Tell me about it! The rust up here on the MK3's is terrible. I used to work at an independant VW shop and at the time we thought it was just the first couple years, but the more we saw of later years, it was the same problem. Definilty not a highlight in VW engineering history. There are next to no good examples up here anymore.

I've contemplated going the Jetta route. Way easier to find a chassis and spare body panels. My problem is I really want to put together a killer car and I don't think I can legally, or realistically, expect the Jetta to make it to min weight. Might be hard with the Golf as well, but i've got a much better shot at it. I'm still in the planning phases though, and if I can't find a good enough GTI, then most likely I will go Jetta.