Visiting VW randomiser

[Diamond Hell]

A mate swung by with a car he's been preparing for someone:

It's being shaken down this week:





Makes all the right noises and goes well.  Proper sleeper, too given the current exhaust and the ABF under the bonnet.

[ToRo]

Looks quite neat tbh!

[Wayne]

Different.

[...joe]

damn, 2 door jetta... rare in this country!

[Mew]

What's the score with the German reg? Just come over and staying or is it going back home?

OR... is it some kind of private english/irish plate and i'm just being stupid?

[DarnPB]

Shame it's multicoloured! A friend of mine has a '87 Jetta GTX. 1.8 16V with a digi dash, lowered on ATS cups.

[DubFan]

What's the score with the German reg? Just come over and staying or is it going back home?

OR... is it some kind of private english/irish plate and i'm just being stupid?

It's left hand drive, so must be a German car.

Did the 2 door jetta ever make it to the UK ? Only ever seen American or European examples.

Nice sleeper.

[Mew]

It's left hand drive, so must be a German car.

Did the 2 door jetta ever make it to the UK ? Only ever seen American or European examples.

Nice sleeper.

Not necessarily, they were only available in LHD

[DarnPB]

I think the number plate is a dead givaway. German, or yet to be officially imported.

[Diamond Hell]

It's a German registration, not numpty German-look plates.

The car has been bought over here, to be built up with the ABF, now it is heading back to Germany.

You can tell if someone's bought a German car into the UK and is taking advantage - the German plates have their expiry date on them, this covers insurance and TUV.  Standard plates last two years IIRC.  If they're 'export' plates they're only valid 2-3 weeks.  I saw someone driving around with German export plates on a camper in 2007.  The plates had expired in 2005.  Now that's more than taking advantage!