come live where i am in southern paris area, nothing but sh*tty old french buckets knocking about.

Jaimz

the cars are quite tatty too

Jaimz

VW are known for how well their older models last. I see alot of mk1 golfs about, some mint, some not so mint. But theyre around!

Then you have the amount of old beetles and buses, etc.


German reliability FTW My 16 year old golf never skips a beat and drives better than alot of newer cars Ive driven! Not a patch o rust either

There were 1.5 million more golf mk1s built than (for example) peugeot 205s

5.3 mil 205s
6.8 million mk 1 golfs

if we look at mk 2

There were 6.3 million golf Mk 2s built

This makes sense, as they were exported to the US, most french cars werent.

Almost 25 million beetles have been built - or - more than peugeots (all models) in the 1990s

I really have no idea what you guys are arguing about.

Although I see more beetles than mk1 golfs, although it can all depend on the area you live in.

I wouldnt mind having a beetle myself, might be fun to drive one of those...

Im sure there are exact stats of what cars are on the road somewhere.

I recon there are more 90s Rovers on the road than any other makes  -)

Quote from: DEViANCEIm sure there are exact stats of what cars are on the road somewhere.

I recon there are more 90s Rovers on the road than any other makes  -)

I thought that said "I recon theres 90 Rovers on the roads"  




sorry was to tempting

Quote from: mr_rollI wouldnt mind having a beetle myself, might be fun to drive one of those...

Driving an old Beetle can be described as many things, but fun isnt one of them.  Only one Ive liked driving was the custom one a mate and me did a few years back.  Used a Mk1 Golf GTi as a donor to turn it into a 1.6 Water cooled, with the Mk1 dashboard and its only 2 seat now.

Itd be fun driving the beetle this guy rebuilt with a Volvo T5 Engine and then put a different ECU on it and giving 300BHP!

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