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

[sports racer]

You know you drive a mk1 when you look at fitting bigger brakes from a Seat Ibiza track car and end up buying the whole car so you can take the brakes, and the dash, and the gearbox, and the fuel injection, and whatever else I want.

[Browneye]

You're hitting 4k rpm all the way to and from Albury because you couldn't bare to miss VITS

[gldgti]

My good mate used to have a 2 door 1.6. He once did a late night Newcastle-Sydney and back run for some personal reason or other, and said after the fact that he was sure on the way home that sitting at 5k rpm would prevent him getting all the way back... But he did

You know you drive a mk1 when you find that cruise groove above 140

[sports racer]

You know ....................... when you keep "borrowing" parts off your resto project MK1 to make the MK2 look better.

[Scratchedeos]

You know you drive a Mk1 GLD when a policeman tells you to not worry about locking it and to leave the keys in the ignition too. He said no one would steal it!!

[sports racer]

When you write off your MK2 GTI and the first thing you think of is what parts can I put into my MK1.

[dnlsmk1]

Haha... can relate to lots of these and i havn't even driven one on the road!!!

[sports racer]

when you do a search for 4x100 wheels on Gumtree and buy another set even though you know your better half is going to kill you.

[Pilks]

when you do a search for 4x100 wheels on Gumtree and buy another set even though you know your better half is going to kill you.

risk for reward, what did you get this time paul?

you know you own a mk1 when someone comes up to you at the petrol station and says "we didnt like these back in the day, couldnt fit the sheila in the back"

[sports racer]

risk for reward, what did you get this time paul?

Got a set of 16's for only $70. Too much of a bargain to pass up.

I think I've now got 6 sets of wheels for the Golf so I need just one more set (one for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc).

[sciroccogt]

You know you drive an mk1 when your friend tries to back it up out of the driveway and ask how to put it in reverse coz he can only find 1st.
You know you drive an mk1 when you drive through water and your headlights fill up with water and its a pool in your taillights.
You know you drive an mk1 when you can brake whilst revving the engine without having it die on you.
You know you drive an mk1 when you are smiling after that last corner...

[sports racer]

When you see so many great ones at the VW Nationals and really need to pull my finger out and get mine back on the road.

[Browneye]

You know you drive a mk1 when you actually expect it to catch fire

[GeorgeMK1]

You know you drive a mk1 when you push the brake pedal as hard as you can and you go faster than you did when you were on the accel pedal

[sports racer]

When you turn on high beam and the high beam light on the dash is brighter than the road.