Manny,

I'm hoping you've since seen the correct price for my car; $24,500. Needless
to say, I'm sorry and more than a little embarrassed for screwing that up.
You're right, VW has not seen the light and created a VR6 Cab themselves, so
we did it for them. It has to be the easiest of any VW engine swap. Not a
single cut, weld, or splice is necessary; a true bolt - in. I took a brand
new '98 Cabrio, a drivetrain from a '97 GTI VR6 with 823 miles, and that's
where we are now. The sticker on a Cabrio Highline for '98 is $23,000 plus,
so I truly believe it's a fair price. Thanks for listening.

Brad
VWS

Rodrigues,Manny wrote:

> In a message dated 98-09-22 14:42:32 EDT, VWSportcais writes:
>
> <<  If anyone is interested: I am selling my new Golf VR6 Cabrio. It's
>  a '98 with 2.5K on the chassis and 2K on the rest of the car. It's
>  Jazz Blue with black leather, power canvas top, and every other
>  option. The car is in perfect, stock VR6 spec. That includes brakes,
>  exhaust, cluster, and even GTI golf-ball shift knob. I'm asking
>  $14,500. Thanks.
>
>  Brad Beardow
>  VW SPORT USA >>
>
> Since when is the Cabriolet available in a VR6?  Why on earth are you
>  selling this car for so cheap?
>
> It's nice of you to include brakes with the car, too . . .heh heh heh!
>
> Manny
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Actually, I will be making a little on the sale of this car. Not much, but a
little. At the point of purchase I bought the car at invoice, minus 750 cash
back. The VR6 drivetrain cost me much less as I am lucky enough to be a shop
owner, and as such the labor costs were minimal since  most of the work was
performed by some friends and myself. This car was supposed to be a new
project which we were building for a customer and to be featured in a couple
magazines, but the customer backed out and now we don't need this car. I'm
sorry to post so many replies on this forum just to sell a car, but I just
want people to know that this is a legitimate offer. Thanks.

Brad
VWS

Uwe Ross wrote:

> > Subject: [gti-vr6] VR6 cabrio? Since when?
> > From: "Rodrigues,Manny" <Manny_Rodriguesso.xerox>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:11:05 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> > In a message dated 98-09-22 14:42:32 EDT, VWSportcais writes:
> >
> > <<  If anyone is interested: I am selling my new Golf VR6 Cabrio. It's
> >  a '98 with 2.5K on the chassis and 2K on the rest of the car. It's
> >  Jazz Blue with black leather, power canvas top, and every other
> >  option. The car is in perfect, stock VR6 spec. That includes brakes,
> >  exhaust, cluster, and even GTI golf-ball shift knob. I'm asking
> >  $14,500. Thanks.
> >
> >  Brad Beardow
> >  VW SPORT USA >>
> >
> > Since when is the Cabriolet available in a VR6?
>
> Since Never.  If you want a VR6 Cabby, you have to build it yourself.
> It should be pretty straightforward; buy a Cabby, buy a wrecked low
> mileage VR6, and put all the VR6 stuff in the Cabby; everything should
> bolt right in.   I have to assume this is what Brad did.
>
> >  Why on earth are you
> >  selling this car for so cheap?
>
> Typo.  The real question is, why is he selling it at all?   Even at the
> correct asking price of $24,500, I don't think he's making money on
> it.   I can't imagine you could get out the door in new Cabby for much
> less than $18K.  What's a real low mileage wrecked VR6 sell for?  $5k?
> We're up to $23K already.  That leaves $1500 for labor....  Not very
> much.
>
> -Uwe-
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I've driven the VR6 converted Cabrio at VW Sports.  As I pop the hood,
everything is exactly where an OEM VR6 should be.  It's a stock VR6 GTI! 
No hack job here.

When I took it out on the road (my wife has a '98 4 cylinder Cabrio), and
it rides the same but with VR6 power!  For those who's considering a new
car, this is a bargain.  A new Cabrio lists out at $22,000+ and you throw
in a VR6 conversion with ABS, plus suspension, MFA computer and instrument
cluster...  You do the math.  It has 2k miles on it?  The motor hasn't even
been broken in!

Jim
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Like Jim, i have also seen this beautiful car, everything is done perfect,
they way it should be done.  They forgot to mention to painting of the dash
and the interior door handles, color-matched w/ jazz blue,   looks very very
good.   They also have new Winner Power VR6 brakes on the front, which are
pretty awesome lookin.

Brian
97 GTI VR6
Raw NRG Motorsports
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