The Cornparker drove like ass, was shit, and I didn’t like it. So I did what every sane person would do. I sold it! In exchange, I got some money.
And when Hilbert gets monet, what does he do with it?
A) Take a nice vacation
B) Invest it, so soon Hilbert will have more money
Or C) Spend it on useless shit like a new TV.
The answer is obviously…
D) Buy a new car!
And it’s a 1999 Volkswagen Polo Variant, under the hood is a whole bunch of oil, but under that is a 1.4L inline 4 producing whopping 60hp! It’s only two more than in the Twingo yet it feels much faster. Goes to show how lethargic the Twingo is if a 26 year old wagon with 60hp is faster.
The rear is luxury. You may be wondering, what’s that gray thing.
Well, it’s illegal to have anything but red lights in the rear, and the trim piece that should be there is not there. That made the license plate lights visible from behind, and they shouldn’t be like that. So the previous owner added some duct tape and then cut a hole for the trunk opening thingy. However, as a duct tape expert, that’s horrible job.
Thankfully, the duct tape was in the glovebox. So I decided to do better job instead.
Much better.
And here’s my favorite part.
The front bumper is already sagging! What nice feature!
The interior is surprisingly clean, no complaints about that. It drives really well, the transmission feels solid, the engine is oily but runs like a charm. 300k km, no service booklet so I have no clue how it’s been maintained.
Unfortunately, this thing didn’t pass the inspection. There’s an extra hole in the exhaust so it’s leaking and because of that, it failed the emissions. Also the lower ball joint is shot, in the front passenger side. My plan was to fix those issues, then get the paintjob taken care of and then sell it. But the more I look at it, the more I feel like “this is actually a peak Hilbert shitbox.” And the more I feel like that, the more I also feel like keeping it. It’s ugly and shit but it has charm.