In our experience, both Rabbits (Deisels) of about the same vintage have
been real PITA's...always a headache. I had an 81 that was crap both
electrically and mechanically, and my husband had a 78 that was a bigger
piece of  mechanical crap. On the other hand, my 77 Rabbit gas was a great
car...we called it SuperCar and got well over 350K on it before it rusted
away.

If you like spending more time under the hood and want to expand your
vocabulary of explicatives then this is the car for you.

-Tracey E