Some Advice Needed
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Some Advice Needed
i understand that every car has its running costs on tyres and oil and bits and that they do breakdown, but are there any extra kinda of costs involved with running a mk1 golf as it is over 20 years old?
Mike
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Local Hero
For example I recently broke a banjo bolt on the fuel system. You can't run the car without it. VW Dealer would never have it in stock, so it takes 1-2 days to arrive.
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Old Timer
86 Christmas Collection Cabby GTi in Saphire Blau!
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Local Hero
Wooooooah!
If I were you necrofilicat, I would have a look out for a newer mk1 cabriolet also, obviously the newer it is, the better the body should be! The Hard top is far better as a drivers car in GTI form but going topless also has it's advantages! But then again I'm biased! If you do look at a cabby, bare in mind that classic car insurance is generally for cars over 15 years old so if you are lucky enough to find a K or L reg you will have to pay more for insurance for the next year or two! Best of luck!
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Local Hero
but they are pretty simple and easy to work on, haynes manual covers pretty much everything
oh, ignore Walt about a cabby.. you want a real mk1 GTI.. tin top :y:
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Local Hero
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Old Timer
I used to own a mk1 - well I've had 2 actually - YDU 720X & SMU 420Y. Currently I drive an 98 Scotia White Mitsubishi Evolution V RS…. fancy getting another mk1 someday
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Local Hero
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Old Timer
They are normally very realiable but with ANY car new or old things do go wrong so try and budget for this as well. The engine is one of the best engineered ever and will last for hundreds of thousands of miles with very little maintence but theres always the odd one. The rest of the car is really straight forward in terms of maintence/repair and makes an idea DIY servicable machine unlike newer more complex cars.
Like most things you pay for what you get. yes there are some bargins but generally ?500 is going to get you something rough, a grand to spend a things get alot better but ?1500 to ?2000 should buy you something really nice that will not require any imediate work of course if you want a fully restored low mileage example with fsh then your pockets need to be alot deeper :wink:
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im also looking in the price range of ?2500? what cfan i get for that? as i want one preferably 100% rust free? not bothered about fsh, not even after a gti in paticualr, as a 1.3 or something would do, because i intend on modifiying the car a bit, which i can do whilst i get another years no claims or so, then put in a bigger enginge or something, as once i get hsi car i intend to keep it for a long tim )
Mike
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Old Timer
Any mk1 you get will look cool and as long as you can get a bit of history with the car you should find reliability not too much of a problem.
mk1 silver campaign totally standard lowered on coilovers magic tree vanilla
Just had a full outer body restore
Just had a full outer body restore
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Local Hero
Cool mk1
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Local Hero
Re: Cool mk1
walt said
Unless of course he buys yours DjEv…Then it will just look like a heap of rusty bodged up junk!
LOL. Somewhere, someone's garden can't be watered properly either…..
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Old Timer
NeCrOpHiLiCaT you could always sell yourself on the street for next to nothing, then after 20 years you should have saved up enough money and you could buy a low mileage, one owner, immaculate rivage convert like walts (dont mention its been resprayed down one side though he sulks).
And as for you paul c.
At least my second car is not a Yugo. You havent got a clue
mk1 silver campaign totally standard lowered on coilovers magic tree vanilla
Just had a full outer body restore
Just had a full outer body restore
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Local Hero
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Local Hero
Dj Ev said
hey hey hey
NeCrOpHiLiCaT you could always sell yourself on the street for next to nothing, then after 20 years you should have saved up enough money and you could buy a low mileage, one owner, immaculate rivage convert like walts (dont mention its been resprayed down one side though he sulks).
And as for you paul c.
At least my second car is not a Yugo. You havent got a clue
So its true, about a length of garden hose forming important parts of the cooling system?
Whose got the Yugo as a 2nd car?
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Local Hero
(my 'breaks weekly' statement at the bottom was only true for the first month or 2 after being off the road for 5 years :wink: )
main problem with the tip tops is rust.. you will be able to find a pretty good one for that money!
As long as it's a Black GTI too :y:
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Newbie
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Local Hero
If you're after a really dark colour, with a hint of purple, why not simply go for Helios Blue?
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