I love you, Julia! We have to say, though, that we are talking about MODERN VW's... the pre-Rabbit air-cooled VW's are ultimate guy cars!
i had an '86 golf. i loved that car. i used to fly over these railroad tracks on this hump in the road in rahway. i'd get four wheels off the ground and that was my big thrill! once, i tried doing a four-wheel drift by pulling on the handbrake and cranking the wheel to the left (after flying over the RR tracks)...i almost flipped the car! that was pretty stupid, i thought...so i tried it again!
Not pre-Rabbit, but evidently still fun..
i'm not sure there was an '85 golf. i think my golf was the 'new rabbit'.