Find of the Day: 2004 HPA Turbocharged Volkswagen R32

Those who’ve been keeping a close eye on the Mk4 R32 market will be well aware that the vehicles seem to have really taken off recently, commanding numbers in the low teens for ratted-out models, and high teens for anything that’s seen a reasonable amount of care. Every once in a while, though, you stumble upon one that actually seems to be priced right. Today’s Find of the Day is just the R32 many of us have been looking for.

Over the past 12 years, this particular R32 seems to have had a pretty good life. Modifications are mostly tame and valuable- like the KW Coilovers, Blue Haldex Controller, and Neuspeed Rear Sway Bar- making us believe that the car’s owners were loving parents. Luckily for us they were also a bit mad, installing an HPA FT360 Turbo kit just one year after original purchase. Factor in that it’s only got 83,000 miles, and it all adds up to a very attractive proposition.

This R32 is currently for sale on the Seattle, Washington edition of Craigslist for a seemingly quite reasonable $17,500. If we were in the same timezone, we’d have probably bought it already.

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