You know you drive a Mk1 when.....

[blackgti1.8]

you know your driving a mk1 when after a hard days driving your left thigh muscle looks noticibly bigger and its sore.

Yeah - you know that you're driving a MkI when you try to punch a hole
in the floor of a Honda Civic the first time you go for the clutch

You know that you're driving a MkI when everyone else whinges about
how heavy the steering is

You know that you're driving a MkI when everyone else whinges about how the gearbox is like drawing straws

You know that you're driving a MkI when you turn in 10 metres too early after jumping in any other car with powersteering

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you dont neeed power steering!

you knwo you drive a mk1 when all the other cars you drive have a clutch thats too fiddly and crap

you know you drive a mk1 when you appreciate the feel and involvement of no power steering more than you could the ability to park without effort.

just my side of things

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you try to punch holes in civics....just because

[mollins]

you know you drive a mk1 when your most hated part of your car is the crappy jack

you know you drive a mk1 when your horn has a mind of its own

you know you drive a mk1 when you pack your luggage so that it cant budge when you fly into corners

you know you drive a mk1 when you amuse yourself by trying to double the advisory speed signs round corners

you know you drive a mk1 when you dont even notice roundabouts anymore

[WABIT]

you know you drive a mk1 when even though you see another mk1 pass you thats cleener or better.. you still think yours is the best!
you know you drive a mk1 when your speeding and cant stop intime to enter a courner at normal pace because of your spongey brakes

wabit

[jleahy_10]

You know you own a performance MK1 when you always seem to be broke.
You know you drive a MK1 when your shed fills up with useless junk you think could be handy

[Bora Sport]

You know you drive a MK1 when the top of the dashboard looks like a dried up mud flat.
You know you drive a MK1 when you can rev the tacho needle into the fuel gauge.
You know you drive a MK1 when your odometer stopped working 3 years ago
You know you drive a MK1 when you have just replaced the rubber hangers on the exhaust... again.

[pommy_golfer]

You know you drive a Mk1 when your trying to do a reverse park and your arms feel pumped and your dripping with sweat.

You know you drive a Mk1 when you parl the car and walk around it a few times admiring it

you know you drive a mk1 when no other car on the planet even compares to yours

you know you drive a mk1 when all you do all day is think about it and what you want get done on it.

You know you OWNED a Mk1 when even after 9 years after selling it, you still want one last drive!

[Water Boy]

You know your driving a Mk1 when people ask howd you fit a V8 in there

You know your driving a Mk1 when you go full noise throgh turn 1 at Phillip Isalnd with out braking

You know your driving a Mk1 when you go under 2mins at the island and some bloke in a skyline cant bet 2.10

You know your driving a Mk1 when all your friends think your dad's racecar is too bloody loud

Oh you know every thing when you drive a Mk1...

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you get home from work and your headlights are working, and when you next get in your car they're not

[Golf_Girl]

you know you drive a mk1 when your horn has a mind of its own

Hahaha!!! I pulled up at a pub in Salamanca (hobart waterfront) this afternoon for a beer, and as I was parking my horn started to beep randomly infront of about 100 people...how embarrassing. Haha...but then people commented on how cool my car was...
I KNOW I DRIVE A MK1!!!

[static1800]

......... when you dont

That pretty much summed it up i want one again, just a run around even, theres nothing quite like em

[Volksee77]

you know your driving a mk1 when u deliberately drop it back to second in the tunnel and mash the loud pedal to the floor just to hear that engine roar over and over again.

You know your driving a mk1 when you realise that you may have to actually slow down before the end of the tunnel to avoid the radar but your pedal is still on the floor from that last big stop 5 minutes ago.

You know your driving a mk1 when all the bogans mates in his v8ss laugh at him when he got smashed by a VOLKSEE

You know you love driving a mk1 when you keep 6 derelict mk1's under cover at the work shop as fixer uppers and refuse to part with them for any price

[blackgti1.8]

you know your driving a mk1 when u deliberately drop it back to second in the tunnel and mash the loud pedal to the floor just to hear that engine roar over and over again.

Oh, so true...
Found myself doing that regularly today - a bit like an addiction

You know that you're driving a MkI when you come home after a good thrashing with a big smile on your face

[DOHCDAVE]

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You know you drive a mk1 when you decide to sleep in it after working all night on.
you know you drive a mk1 when you can't wait for somewhere go just to drive it.
you know you drive a mk1 when understeer is an art!.

You know you drive a mk1 when every drive is a rushhh!.

you know you drive a mk1 when you can't decide to sell or not to ...been a few years know when she's running sweet priceless.

you know you drive a mk1 when fuel issues arise regually DOH!

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MK1 16v off road AGAIN fuel prob's again