SpaceCadet Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 What is general opinion on the mk1 GTI Golf I think that it is the best V.W ever I had 4 mk 1's they are awesome to drive. Sure they're not the fastest car anymore but look what they started!!!!! Your opinion is welcome as I've just sold mine after 7 years of fun.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 You're probably right. When all the boy racers were screaming about in XR3's, all I ever wanted was a Golf GTI. Never did get one, what with spending most of my (very small) wages on beer and bikes, the only car I could afford was a Morris Marina. I only had it for six months, then flogged it to buy a MK 2 Escort which wouldn't start. The Marina continued to be seen around the Lake District, utilising wooden blocks as rear suspension units! That must have been some ride. It was about 1985 when I finally managed to get a GTI. But not a MK 1 Golf, a MK 2 Scirocco which, for some reason, kept eating gearboxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURTON Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Iv driven a Mk1 G60... Was a really fun car and still really well put together.. I was really impressed with it.. So I only can imagine that the GTi's are just as fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Ah, the G60. The car I never had but desperately wanted. A Corrado G60 and my life would have been complete. Then they stopped making them and put a (silly?) 16v engine in instead. I remember reading a review in a mag about a guy who transplanted a G60 into a Golf something or other, had it tuned, lowered, resprayed, etc and then lent it to the mag to test drive. They said the acceleration from 130mph was unreal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat1 Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Without a doubt, it was the best VW ever built. I have never owned on myself but know plenty who have. One day I will buy a Mk1 Convertable. One day....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURTON Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Yeah G60's were cool. Sound cool and have some omphhh.. Had a 2 G60 Golfs Mk2 and a G60 Jetta also. All with 200+ BHP.. Awesome they were!! Loved it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyDub Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yeah I was thinking the G60 Golf was a mk2 not mk1 bud. Anyway, I love the Mk2 Golf Rallye G60... nearly as much as I love the Corrado VR6 Storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activa Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 Definately a car to love,not just to own! Had 3 Mk.1 GTI's back in the day,all of them were great drivers cars.The last one was a Campaign that had been modded by GTI Engineering from new.It ran 150bhp and revved forever,it was a proper exciting car.Until that dreaded day when I parked it in the wrong place and came back to find it gone! Coppers found it a week later burnt out on the roadside.The good ol' days of hot hatches getting nicked every five minutes-b'stards,if I'd 'ave caught 'em........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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