truck. I have been in love with Euro cars for most my adult life, was browsing Audi and BMW, was set on getting an R, then I started focusing on the GTI. Felt it was a little more bang for the buck, funner to modify and still unique to my area (only 2 MK6 GTI in area) So started shopping, holding out for a good deal and found the car I wanted. Picked up my 2019 Rabbit in November, been doing some OBD11 mods, working on blacking the emblems. Little things for now. Need to get some new rubber for the rims, havent decided on Summer or A/S. I do have dedicated Winter set. Trying not to void the warranty, so might stay OEM for a bit, probably do a JB4, dogbone, and whatever I find on here that entices me.
Anyways, happy to be on here, great place to find valuable info!!!