1995 Volkswagen Golf with 11,000 miles

It’s not too often that you get excited about an entry-level, no frills car. Take, for example, today’s 4-door 1995 Golf. It’s not the first year of the A3, nor the last. It’s Colorado Red, probably not the color I’d have chosen. It’s got broad, flat and not particularly supportive tan cloth seats. The interior is a sea of plastic, and unlike recent Audi and Volkswagen products, it’s not the pretty and soft kind. It’s not got the fantastic VR6 motor, not even a manual transmission, and to top it off, yes, those are wheel covers. So why is it here, and why did I get excited when I saw it? Well, what makes every unmodified Golf special? In the case of this car, just the fact that it exists at all makes me excited; a low mileage survivor Mk.3 that is completely original? Yes, please!

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1995 Volkswagen Golf GL on eBay

Year: 1995
Model: Golf GL
Engine: 2.0 liter inline-4
Transmission: 3-speed automatic
Mileage: 11,374 mi
Price: $5,200 Buy It Now

Kowalik Cars is proud to offer to eBay customers another rare piece of engineering. This is a 1995 Volkswagen Golf that only has 11,374 authentic original miles! That’s right, the miles are real! There are absolutely no stories with the car, it is straight forward and speaks for itself. It runs and drives just as you would expect a new 1995 Golf to run. The engine sounds healthy, and the transmission shifts like butter. The tires are like new, and the interior is like new! There is no rust to be found anywhere on the body of this car. It looks super sharp!

New York state buyers will be required to pay sales tax and the car will come with a 90 day limited warranty. There are no hidden fees for out of state buyers, just the selling price. We welcome out of state bidders! If you win the auction, you can fly into our local Syracuse Hancock Airport where one of our employees can pick you up and deliver you to your “new” car so it can be driven home! Please email us with any questions you may have. Thank you!

Truth be told, a good detailer could make this car look much better with a few hours of work, and I’m surprised given the rarity of how often clean Mk.3s come up for sale these days that the seller didn’t attempt to better up the exterior. There are a few parking lot door dings, but nothing that looks bad. I’d still want to do a PPI and make sure it wasn’t rusty, but from the pictures the typical Mk.3 rust spots look clean. Sure, the automatic coupled to the 2.0 is a bit of a letdown – but having owned a 1997 Golf, they’re still fun cars to drive and if you’re not hugely worried about originality, a manual swap isn’t out of the question. The price is certainly high; but then, go find another Mk. 3 with 11,374 miles! I remember back when I first got into the Volkswagen scene running across a 1-owner 1981 base-model Rabbit L with 5,000 miles; the seller at that point wanted $5,000 for what was a pretty basic 16 year old car and I thought he was crazy. But here I am, nearly twenty years later thinking that this similar scenario is a deal. Why? Well, experience has taught me that you can’t replace original condition for anywhere near this asking price, and my guess is in another ten years if you roll into a show with this car in slightly better cleaned up shape, the crowds would adore you. It’s a no frills car that people would get genuinely excited to see simply because you don’t see them anymore, and that’s a treat in and of itself!

-Carter