Quote from: Eddi know if i was on big money i certainly wouldnt be buying a mk1 golf

Alls relative really isnt it - depends what you call big money.

i call big money over 100k PA

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Quote from: soopahflyI like golfs and the like, but I dont see what the "Big Deal" is?

There nothing special, rare, or even especially fast about them.

Golf Mk1s are rare as hell these days (well when I say rare finding a rust free one) my brother just bought a Mk1 last week in black and dropping in a 2.0l 16v in it and its going to be a rapid little machine. One of the lads from the DubNorthEast club has a Mk1 that is a tad nuts with a G60 setup in and is scary fast.

Jettas are where its at in my eyes now

Ive had 2 Mk1 GTis written off from under me ( a 1.6 and a 1.8 ).  Both times vans in the back at EXACTLY the same set of lights.  Nice cars for their day, but TBH they arent nice to drive by modern standards.  To be honest I had far more fun in the 2.0 GTE I got later on than in the 1.6.  The 1.8 was rather cool though.  

A G60 MK1 golf wouldnt be scary fast - it would be nippy. Doesnt have a great deal of torque or power.

A modern warm hatch turbodiesel would walk all over it once rolling due to the bags of torque they now have.

The best hot hatch of that period, and possibly of all time is the Lotus Sunbeam.

Ive no idea what power the MR2 has yet, as Im waiting to get booked into a local RR, but its scary. I regret building it now as its useless in the wet, and you have to take a deep breath before you floor it.

The whole VW scene thing is marmite - to me its just standard cars, lowered on stupid small wheels with dangerous stretched tyres, with optional sticker on the rear window. Some people love it though - each to their own and all that.

The euro look is nothing new either - it has been around since the early 1980s. there were golfs lowered with small wheels then too in just about every edition of street machine magazine.

Euro look comes and goes in every scene really... Im not a fan of the whole stretched tyres (I find it scary that your leaving your self wide open for the tyre to come off the rim)

Naturally Jap power is always going to exceed that of any VW its just how Japs are.

I just enjoy having a car that have a good OEM look and a higher than stock surprise under the bonnet

Just like everyone on the forum I think we are all looking forward to the RR figures from the MR2.

completely forgot about this thread, alot has happened since.
In the last month it has been MOTd, tax, driven about abit, gone to a Rover show in Longbridge and been sold :cry:

some pics from the last month















   :cry:  hope the new owner looks after it.

Looks allwhite I suppose ^_^

/gets hat and coat