6'8" Man Daily Drives Mk I VW Rabbit (DTB 030)

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Who else but Scotto would buy a barely functional green, mean, not at all clean 1975 VW “Swallowtail” Rabbit (which later became known in the States as the Golf)? A Big Gulp’s got more displacement than the engine but somehow the cab fits him AND Big Rich thanks to some seat modification. Props to Scotto for actually getting this to run, but will it meet Chop Master Zac’s approval?
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[@JBNL1972]

This was such a great episode. Hearing Scotto nerd out about VW's was awesome, also him conquering his carcaine and keeping it running is nice. Zac's response to it was so great. Also whoop whoop, more Daily Tangents - hopefully with epic wraps at the end!

[@Hanschepu]

Constant DT Episodes, check Scotto nerding about vw's, check Scotto keeping it simple, with a running car and enjoying it as-is, check. Today was a good day

[@daevid21]

I miss the epic video wrap ups

[@DJ_NOOB]

Whoop whoop! Glad to hear DT is coming back. Definitely missed it. I think the best part is that we get to see folks that A) we don't get to see for sometimes months at a time and B) we get to see more of the folks that we don't get to see at all. As Scotto said, it gives you guys a chance to just do stupid fun stuff. We like the content, but we like you guys too. You, your personalities, are part of that content. You guys are what make this special.

[@bearrett50kal17]

And he said 3 episodes a week?!?!?! Hell yeah I can't wait!!!

[@leal918]

We ain't juggalos here, we say HIP HIP

[@lanceweyel879]

i don’t know fs because i haven’t really watched all their vids but it seems from the comments and stuff that they pull series’ in and out of the loop all the time ? lol

[@KrakenRex]

I'm so ecstatic that Zach is back, he's come back with major Floki energy and its fantastic

[@iDgafY0]

So glad Scotto is reviving a fallen channel so he can talk about his junk, it’s really what I was missing in my life now that I think about it!

[@TheSurfboarder]

Going through Scottos project cars and what he envisions for them would be a cool video. Also what the crew actually does for hoonigan other than burnouts

[@charityfannon5292]

Thank you Scotto we desperately need daily tangents. Three per week sounds great.

[@Kisame.Hoshigaki]

“There is no plan that was, every plan still is” -Brain Scotto

[@aprentis_music]

lol timestamp?

[@MrQreed]

Watching Scotto nerd out on cars is oddly satisfying........ 😆

[@aaariif]

this is what i feel. its odd but its satisfying..

[@Roadworks_ire]

Yes finally scotto, love that swallowtail on g60 steelies. Please keep the VAGE content coming. So many details I could name

[@KRAMPUS_G60_16V]

*VAG 🙂

[@infiniterift]

Scotto in every car he owns: "Did You guys do something to it?"

[@LethalSpine]

This is the Hoonigan I love. The fancy-shmancy polished stuff is nice but there's nothing like these natural videos of the fellas just being nerds about cars and having fun. At least with Scotto you guys know you'll never run out of obscure VAG knowledge or "Scotto projects" that are always "a week away" from being done. Now you just need to get Sh*tcar fixed...

[@nyalsewell]

Dude I went by during your “Christmas Break” and Big Rich was there. Dude is legit as hell. He was so cool and showed us around

[@kyhillbillys10]

This is legit my favorite car scotto owns. Smollow rear end, round lights, the stance, ect. God it is hitting me in the feels.

[@DIYskate]

I love Grimm. His whispermercials are the only ones I don't fast forward

[@gustavofigueiredo1798]

Just when I thought Scotto had forgotten another channel's password... DT coming back is the best news I heard in a while.

[@_baller]

I wanna see Scotto reunite with his long lost brother, Jimmy Kimmel

[@JizMadness]

“Scotto wants to do a thing we do a thing” except finish his cars lol. All jokes always great content

[@naufalkusumah2192]

we the OGs dont need the high budget, top video production stuff. Just do stupid stuffs on the yard with the shakecams and we watch it daily. As Brad says, KISS (keep it simple stupid)

[@danishlalahero]

Have the BMW Guy from the lockdown videos come back and show of his BMW's at the new Place!

[@tinystar3010]

At first I was like "damn! so Scotto does own at least one nice clean car!" because we saw how clean the outside looked from 10ft away, nice wheel choice. But then we see the interior... And the engine bay.... Nope. True to form Scotto car.

[@crepperman]

You Should get one of those " Green Car Only " or " Reserved for Green Vehicle " Signs for Scottos Rabbit

[@barhydttyler]

Scotto's reaction about touching the rain tray 🤣. Looked like he literally almost had a heart attack..

