What is driving your Mk1 like?............

just thought it'd be interesting to see how happy driving your mk1 makes you feel….

mine is like the moment when you wake up n think DAMN I am late for work then realise its Saturday! ! ! ! ! now that is a nice feeling!

anyone else?

Its a sweet little thing. Makes the other vehicles I drive regularly, feel like tractors!

mines like an angry child with a bad case of flu but boy does it make me smile

i'm not going to know for the next month or so, mine is going in for surgery.

Having said that, i drive the golf 65 miles a day, and apart from the lack of power, comfort, quiet, speed, brakes, steering, smoothness, throttle response and hydraulic tappets, its an alright car

:roll:

Since the 20vt it is a tad scary.

Bigadd said

Since the 20vt it is a tad scary.

dont be scared of it embrace the fear

i have been away all week came yesterday,  and the first thing i did when park  up was to get the mk1 out and the wife was not happy at all.all i got was that car, love driving it fun fun

Love it!

The fact it doesnt get traction in the first 3 gears makes me laugh everytime.

It's squeaky, farrtles, the suspension has very little travel and breacks my spine evey time I drive over an atom.  You usually have to write out a request for the breaks to be any good.  It's noisy, and I'm pretty sure the exhaust shouldn't be emitting those kinds of smells.  However it's MY Golf, and I love it

since i got it its been a dream i love it! yeah its harsh, yea its SLLOWWWW, yea the brakes dont work but ya chuck it round a corner at any speed, ya get under steer ya lift off the gas an get over steer, lush to control…

but all that aside… yeah i love it and now its got the mk3 vr6 interior is SOOOO comfy i actually never want to get out of it

so in a nutshell… its like coming over the brow of a hill and seeing a perfect set of waves rollin in
(if ya surf ull get it)

gets ur heart pumpin

mixerman said

so in a nutshell… its like coming over the brow of a hill and seeing a perfect set of waves rollin in
(if ya surf ull get it)

gets ur heart pumpin

one of the best feelings in the world, had it this morning as we came over the top of the hill on the way to watergate bay in the splitty - going back for a surf this afternoon.

as for my golf though - it drives like a drunken donkey but i love it all the same  8)

When it works I love it… when it's broken I hate it…. not hat as in I want to get rid of it just hate as I can't jump in and drive it  

Both my gti's aren't running at the minute and the missus says I'm a grumpy git  :dontknow:

Can't speak for my GTI as i have'nt driven that(no, sitting behind the steering wheel making engine noises does'nt count apparently… ), my 1.1 was a right laugh, i was proud as it the first car i bought, it was slow, but it was mine, the GX was more comfortable and much quicker, i always loved taking either of them out as i knew i had something special. That siad i get the same feeling from the corrado, just that good feeling of thinking'what are the chances of seeing another one of these while i'm out?' As of yet have'nt seen another corrado and remember just 1 tintop when the gx was running, saw cabby's all the time, but they don't count  :mrgreen:

Tom :wink:

sound just like me happy when it is running and grumy git . the missus dont take too me when grumpy . many a time want to get rid but love been in the driving seat  and the looks you get when out in it

Bumpy, too loud, hot, squeaky, drinks too much fuel…………………………..

AND I LOVE IT    

^^^^

:clap: :clap:

No abs, no power steering, no mod cons or luxuries, you got to get the revs just right to engage gears…..I LOVE IT!!!!  

Drive 30K miles a year for my job in the 07 civic and sometimes i get to a client 200 miles from home and dont even know how i got there :-), with the civic you dont have to drive it, it drives itself

however when i pull the golf out of the garage, the tops down and the sun is burning the back of my neck, im grabbing the steering wheel to get it round a corner, and im pressing the brake pedeal long before i wanna stop PURE BLISS ! wouldnt change it for the world !

If you dont have or have driven a mk1 you will never know the feeling

mixerman wrote:
so in a nutshell… its like coming over the brow of a hill and seeing a perfect set of waves rollin in
(if ya surf ull get it)

gets ur heart pumpin


one of the best feelings in the world, had it this morning as we came over the top of the hill on the way to watergate bay in the splitty - going back for a surf this afternoon.

glad someone else is a surfer how was it? today was crap in croyde… 3 hours in the golf for a 0-1 ft swell…

sorry to go off topic

so yeah when the golf breaks down, its like driving all that way for nothing but a ripple