Greetings from North Carolina!!

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Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jetta » Thu 16.10.2025, 00:05

Hi everyone!! Been procrastinating on introducing myself here. I'm an artist and enthusiast of weird vehicles here in the Carolinas! This year, I finally procured something that's been on my list for a long time, a '91 in yellow, which I've nursed back to health over the summer!! Funny enough, it's sat on this list alongside an Isuzu I-Mark RS Sedan for the longest time, but I found this first

It's got its own problems I need to tackle still, but my priority would likely be trying to get the doors and roof properly sealed again. It's been well loved, sat for like a decade, shows some rough love in a few places, and has just over 50k miles on it, but it's my baby now. When I'm not driving her, it lives in the shadow of my less exciting, but still beloved, oversized son. My son also gets to tow her long distance, so it's a mutual relationship

(To be entirely clear, I refer to my van as my son. I'm not ready to be a mother)

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Jetta's '91 at sunset
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Jetta's '91, sporting a vanity plate that she's very proud of

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Jetta's '91 at a rest stop
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Jetta's '91 next to her Ford van


I got it from California, but I'm certain it's not a Cali-spec car, because it was originally sold in Connecticut. I very graciously received well-documented service history with this car.

Hope everyone here has been doing well!!
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby dapinky » Thu 16.10.2025, 11:21

Hello and welcome.

If you want (or need!) to establish if the car is a Calli-spec or a 49-state spec, then the 13th digit of the VIN will tell you how it left the factory (but not necessarily how it is now).

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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jamie N » Thu 16.10.2025, 11:39

Greetings from Scotland Jetta, and welcome to LEC.

Car looks lovely.
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jetta » Thu 16.10.2025, 13:39

dapinky wrote:Hello and welcome.

If you want (or need!) to establish if the car is a Calli-spec or a 49-state spec, then the 13th digit of the VIN will tell you how it left the factory (but not necessarily how it is now).

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Well that confirms it, mine is indeed a 49 states car!

Jamie N wrote:Greetings from Scotland Jetta, and welcome to LEC.

Car looks lovely.


Thanks for the warm welcome!! I've tried my best to clean her up ^^
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Dave Eds » Thu 16.10.2025, 19:08

Oooh don't they look lovely in Norfolk Mustard :D
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jetta » Thu 16.10.2025, 19:51

Dave Eds wrote:Oooh don't they look lovely in Norfolk Mustard :D


Hmmmm... I'm detecting a bit of bias, maybe, possibly.... =.o
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby steve matthews » Fri 17.10.2025, 00:42

Welcome Jetta beautiful example however the red ones are faster.
Plenty of knowledge floating around just ask.

Steve just north a bit
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jetta » Fri 17.10.2025, 03:11

steve matthews wrote:Welcome Jetta beautiful example however the red ones are faster.
Plenty of knowledge floating around just ask.

Steve just north a bit


I'll just have to trust you on that one :lol:

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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby TorqueHorse » Sat 18.10.2025, 17:06

Welcome Jetta! Glad you found this forum :)
You are in a nice and curvy road part of the country, with lots of fellow Lotus enthusiasts and events. Glad to hear your son is getting along well with the new exchange student that's come to live with you.
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Re: Greetings from North Carolina!!

Postby Jetta » Sun 19.10.2025, 00:25

TorqueHorse wrote:Welcome Jetta! Glad you found this forum :)
You are in a nice and curvy road part of the country, with lots of fellow Lotus enthusiasts and events. Glad to hear your son is getting along well with the new exchange student that's come to live with you.


The roads are certainly nice here!! Haven't yet had the chance to put my Elan on the tail of the dragon quite yet, but I plan to eventually. Funny enough, my first trip down it was in my van, and it was a lot of fun ^^

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Jetta's van on the Tail of the Dragon at US-129/NC-28


Hit it on a road trip with a group of friends, none of us had ever been on it, so I decided it'd be fun to see what this big, bulky box could do :p
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