Should I trade?

So I've gotten a trade offer on my Passat. It's an even swap, but I have to drive 3+ hours both directions to make it happen.

My Passat: 1994 GLX VR6 5 speed. Runs great, bad power steering pump, bad heater core, and a tree limb fell on it. Would best be used as a drivetrain swap into a MKII Golf/Jetta. I'm asking $900obo.

The trade offer: diesel Rabbit. New brakes, rebuilt injection pump, no rot (solid floors), 17" wheels, needs the injection pump timing set. The story goes, it ran but the pump leaked. The guy took the injection pump off and had it rebuilt, and now he doesn't have the time or tools to set the injection pump timing. The pics are kind of old, but it looks like this but with the blue 17" wheels on it.

I'm not afraid of setting the pump timing, but I don't have a lot of time, and definitely don't need another car. My hope is that I could fix it and flip it quick, since the sale of the Passat doesn't seem to be happening so quickly.

Would you do it?

Sure.

What's the downside? You have a car sitting around that you're having problems selling? That's no different than now.

I'd do the trade if it were local, but I'm not sure I'd tow 6 hours to do it.

Only if I wanted tunerific lawn art. The pics show rust spots all over the nose and possibly bottoms of doors. That with the dents says you would spend more time trying to get a good paint job on this than the car your trading.

Cotton wrote: I'd do the trade if it were local, but I'm not sure I'd tow 6 hours to do it.

That Rabbit isn't worth a 6 hour round trip, imo. Not sure how many kids are doing the VR6 swap still but it was popular when I had my MK2 Golf several years ago. Your asking price for the whole car is less than what I remember the rate for a complete VR6 swap "package" was.

I'd part the Passat. berkeley a diesel rabbit that needs work.

chrispy wrote:

Cotton wrote: I'd do the trade if it were local, but I'm not sure I'd tow 6 hours to do it.

That Rabbit isn't worth a 6 hour round trip, imo. Not sure how many kids are doing the VR6 swap still but it was popular when I had my MK2 Golf several years ago. Your asking price for the whole car is less than what I remember the rate for a complete VR6 swap "package" was.

I know, right? I've been out of the VW swap game for a little while now, but I figured it would sell fast as swap package! This has turned out not to be true.

AngryCorvair wrote: I'd part the Passat. berkeley a diesel rabbit that needs work.

I would if I had time or space. I'm kind of surprised that the neighbors haven't complained about it in it's current state, but I'm sure they'd drop the hammer if it was out there in pieces.

No comprehensive on the Passat ?

Diesel Rabbits are sooo slow.

That rabbit running well with a spitshine and some 13" wheels would bring in $2500 around here. It might take a month to sell, but it would sell. Diesel people are an odd group and the crunchy granola types that it would appeal to usually take a month to scrape up the cash. I would do it to flip it and I hate flipping cars. Make sure to put the skinniest hardest tires you can. 145/13's are sought after for that extra 1.3 mpg they will get you on a diesel rabbit.

I'd tell the guy to keep his rabbit, bring you $750, and tow your passat away.

Looks like a deal to me. The question in my case would be, "Do I want to do the drive"?

id do it, but then again i kind of want a diesel rabbit. i was looking for one before i found the turbo dodge

VR6 swap the rabbit and enter it in the challenge

i think irish has the winning ticket...