Where do YOU work on your car?

Hey i was just wondering where you do any work on your car. i dont have a grage or even a carport so everything i do kinda takes place in the street either in front or behind my house.

DOUBLE GARAGE

Well i've got a long concrete drive with a garage at the far end of the rear garden, usually somewhere along there.

If i need to get underneith the car i'll pop the car to my next door neighbours as he has a pit in his garage

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

unfortunatley on my drive in front o the house/back garden..
then wen the work is done, its get the cleaning products out as there always seems to be oil or sum mess to clean up!  

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

lol.

Im a drive man meself. Room for 6 cars but no garage! I may build a carport before Xmas though. It wont be too difficult.

my dads mate who has an awesome garage. It's a few miles away but he has about an acre of land to dump project cars. It's got all i need  and has been blessed by the presence of everything from a triumph spitfire to a porshce 928. My contribution for the moment is a mk 4 escort 1.4 that i got for free  :dance:

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

Dinx,you mean tomo makes a mess and you clean it up  
Bert

I take my car to work and use the ramps  :wink:  and mot is also not a problem i just change ramps  :y:
The other place i drink lots of t and work is my mates unit i pay rent and have filled it with mk1's and mk1 junk  :?
Bert

Bert said

I take my car to work and use the ramps  :wink:  and mot is also not a problem i just change ramps  :y:
The other place i drink lots of t and work is my mates unit i pay rent and have filled it with mk1's and mk1 junk  :?
Bert

After having spent all day underneath a car, with 9" clearance, getting covered in fuel, rust and dirt, I wish I had a ramp……..but I work outside, on a sloping and irregular driveway, in the open. At least its behind closed doors (gates) so the local wildlife are kept at bay. I have a marquee which I might put up, if I feel confident it would stay there in the wind.

i work on the driveway. i have a garage, but it's filled with motorbike bits - the KDX has just gone back together, only to break again second time out after the MoT

fortunately, the golf hasn't needed much yet…

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

 :lmao:

To be fair Paul, I think he has to wind the windows up and down himself!

 :mrgreen:   :wink:

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

Does changing a wiper blade count?  :mrgreen:

debs said

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

 :lmao:

To be fair Paul, I think he has to wind the windows up and down himself!

 :mrgreen:   :wink:

To be honest Debs, in the 20 months I have had the car, I have never wound down the front windows! I did when I bought it to check all the electrics were working, but never again since!  8O

walt said

debs said

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

 :lmao:

To be fair Paul, I think he has to wind the windows up and down himself!

 :mrgreen:   :wink:

To be honest Debs, in the 20 months I have had the car, I have never wound down the front windows! I did when I bought it to check all the electrics were working, but never again since!  8O

Walt, all joking aside, I think you're missing out on the 'fun' of Mk1 Golf ownership. Your car never breaks down, never givies problems, and nothings worn out. You can only polish it for so long! Part of the enjoyment is overcoming the tide of time, dealing with little (and not so small) niggles, or doing servicing or other mechanical work, knowing that while you may have spent ?100 on parts, you've saved ?200 on garage bills. There is a pride of ownership in having a fully-working Mk1 Golf which was once a neglected car with lots of faults.

paul_c said

walt said

debs said

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

 :lmao:

To be fair Paul, I think he has to wind the windows up and down himself!

 :mrgreen:   :wink:

To be honest Debs, in the 20 months I have had the car, I have never wound down the front windows! I did when I bought it to check all the electrics were working, but never again since!  8O

Walt, all joking aside, I think you're missing out on the 'fun' of Mk1 Golf ownership. Your car never breaks down, never givies problems, and nothings worn out. You can only polish it for so long! Part of the enjoyment is overcoming the tide of time, dealing with little (and not so small) niggles, or doing servicing or other mechanical work, knowing that while you may have spent ?100 on parts, you've saved ?200 on garage bills. There is a pride of ownership in having a fully-working Mk1 Golf which was once a neglected car with lots of faults.

Just can't beat that feeling of rust under your shammy eh Paulc…..By the way…What does the c stand for?  :mrgreen:

On the driveway in front of my gaff as it's got a thick hedge in an L-shape that I can tuck her into

Edit:And I only just read the rest of the thread. Honestly! You old folks and your arguing!

walt said

paul_c said

walt said

debs said

paul_c said

walt said

When you say work……Do you mean polish?  :mrgreen:

Have you needed to do ANYTHING mechanical to your Mk1 Golf?

 :lmao:

To be fair Paul, I think he has to wind the windows up and down himself!

 :mrgreen:   :wink:

To be honest Debs, in the 20 months I have had the car, I have never wound down the front windows! I did when I bought it to check all the electrics were working, but never again since!  8O

Walt, all joking aside, I think you're missing out on the 'fun' of Mk1 Golf ownership. Your car never breaks down, never givies problems, and nothings worn out. You can only polish it for so long! Part of the enjoyment is overcoming the tide of time, dealing with little (and not so small) niggles, or doing servicing or other mechanical work, knowing that while you may have spent ?100 on parts, you've saved ?200 on garage bills. There is a pride of ownership in having a fully-working Mk1 Golf which was once a neglected car with lots of faults.

Just can't beat that feeling of rust under your shammy eh Paulc…..By the way…What does the c stand for?  :mrgreen:

Electric windows??? I don't think flicking a switch counts as mechanical  

I don't think it matters. you love your Mk1 as much as we love ours and you're looking after it to stop it becoming a 'neglected' one.  

SEE! You lot just don't know when to stop do you?