Took it out for a fill-up after 2.5 months of parking in my garage. It will stay in there for another 2 months or so. It's weird to not see the FK7 more often now; the new hatch is very popular around my area.
Best of luck on the project, man. It will take a lot of effort and love to bring this back to life. The satisfaction level will go over 3000 once it's all done correctly!
Sorry to hear about the bad news, man. If I were you, I would sell the car and take the gain of $14k (given it is true and not a scam like someone has mentioned). You might not be able to make that much of a gain from non-exotic cars in today's market ever again. Have you tried applied again for...