[@draggonhedd]

FINALLY!!! I've been DYING to see this thing. Scotto you're gonna make me regress to my Vortex days and blast around in a slammed shitbox mk1 again. also, SCOTTO, HARD MOUNT THAT FUEL FILTER before that thing breaks and burns the damned thing to the ground.

[@mitkutu]

Literally got chills when I saw the thumbnail. I've been waiting for this to happen forever. @draggonhedd I'm still daily driving my mk2 1.6d slammed on the ground. It's terrible to drive but when I look at it everything else doesn't matter.....

[@qwikk]

God do I miss my 16v GLi!

[@wayder7nel559]

The feeling these mk1's give you as a driver is unmatched...

[@CraaaigV302]

Hahaha 🤣 scotto almost had a anxiety attack wen rich grab the rain tray

[@ter3360]

Love the V-dub! Is it an original colour? Lovely piece of kit! That whispering on headphones felt personal 😳

[@thatsgottahurt]

We need more daily drivers on the channel. No race cars but things like those Kias the other week or that

[@shona5512]

I just want to thank Scotto for being subjected to the coolest Japanese cars of all time with enough money to buy whatever he really wants.. But has stayed fairly loyal to his love of VWs.. If I ever went to California, I would love to meet Scotto just to nerd out over German shit.

[@LAEUROS1]

Finally! I’ve been eyeing this thing in the background for awhile! Hoping to import a MK1 to sit next to my Imola Yellow 20th soon. ✌️VW

[@cordite7207]

I dont daily it anymore, it sits all pretty in my garage but I have a 1.8 20v turbo swapped mk1 I daily drove for about 8 years till just before covid hit. Bought the chassis with a 1.0l engine for 20 quid and some work done at a closing scrapyard back in 2001.

[@briandonovan5434]

Still standing up!! I’m 6’5” in a mk6 lowered Jetta. I felt that on the inside

[@davedavidson5843]

91 and a half cubic inches. Even as someone who understands ltrs that's amazing. My mk1 gti was a 1.1 with chrome mirrors. 2nd best car iv ever owned. Loving the vdub audi commitment

[@rhinohippo55]

Somehow I enjoy this video more then most of the thousand horsepower sequential car videos.

[@ToledoDIY]

Man that thing’s beautiful! I wish I still had my mk1 caddy 😓

[@LEGITMISTER69]

Scotto keep the OG paint!!! Survivor car all the way. It's young car kid spec!!!! "All I can afford is lowering springs and a low powered bone stock car but I love it more than anything" I feel like this one would lose it's magic once it becomes a money car. Keep it broke car kid and hopeful with dreams man...

[@kevinblankenburg4816]

That's not oil coming out of the exhaust. I am pretty sure it is way too rich. And if you crave more power... The limit is your wallet, but a 600hp VR6 turbo isn't that unusual in a Golf 1. Or a 1.8 turbo.

[@levidaniels585]

You guys should do an elimination race on this vs that with all the guys from the crew!

[@11sneeuwman]

State of the collection would be fun, what makes a man buy 4 mk1 golfs? Maybe bring back space race?

[@Toyotarunner13]

He’s a idea! T shirt with owner of there sick car in front of the shop and for laughter a picture of ther cartoon head behind it! Or on the side at a tilt. But please please please make the screen print less longer then all of the HOON clothing! At least more than 4 washes with out cracks and fade!

[@evoltnvii]

Proof once again you don't need a lot of power to be in love with driving a car.

[@degebeundebende993]

I will say this on every episode from now on. Buy a Peugeot 205, it's better.

[@Deutscheautoparts]

Vice grips in the trunk, as any MK1 should have......

[@_baller]

Ugly green car with 420 on it, just needs Scooby Doo stickers

[@MrMaharaj1]

Scotto needs to come to South Africa we have 2006 mk1 vw golfs

[@_baller]

It's called swallowtail because it doesn't have a line on the hood.... ......

[@sheadc13]

people relate with this casual content way more than some other things

[@tiredgiraffe]

My Mk. 1 Jetta also has the Mk. 2 16V seats. Honestly the nicest seats I've ever sat in.

[@zatch01]

Had a VW rabbit diesel that I rebuilt out of junkyard parts for my first car while in high school, drove it through university. It handled great through summers and heavy snow winters. Bright red interior in amazing condition, smoking windows, automatic seatbelts. It grew on people and was beloved by my friends. Love seeing Rabbit content, but I need more!

[@enfamy_OG]

I just love how excited scotto is about his mk1. I'd love to have one.

[@Gary_Cross]

Scotto: "Give it the beans..." *car goes nowhere* "that's the beans." hahaha

[@luissturm1535]

thanks for the content over the last view weeks. I would really enjoy a top of the week series, including the best moments of the week.

