Picked up an 8 and 16v with change from £400, both have tax and ticket March/April respectivly.
Ive sold the valver for £500 and have an 8v to pull some bits off for mine then off to pikey scrap man for £100 and trade in whats left of the tax 
If you car is later than L and original it has rust in it as a 100% certainty, that is why there are not many around as MOT failures dont sell for anything other than scrap.
The amount of mint Mk3's Ive poked a finger through in the last few weeks is laughable
You won't on mine, its lived its whole life in a garage. 
Though you are right, the one ive just picked up has rust on the sills but the bodywork is clean, its a 1997.
Owner was scrapping because its failed MOT.
Your right but how many garaged Mk3's are there around? As well as you Tweeds got one and that's about it for this forum
If its under 50k and has been in garage you have a chance, if its been driven round on bent jacking points in the wet........
So you are looking for a car that's only done 2k miles a year, been garaged and fully serviced by VW (who don't jack on sills) and never had a puncture with the car slipping off the jack
, not to mention any cheap accident repairs or un treated bumps and scrapes.
I have been looking and when I find one its mine
