More often than not, stretch limos are an offense to car people. Nevertheless, we might have just come across one of these elongated machines that don't trigger our common sense alarm.
We’re talking about a 1992 Volkswagen Jetta six-door limo and there are plenty of reasons not to pour our hate over this car. It's a vehicle that just happens to have landed on Craigslist.
First of all, the VW was elongated about two decades ago, with the owner claiming the job was handled by a professional coachbuilder in Canada - a full history is offered with the vehicle, so potential customers should be able to verify the info.
Then there’s the somewhat clean aura of the thing. Judging by what we can see in the video and photo gallery below, this isn’t the kind of stretch limo that screams “cheesy.” We say that despite the fact that all six doors are functional.
Instead, we are dealing with an interesting hipster twist on VW’s 80s styling plot. And while the vehicle’s age and poor maintenance had turned it into a rolling shell, the current owner went for a full “restoration” process 18 months ago.
Heck, we have to admit this is one of the most sincere Craigslist ads we’ve seen all year.
We’ll give you an example of that, so you can catch our drift:
“We've had 8 people in it and cruised around merrily. We've had more people in it too for short journeys but I'm probably not at liberty to share those photos for privacy reasons. It will cruise above the speed limit with no issue. It has never left us stranded, and has brought smiles to so many people along the way. Okay, one time a rear drum part broke on a road trip, but that was fixed and technically it didn't strand us.”
P.S.: If you happen to buy this limo, please make sure the male-female ratio of the occupants sits at the correct value (the sausage fest approach shown in the video below provides an example for what you shouldn’t do).
First of all, the VW was elongated about two decades ago, with the owner claiming the job was handled by a professional coachbuilder in Canada - a full history is offered with the vehicle, so potential customers should be able to verify the info.
Then there’s the somewhat clean aura of the thing. Judging by what we can see in the video and photo gallery below, this isn’t the kind of stretch limo that screams “cheesy.” We say that despite the fact that all six doors are functional.
Instead, we are dealing with an interesting hipster twist on VW’s 80s styling plot. And while the vehicle’s age and poor maintenance had turned it into a rolling shell, the current owner went for a full “restoration” process 18 months ago.
Heck, we have to admit this is one of the most sincere Craigslist ads we’ve seen all year.
We’ll give you an example of that, so you can catch our drift:
“We've had 8 people in it and cruised around merrily. We've had more people in it too for short journeys but I'm probably not at liberty to share those photos for privacy reasons. It will cruise above the speed limit with no issue. It has never left us stranded, and has brought smiles to so many people along the way. Okay, one time a rear drum part broke on a road trip, but that was fixed and technically it didn't strand us.”
P.S.: If you happen to buy this limo, please make sure the male-female ratio of the occupants sits at the correct value (the sausage fest approach shown in the video below provides an example for what you shouldn’t do).