[@bexyd5750]

Would love to see you guys take a car from the boneyard and build it for a champ car endurance race

[@mjasenn]

I've got one too thought the headliner and drip tray are NOT in that condition!

[@NXT_LVL]

3:35 It's German detail stuff, "is it zee swallow tail? Ja"

[@waterpoloman389]

employee space race... everyones projects compete against each other

[@og-red3665]

Scatto: luv this car, it’s become my daily. Zachary: immediately tries to jump the railroad

[@playwithcars]

7.38 when Scotto's face changed. You know he genuinely cares for this rabbit and it's unbroken rain tray

[@dakavanagh]

I remember jumping my Mk 1 Scirocco over some train tracks that had just the right approach angle. So fun seeing items float out of my center console!

[@Weekendairsoftwrrior]

I remember some kids from high school jumping a van off the train tracks crashing and dying. They were also intoxicated, but none the less they died on the spot.

[@witcher71]

@@Weekendairsoftwrrior Definite buzz kill.

[@_baller]

Ok episode idea, bench press contest, Zac wins

[@themaddigga]

"I have 9 sets of wheels for this car" and "maybe I'm slowly growing up" don't mix good 😂

[@dustinsadler668]

Scotto, you need to pick up a trashed VW and do a ground up restoration or something stupid like a K-swap. I love the car. Rabbit's are so fun to drive!

[@skunkworks__]

This was alot of fun and why I love hoonigan.

[@SpartanX360]

Cleanest and simple, when you guys do sleeper cars?

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

Always loved the steelie wheels on it! So clean a look

[@hondarob5371]

Track day with everyone's dailys see who has the fastest daily.

[@MRMAN-wb1tv]

*I suggest a go kart track going around the building, and through the yard. Those things sliding up, and off that incline would be fun.*

[@paulmac9634]

Great little car, I love those wheels and the stance. Back in the day people would just give those things to me, I probably had 50 of those along with Sciroccos...Hard to find a MK 1 Scirocco these days, I think people just crushed them all...

[@patrickulju583]

The absolute JOY of driving an underpowered vehicle with a manual transmission! You can see it on Zach's face. Lovin' it!

[@gustavofigueiredo1798]

It feels like this video is years in the making, and it did not disappoint. Hoonigan and Scotto are above Disney/Marvel/LucasFilm in that regard. A lot of people, including myself, asked to see "that green Rabbit in the back" for quite some time. 1.5 L? I was guessing 1 L by the size of the egine. Very cool!

[@TheReaper42069]

“Who’s tryna steal what!?” I love it 😂

[@Ravenous1369]

Ya know one of the biggest reasons I love watching Hoonigan in general is because we get to see vehicles most of us wouldn't on a regular basis and gain an appreciation for a far wider range of them. This is a perfect example of a car that I knew basically nothing about and don't believe I've ever seen before, but as soon as I see one in person next I'll recognize it and get just that little quiet dose of dopamine because I know what it is.

[@dariososa3799]

This VW content makes me want to buy myself a corrado my childhood dream car. Just like Scotto w Mk1s 😂

[@s6xf00t]

Seriously THANK YOU for doing this episode. I’m heading back to Germany and I’m itching to get another rabbit. Thanks homie! 🔥🔥

[@baddaddybrady2]

Just make a shirt.. OVER PROMISES UNDER DELIVER!

[@peterstephen6596]

First car I ever drove was my parents baby blue mark I Rabbit .It was so easy to drive I loved it and the 1.6 totally did it's job. Nice to see one again Mark I's are rare now.

[@edgarguzman1319]

Next time I’m in town, I need a ride in Scottos small green tractor. That thing is such a drivers car!

[@MoeVarachia]

We need more vw content. The mk2 episode and this were absolutely fantastic. Can't wait for daily tangents.

[@adambalint4035]

I'm soo happy to see someone is being excited about an old VW. But i hope you guys are gonna VR6 swap it.

[@Kamikazi_36]

I Think Hiring a Swiss 29yo Unpro Sim Drifter, Mk3 20th Anniversary Gti & Honda 125cc Pcx Owner to change his life is the last challenge you didnt! Im a petrolhead with no luck! I now ended fluidifying the traffic in my town Thats hard but if i wanna finish my Golf one day I must keep that & use the minimal time left to try to do simdrifting videos you actually would never hear about ^^ I used to have an 20 April 1980 Vw Golf Mk1 Leader Edition.. 2 doors, military green interior, she was grey without sunroof. It was a 1.3 Gls. My Brother sold it when i went to australia, thats why im now stuck with my Mk3 but id give anything to find it back but i heard she went to Bulgaria or something.. This story is from 2013 I bought my Mk3 in 2014 and Ill never sold it! Take care Guys! You give so much happiness to people with boring life like me! Thank you so much! Brian as you have seen in the Dm in 8 years she is not even painted! But rare stuff is already there!

