Well guys this is how much I lost rebuilding the Jetta GLI. It was a costly mistake. I discuss how much I “lost” but I won’t see the entire amount for a while. Live and learn. Also I forgot to include my seat belt repair costs in this video which equaled about $200.
If you want to rebuild a salvage car, watch some of my other videos, they will help you immensely. You can do well and mess up rebuilding a salvage car. This is an example of when things go bad.
Nice t-shirt! Love to see you’re on the team!! ❤️ 🇺🇸
Great video and description of your process with this vehicle I also live in the Tampa Bay area and would like to ask you a few things before getting started in this industry.
IMO it would have been helpful to have some kind of spreadsheet on screen with the costs, with everything updated as soon as Sam discusses it. because I'm 4 minutes in and can't follow at all how he got the 5800 dollar already.
I came for the chicken
Do not plasti dip them ,I recondition wheels for a living and plasti dip looks good at 1st but dull out and the brack dust melts into them
I gotta be honest, I subscribed recently to your channel. Good news is I get to see all these playlists in one go. I enjoy them very much and now fully understand why it's
The Money Pit Jetta
Just buy 2 smashed cars you’ve got the space Sam
Well we win some lose some but always remember you can only try.nobodies perfect.you just have to get the money when you can but stay consistent you'll get there and love what you do don't let anything get to you.keep your head up your gonna bad days just make great more often.treat people good and you will get your rewards Ren fold your a good guy.peace
Your final cost is here: 17:16
I watch your channel and love what you do, so detailed, I am impressed, keep it up.
Listen… nobody gets ripped off short of a phone scam on the elderly or preying on people with cognitive disabilities…. Do you fall in one of those categories??? If you pay the price for something you can see and is tangible to inspect and you cannot beat a person down on price then you paid what the market dictates… Don't go off saying some local guy ripped you off for something he had and it (the part) was what you needed and you could inspect prior to purchasing and you AGREED to his selling price and bought… I rebuild VW's for profit all the time and yes sometimes I just pay more than I what I feel the part is worth because I need it yesterday, but that's my fault and if I pay for the part then that's just what the part costs…. I never belly ache about a part I agreed to buy for an agreed price.
On the other hand, one can find a nice Mercedes Benz SL500 pre 2000 in good shape and well maintained (that is the most important) for $9500 to $12000 depending on the miles.
NO GOLD WHEELS … Black with silver caps
Volkswagons are pos.
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Really good video on your learnings and thanks for sharing ! I've just started checking Copart here in Ontario and had kind of shied away from cars that all / most of the airbags had gone off. How big a factor is that ? Is it difficult on most cars to replace them and expensive too ? How much of a factor is that to you ? Love your channel, keep up the great work ! Cheers
Man what a journey. Thanks for all the great lessons. I appreciate all your content.
Gold wheels are a nono!!!! Gold would be fine for Versace, or what was the pianist's name. NO GOLD !!!!
Apart from that, I discovered you today and enjoyed watching your AudiR8 videos .
Great, keep going.
If you do this for a hobby, what's your job ?
No such thing as reliable VW.
We can all armchair but Sam is doing it and I appreciate the knowledge even if I never go so far as to take on a salvage unless it was for me. Salvage where I am is a death sentence on anything with some value. Like Sam said an older Hondoo or Yoda that gets done because it has some miles is a good choice. For me if it is parts swapping only, if you are taking bodywork and paint forget it as labor rates are high. We have a very strict inspection now which even covers 3 levels of fluid leaks which can be extremely labor intensive to fix. I mainly do bicycles and barbecues as all my parts come from other ones except for brake pads, the odd chain sometimes tires.
Watching these in order of each car from beginning to end is fun. Thx for this man. Really good stuff
A Great learning experience…the cost of parts and labour is why cars are written off.
I've been binge watching your videos since the pizza car came up by surprise (just ordered and finished some (CENSORED) pizza…. good stuff.(your videos).
Tuition is expensive
But worth it in most cases
You’ll never forget what you’ve learned with the Jetta
If you’re over 60, you’ll fit right in with gold wheels
tells us that dealership name so we can all stay away from them!
Too late now, but a big no to gold wheels. Rich Rebuilds did a video on his Tesla wheels, they came out really well. I notice you haven't included the cost of your labour, do you treat it so much as a hobby that you work for free?
Love the shirt! I wish I had the funds and know how to fix an S3 or M3, Both are some of my favorite cars.
Honestly I think black would go great on a grey car because gold and grey doesn't match in my eyes. But thank you for this great advice I feel like rebuilding cars is my calling and watching your videos is really inspiring me to start pursuing my dream. Thank you and good luck
Very good video. I and my son are getting into these type of project cars for a hobby also. Gold – not really my favorite but it depends on the tone/shade and ones personal preference. Thanks again for the video, I learned allot.
It sounds like the car was totalled out for good reason and should never have been rebuilt.
plus 100%in Holland
Another entertaining and educational video.
Interesting but 22 minutes was way too long, 10 min plenty.
He would've been ecstatic
That car would be a B category in the U.K. The title is withdrawn so nobody dodgy or stupid can put it back on the road.
The auction guys could easily take or exchange some parts to make more money (like the amplifier). …Thanks for the video.
Hi Sam , thanks for your videos. I have to ask was it $2500 or $2600 you paid as in another video you say it cost you $2500? Not a big deal however would be nice to know. Cheers
$95 is pretty good for a headlight, so was $91 for a wheel and 4 caps (Assuming they are in good to very good condition)
a proper 5 coats of plastidip will last you over 2 years of daily driving
My birthday! Now it's next Friday!😁
Man I'm sorry about that jetta but you taught me a valuable lesson thank you for that
Nix on Gold Wheels!
Hey at least you saved a gli from the crusher. Gli's are fun sedans.
Restoring a crashed granny car seems pointless as a salvage title never goes away. Step it up and buy some crashed supercars.