Heya

heya im new to this site….
was woundering wat yu fort of a lil mk1 golf for my 1st car? even tho i still need to pass?
LOL

is it easy to learn about golfs …?
i oni really no a little bit about clios cuz the bf has a striped out hybrid…

thank you !

Sophie  :mrgreen:

hi an welcome.
golf would be a great first car just be ready for problems as they are 20 odd years old now.

and please don't use txt speak it make it really hard for us old farts to read.

thank you! yes ill be ready maybe not myself but surely other people will no what they are doin…
just wouldnt mined getting involed with the maintenance side of it aswell

im sorry … im soo used to it but i will get out the habit now!

thank you!

no worry's.
have a scoot though the technical bit to get an idea of common problems.

any idea what sort you after?

There's a buying guide on the homepage which should help. Usually it's best to start with a small engine model for insurance purposes etc! It could be a 1.1 petrol ('Golf C' 3 door, 'Golf C Formel E' 5 door are the later models) or a 1.3 petrol ('Golf CL' 5 door, 'Golf Driver' 3 door etc). There are a few 1.5 petrol models aswell, and then of course 1.6 and 1.8 GTI's! There are GTI and non-GTI Cabriolets aswell.
They're very simple under the bonnet compared to modern cars and prove MUCH easier to work on should the need arise. If you can afford a good one, then you can learn bits and bobs as you go along without being forced to carry out a full restoration straight away! Haynes Manuals help a lot with learning about what's what. These are nearly always listed on Ebay etc.

yes i will later and have a noisey about in the pictures aswell because i dnt have a clue .... i suck i no! 83 maybe ....

Diesel-dubber said

They're very simple under the bonnet compared to modern cars and prove MUCH easier to work on when the need arises.

Edited for truth  :wink:

Yes, I sometimes forget not all mk1's are quite as relentlessly reliable as my diesel.  :wink:  But even if a mk1 engine doesn't necessarily need 'fixing' there's always service stuff like oil changes, filter changes etc, which are easy to get access to and do yourself with limited knowledge - often a Haynes Manual and basic tools are all you need. It's suprising how quickly you can learn about the car just through having a keen interest in it during ownership!  :wink:

If you can find a good one, go for a 1983 Golf 1.3 Driver as these are friendly on insurance, easy to work on, economical without being too slow and have all the nice GTI bits already fitted so you don't have to do very much to them to make them look good.

…and the no text speak thing on here kills me too.

Welcome to the site!

Learnt and passed first time in my Mark 1

Awww man! i feel sooo welcomed!

thanks for the advice  :mrgreen:

this is soo kind of you people  


possiblely why i failed english like three years ago  
and im sorry if im still text talking …. i have got to break the habit!