[@parkedpridemedia]

So cool to see more vw mk1 lovers out there❤❤ hardly ever see them on the road. My first mk1 was a '75 swallow tail and she was 1.1L 4 speed, she was a beaut but struggled up gentle hills😂 Love her for it lol. Is that an American thing where they can in 1.5L?? Now I'm rocking a 1.5diesel😎

[@cml1864]

You guys need better cameras

[@Toyotarunner13]

That container truck behind you would make re-creating F&F drift under like the old burn yard had! 👍 just the good old days!

[@jonathanf1844]

? AWD Honda Civic BUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION!!!!! POSSIBLE??????? ANYONE (!!!!

[@hondad-series9265]

Somebody who subscribe to your channel haul over on their project car a pimp My Ride are something like that finish the project for car for them please that would be great 👍😎👍👍👍 you guys are awesome

[@JakRabbitNick]

VW nerds are a special bunch. Hearing him nerd out about this stuff is exactly what VW meets are like. So glad to hear he is daily driving this swallowtail. Scotto sell me those G60 steels for my Rabbit!

[@El_Chompo]

The best thing about banned F1 tech is that most of it is totally street legal. If you put them all on one car it become F0 class. I wonder if that's where the video game name came from. I was playing it on this emulator that somehow allowed it to go widescreen without stretching and you can actually see more of the track coming up that way, and the skyline is so beautiful on some maps and the music is so good. And the racing itself is actually pretty damn good, very responsive. It's difficult but you never feel cheated really, if you mess up it's your own mistake. I love the sounds of the jets you can hear so easily how close cars are to you coming from behind or from the side. I like to wonder what kind of game it could have been too if the developers weren't limited to such slow and basic hardware.

[@lkcl]

this is fantastic to see enthusiasm in classic cars, and there are people putting 300HP motors in 800kg 30+ year old Peugeot 205s.

[@powers_media]

that thing is dope! I HAVE AN IDEA. can you showcase the graffiti and the artists? Is that a flippin Ewok piece??

[@nicholassandy5470]

I love it !!!!!! I drive a 80 square light rabbit with a 1.6 gas dang near daily!!! Only when we r gettin really hot weather or really bad storms I drive my other car. Tytytytyty for ur tour of ur ride!!! N please don't touch the RAIN TRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mentat1341]

"I'm an animal lover." 🤣

[@walkerfablab]

Checkout our KiDz BuGGy Build🤘🏼😈👊🏻 454 4-linked

[@gtmatty]

Idea for a few episodes?? Get some subscribers down there and teach em to do burnouts 🔥 🔥 🔥 💨 💨 💨

[@madman__]

I love your mk1 Scotto! Keep it green plz. Just throw an engine and transmission in from a mk4 gli!

[@TRIP5_GAMING]

Does every VDUB nerd .. Like me ... Start out with a 2.slow mk3 golf ... I mean ... Thats just hilarious .. I had a mk2 GLI but it was Northeasted to death ...

[@keithmarsh6280]

Had two Mk1's they were built in SA up to 2009. My first one was the 5 speed 1300 Chico, then I had a British racing green GTi. 100KW on the wheels. Gas flowed head, Audi 500 2.2 throttle body and a Bro-Speed branch with 76mm Power Flow straight pipe with one muffler. I just love this era of Golf. Living in Johannesburg and the high theft of these cars is a challenge. Every now and then I look at one and have been tempted to buy a1.6i. When I move back to my city, Cape Town. I will buy one.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Scotto keeping it real for all the other VW nerds. Could listen to him to talk about little details all day long.

[@vwfatmobile3275]

I daily drive a Rabbit 1.7 TD. Wow a '75 swallowtail. Keep it survivor, it looks great. Just spray the hell out of the underneath with SP-400 or something. 4-speed GC trany? Sometimes you have to put it in 2nd then straight up to first. You can sure feel the road in a Rabbit.

[@Storyracing387]

RC Racing!!!!! There's drag racing, off road, on road, everything 1/18 scale to 1/5 scale!!!! Electric and Nitro!

[@langamtimkulu6846]

episode idea: VR6 Swap that rabbit........you should see what we South Africans do to mk1 Golfs.....we have a sayin, it doesn`t matter what you drive "there`s always a faster golf"

[@ericpullen524]

My son and I built a 1992 VW Cabriolet for his first car about 4 years ago. Mama said it wasn't safe enough. So I gave him my Mk6 GTI, and took the cabby. Not sad at all about that trade! Of course this was my 12th VW, mostly MK1 and MK2's. Love MK1 VWs.