theduisbergkid Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Odd that the MK1 Golf Gti is now too old for car club 18-30, although we'd still allow it in on a 'cougar' pass. Dr O loved his and gives an nice insight into the model he should never have sold > http://www.motorpunk.co.uk/carclub-18-30/the-cars/vw-golf-gti-mk1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Never owned one. A friend of mine did, and she let me drive it a few times, was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) I owned one back in the 80s and loved it☺ Really wanted a Mars Red Campaign.one just like that one but ended up with a standard white 1983 model. Edited October 13, 2014 by Cuprabob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I cannot imagine life without my 205 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I cannot imagine life without my 205 Relevant how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Should have thought that was blindingly obvious. Dr Octane was indeed a wally for selling his GTi! TDK might be able to confirm - from the article it sounds like he owned it quite a few years back now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted October 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 TDK might be able to confirm - from the article it sounds like he owned it quite a few years back now? Yup. The pics are of Dr O's own car, snapped otuside MotorPunk's Welsh office, back in the day. He has owned lots of interesting modern classics like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Owned a Mk II GTi (normal one, not 16v). Was fun indeed to drive. So fluid! Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulboy Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Mk 1 Gti still looks incredibly good. Amazing design when you compare it to other cars from that era. I had a MK 2 16v too. Generally regarded the best GTi ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I had the same car. A 1985 MKII GTi in white. Was an awesome car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I had the same car. A 1985 MKII GTi in white. Was an awesome car! There's something about cars like this that makes modern stuff seem so dull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I tend not to get rose-tinted specs when it comes to old cars. Of all the cars I've owned though, if that was one I could have back it'd be a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT Twin-Cam 16. I had the hatch version before they rounded the edges off, in the very squared design. It was a stonking car. I had a Janspeed exhaust fitted and it sounded superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) I tend not to get rose-tinted specs when it comes to old cars. Of all the cars I've owned though, if that was one I could have back it'd be a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT Twin-Cam 16. I had the hatch version before they rounded the edges off, in the very squared design. It was a stonking car. I had a Janspeed exhaust fitted and it sounded superb. I found the standard 1.8 GTi (Golf) exhaust note was fabulous coming out of the angled twin pipes. Whenever a larger bored straight piped example went by, they never sounded so good, the crispness had gone. Edited November 3, 2014 by cruiser647 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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