1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI

[@cookingpremiumjapan6839]

simple beauty

[@DavidAnthony-k4d]

I owned a silver 84 GTI while in chiropractic school in St. Louis. My roommate would ask me to do the "streets of San Francisco" flying around the back road of the Chesterfield mall. We would get all four wheels off the ground. I abused that car, and it took it. No doubt, my favorite car of all time. 10:14

[@sreginkc]

I had a 1983 white with that same blue interior in the day. I wish you could know what crap boxes all other cars of that day were. I had a '79 fuel injected two door "C" and drove past the dealership in Lancaster PA when I saw my first GTI on the lawn with factory 14 inch wheels and Pirelli tires. I knew I had to have one. Traded my 79 in on it. Yours is a very well preserved example right down to a Blaupunkt stereo and Bosch fog lights!

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

Hehe HEY that s my old dream car. Ontario...1980's pfft. Then I eventually got a Honda Prelude Si. But I still want rabbit GTI , a TDI rabbit, and a ~1986 prelude si. Cmon lottery numbers...lol

[@yobentley7274]

I owned a red one. 1984 Rabbit GTI. First new car I ever bought. It was awesome. I loved it. Quick and handled great. Had it for 10 years until it was stolen out of my apartment parking lot. Recovered in the police impound lot minus the engine, wheels and most of the unique interior parts. Sad day. That you you have is beautiful.

[@horseathalt7308]

@yobentley I owned one from new too. A silver 84. It too was stolen out of my work place parking lot back in 1995. I think at about this time these cars were getting desirable and thieves were making quite a bit of money gathering the unique GTI parts! Unfortunately my car was never recovered. I still check the VIN registry from time to time to see if anyone has ever attempted to reregister it somewhere in the US or Canada.

[@yobentley7274]

@@horseathalt7308 Thanks for sharing. Those were cools cars at the time. Super fun to drive.

[@horseathalt7308]

@@yobentley7274 Absolutely true, the MK I Rabbit GTI is one of those rare cars that is so much more than the sum of its parts. The car had a real personality and character too, you could tell that enthusiasts had their hand in directly designing and spec'ing out the suspension, steering, gearbox, ect. unlike the cars made in the past 15 years or so where even with the newer VWs it is design by committee. If they made them brand new today exactly like they did in the early 1980s, I would go out and buy one immediately.

[@yobentley7274]

@@horseathalt7308 I would buy one too..

[@gagemyers67]

God I want this car

[@garywatson3472]

One of my dream cars

[@justinwillis3113]

Nice I used to own an 84 Silver gti Hatchback rabbit it was my first car

[@RoccoMeatstone]

Freaking Carlisle in your back yard. Damn it. Im jealous

[@patroell]

Nice car man, I myself have a 1979 Rabbit with 46k on it. You can see it on my channel,

[@markkolb6655]

Trick would be to find a 1984 Golf GTI. I have 2 friends that have them but had to do a 3 yr tour at Ramstein AB Germany to get one.

[@malachaisherman4316]

Amazing.

[@limpek001]

Round light looks a lot better

[@johna.4334]

Agreed. The MK1 Golf GTIs in Europe had round headlights as well as fog lights. Unfortunately they were rectangular in the States.

[@barneygrube]

Where do you find these. I have been looking for just one forever:) You don't need 2, come on sell me one:)

[@johna.4334]

Those factory US bumpers look hidious. Please order a pair of European bumpers for this car. Thank you.

[@horseathalt7308]

These are classic cars and while I agree the US DOT bumpers look terrible you shouldn't change a classic at this point. Factory spec is best even if we don't like the look as much.

[@999coax]

awesome...

[@alexarmentaleal5840]

Está en venta?. Lo quiero aquí en México

[@lucianofarias5118]

Yo tengo uno a la venta en el mismo color que ese

[@alexarmentaleal5840]

@@lucianofarias5118 cuánto y en dónde? Q estado?

