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So, I will be selling the GTI in the spring and I have been itching for a wagon for awhile. I have been looking around on cars.com, ebay, the forums for a few months now and have made a list of possible wagons:

1. Audi A4 avant - 1.8t preferred, quattro, B5 or B6 body style.

2. VW Passat wagon - 1.8t preferred, 4motion is a maybe, but I understand they are hard to come by with a manual and a wagon, B5 preferred for the more simple body items (no chrome trim, all red tails, etc), B5.5 would be fine too since it has some nice additions.

3. VW Jetta wagon - I can swap some of the parts from the GTI over to this, 1.8t or VR6, I know a fair amount about the MK4.

4. Volvo V70 wagon - 1998+, 4wd on the Cross Country, I helped Greg with his and would have lots of knowledge through him.

One thing it must have is a manual transmission. I do not want an autostick, or anything like that. I won't be driving on a daily basis, so when I do drive the car, I want to be able to enjoy it. Leather seats would be preferred too.

Also, I like the idea of 4 wheel drive. That's something that the Jetta doesn't have. I don't need it, but it would be nice. I'd like to keep the price at around $10k-$15k so at that price, the miles should be around 30k-70k.

I will probably not mod it right away so I'd like to find something that I'll be happy with for a while until I (the cashflow) choose to mod it (wheels, drop, some cosmetic).

If you have any suggestions or know of any possible problems with any of my choices, please let me know. I'm willing to learn more and hopefully find a really nice wagon. Thanks.