You know you've been driving a mk1 too long when...

1. People give you a funny look when you wind the windows down to close the doors.
2. You get in your friends car and say "Wow! Turbo wipers!"
3. You drive any other car and almost fly through the windscreen the first time you touch the brake pedal.
4. Your friend asks you to pop the bonnet on their car and you scrabble around in the passenger footwell.
5. You say things like "It's got an EW chassis you know!"
6. You've got more muscle in your clutch leg than any other part of your body.
7. You drive your friends car and are amazed how much of the road you can see at night.
8. You still think 15" alloys are huge
9. Your ambition is to find a pirelli centre cap at a boot fair..
10. Every other car on the road looks dull and boring, except other mk1s…

:wink:

Cheers,

Drew.

nice one but I'll have to find another 9- ambition as I found a set of Pirelli caps at a car booty last week but i won't rub it in how much I paid for them.  

11 - EVERYONE - and i mean EVERYONE feels the need to race you or overtake you, usually unsucessfully…..

and 12 - The total amazement on other road users when a 20+ year old car passes them on the m'way at 90+

13 - you check the gap distance on pirelli p's

14. You read the 1976 Mk1 Parts Catalogue before going to sleep (and it doesn't even have part numbers for pete's sake!)

15. When people ask what you have to press on keyring to open the door!And the look on their face when you use the key!  :wink:

16. you think Mk2s are MODERN CARS.

17. when your missus says "get of the mk1 golf owners website and come 2 bed" :mrgreen:

18 When you celebrate the fact you've gone a whole week with nothing breaking!!

and

19. When people look honestly shocked that you can actually drive a car without power steering, and manage to park it! (and it's even funnier when you let someone else have a go, and they can't!)

20.       When kids in the street think your car is cool and retro,and you havent noticed.

21.        When other people get in your car and look for the end of the seatbelt and you tell em to hook it under the bar (usually get a worried look then).

- When you always have to tell people to not worry about sound, clunk, rattle, bang, buzz, or squeak.  And then they are still worried.

At the risk of jerking on this thread's steering wheel……here is a particularly hilarious rant about the differences between Mk1,Mk2, Mk3 and Mk4 owners.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2322433&page=1

When you break your teeth crashing through potholes - the roads round here have deteriorated so much since 1985.
You point out other Mk1s and explain that "it's like a brotherhood you know" (true), especially if you can say "the guy in it looked quite old - you see I'm not the only one….."
You never get fed up with answering the question "what's so special about them?"

David said

You never get fed up with answering the question "what's so special about them?"

  I am considering making an "in-flight" magazine to answer all the FAQs i get on the subject from passengers…
I remember one girlfriend driving my golf and getting home talking to her mother about the strange man who flashed and waved.. "he was in a Volkswagen…I dont know anyone else with a volkswagen…?" :roll:

When I told her it was the car not her she did not beleive me..

When you have to warn your friends not to be alarmed  8O  if the car jumps out of 5th in the fast lane!!

(But thankfully that's sorted now - my heart rate couldn't take it!)

Debs

"theres only one fag lighter in the whole car? how do you charge your phone and use sat nav at the same time"
and
"why the hell have you brought a old diesel without a turbo,bet its slow"
bert

"why have you gone from a nice new car to that?" was the favorite at work

When your Mechanic suddenly becomes your best mate

I love Drews number 1 about winding the windows down to shut the doors! Sooo true… I dont know any other car like that.

I think driving a mk1 says a lot about who you are.

When you get a stone chip!  8O  Boo hoo!  :cry:

When you've owned the car for 9 months and it's never ever started…