[@lucianofarias5118]

@@alexarmentaleal5840 300 mil , en Saltillo Coahuila , incluye pedimento y título americano

[@lucianofarias5118]

@@alexarmentaleal5840 indica 20 mil millas en el tablero , al parecer son originales !

[@tommygladwell]

How tall are you? I’m looking at a 1980 rabbit, I’m 6 foot 9 and I’m wondering if I would even fit.

[@cathalmacsiurdain7762]

I hitched a lift on the Autobahn in Germany in 1980 and the elderly driver of a rabbit got the tacho to 220...go figure.

[@markkolb6655]

They where called Golf GTI in Europe, saw them while there in the USAF. No rabbits in Europe

[@lebm4689]

Is it for sale ?

[@racelance]

Yes sir, check it out here: bringatrailer.com/listing/1984-volkswagen-golf-gti-7/

[@christschool]

Wow, sold for $25k!

[@T800-b2m]

Who in the right mind would by this over ae86 (GTS) back than? Although GTI is also pretty cool.

[@christschool]

People that like German cars and this car was very popular with the preppy set back in the day. The corolla was not. This particular car here was sold on BAT for $25k and later put up for sale again on Hemmings for $39k. The Rabbit GTI started the entire market for hot hatchbacks in the US.

[@chickensoup571]

The gti would out do a gts, there is nothing special about the corolla. The gti is the better car.

[@T800-b2m]

@@chickensoup571 There's nothi... Yeh, only a far superior and far more technological twin cam, injector, high revving engine (revolutionary for its time); more expensive RWD platform with LSD; better handling; more power and way, way greater tuning potential. GTI has never been even close. And that's when we compare 1983 AE86/GTS Corolla with mk2 1986 GTI. MK1 is absolute piece of garbage in comparison with the Corolla But the best part was - Corolla wasn't that much more expensive.

[@chickensoup571]

T 800 the gts would not out handle a late westy gti, the rwd platform adds weight and the gti is lighter, and it only has 20 more hp to make up for the weight...have you ever driven a mk1 gti? They handle great...how does a gts have great tuning potential? They can’t hold much boost, also GTI’s have damn near plug and play swaps that the Corolla doesnt have, drop an ABA in and have much more tuning potential and even better, a 1.8t or vr6, both are capable of huge horsepower and neither are hard swaps. Maybe in 1980’s the gts could’ve beat it in a drag race stock, but not much more.

[@T800-b2m]

@@chickensoup571 The AE86 weighs 910kg which is only 70kg more than 840kg MK1 GTI, but 86 has less weight per one hp at 7kg/hp vs 7.6 in the GTI which results in better factory 0-100 acceleration at 8.9 sec vs Golf's 9.2; 86 also has 9 more nm of torque. About the handling: It's not the weight itself that matters the most, it's weight distribution that is near perfect 50/50 in the Corolla; + it has factory LSD which helps to put power to the ground very reliably, linearly and predictably in any circumstance, it also has disk brakes all around. About the boost: What are you talking about? 4AGE can take 700hp fairly easy, but it wasn't my point. 4AGE is very revv happy (due to over square design) but very linear and predictable in its power delivery thanks to twin cams, injectors and revolutionary way (for its time) of mass manufacturing machines forged steel crankshafts, due to brand new techniques of manufacturing and new (for its time) grade of steel, because Japanese metallurgy was world leading back than. 4AGE is better because it's more usable in a wider range of scenarios on the track, and its atmo tunability is way grander than that in a GTI engine. And yeah, I've been in a GTI (although it was mk2), it sure is tuned to be responsive (just as 86), but it doesn't mean that it's limits are as high and it's as predictable near the limit and on the limit. Simply put, GTI will never approach 86 on the track. About the plug and play tuning: Really? Really?? Aftermarket support for the 86 is unparalleled and it was unparalleled back then. As I said, 86 is a superior car to mk2 GTI, MK1 isn't even close to being mentioned in the same sentence as an 86. Although, both of these GTIs are just relics in comparison to the 1983 AE86.

[@marcholmes284]

I'm looking for one if you want to sell reach out to me

[@lucianofarias5118]

I have one in Mexico