Oto Cars

painted, originally uploaded by istargazer.

This is our 1999 VW Passat GLX. It was where my love of cars all began. This picture was taken after I had the black plastic lower body panels painted to match the rest of vehicle.

Since the time this picture was taken 10 years ago, the property shown in the background has be developed into a subdivision of houses.

R32Argent gave me a turn at the wheel of his Volkswagen R32 last night for "scenic route" trip to get some fuel. It took me a few minutes to get used to being in a small car again, but once I got comfortable it sure felt great to stretch my legs!

This is the original, non-photochopped version of one of the pictures I posted yesterday.

We've been in the DC area for a few days now mostly running errands and getting some shopping done--so not much time for a lot of pics. On Saturday we went to our third Kwik-E-Mart. We made it just in time, because all the Kwik-E-Marts will be changed back to regular 7-Eleven stores at the end of the month.



Two garage-mates finally meet and go out to a few places together! Here's my R32Argent's VW R32 parked next to our Odyssey:



To get here to DC we had to drive through some thunder storms and torrential rain:

This was my 1999 VW Passat on Canada Day in 2002 :0)

And here's what we were doing with our Toyota Sequoia on Canada Day in 2005:


This year we had a picnic lunch at Norm Staff Park--sorry, no pictures!

This is Bobby's VW 1999 Passat in Satin Silver. It's the same colour as my old Dixie that I loved so much. He just completed some mods on it that includes some chrome door sills, interior black chrome accents around some of the interior parts, new clear side marker lights, and some high-tech looking the rear tail lights shown above. Great work!

Photo by R32Argent
R32Argent's 2004 VW R32

Photo by R32Argent.
Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA

R32Argent's 2004 VW R32

• EIP R32 short shift street series (25%)
• EIP Mk4/R32 rear transmission mount
• Exhaust flapper 2-way switch mod
• Pirelli Pzero Nero M+S, 225/40WR18
• EIP ECU upgrade
• VW OEM Bosch HIDs with rheostat
• VW OEM blue aspherical mirrors
• EIP R32 CCAI, Special Edition
• H&R Rear Sway Bar, 21mm adjustable
• HPA SHS coilovers