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I love the Volkswagen Passat W8. These cars have an appropriately weird engine housed in a bland family sedan. Some would joke that the engine is like half of a Bugatti W16 living in a much more attainable VW.

While manual-shift examples like my restoration project W8 are quite rare, cars with automatics are comparatively common. Since the automatics are not as coveted, they’re cheaper too. So if you want that W8 experience on the cheap without having to restore the car, this is your choice.

If you want to join my craziness, pick this 2004 Passat W8 up in Muskegon, Michigan, from Facebook Marketplace for $2,700. It’s going to need plastic side skirt replacement, but that’s cheap, and it’s an easy job.

If that’s too expensive, here’s a 2003 Passat W8 for $1,400 in Aurora, Illinois.

The seller told me it runs and drives but hasn’t said much else. We haven’t seen snow in Illinois for a few weeks, so this one seems to have been for sale for a while.