Wayne Lincoln had a NOS MkVIII in their showroom for sale back in 2018 which I looked at before having second thoughts because they wouldn't work on my 1998 that had >100K miles on I had brought it in, for evaluation for alignment or brakes, as it would pull hard to one side (either left or right, no pattern to when it would do that) when hard braking from highway speeds. The man in charge of the service area said that the floor was rusted so bad, that they didn't even want to put it on the lift, and said that they suggest I 'trade it in' and buy the NOS one if I really liked the car. I had already had it up on a lift before that, with only slight rust noted to the chassis, so I supposed it was a move to just get me to buy the NOS one they had in the showroom. It was the same red with tan inteior as the one shown here, only with just the mileage which a new car would have. they said the owner of the dealership had the car since new, and had decided to sell it. My response? 'Well, if you can't work on mine, it's pretty obvious to me that you won't be able to work on a different MkVIII either'. Then I took my ikeys, paid for the estimate, and walked out. Went to another independent garage, and they said all they had to do was set up the brakes correctly, and fixed the problem.
So much for the 'stealer'ships.
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