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

[GoLfMan]

you know you drive a mk1 when you always try to perfect things that others never notice...
you know you own a mk1 when it hasnt been started for a year and with a bit of petrol and a fresh battery spools into life... after 3 cranks...
you know you drive a mk1 when the alternator belt whine sounds like a supercharger.
you know you drive a mk1 when you argue that nothin else is faster...
you know you own a mk1 when you have the power to weight ratio of a Lotus, at a thousandth of the cost
you know you own a mk1 when you have the spare carb as a paper weight
you know you own/drive a mk1 when everyone else thinks its a heap of **** fwd but only you know its true potential

[WABIT]

you know you drive a mk1 when you can do this...........

http://youtube.com/watch?v=47RjICbCnj4

and this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ok0QerK3F0E

and not have anything wrong with it afterwards

wabit

[blackgti1.8]

You know when you drive a MkI when you fix one thing, and 6 other things break.

You know that you drive a MkI when the cooling system doesn't stay water-tight for longer than 6 months at a time.

[WABIT]

you know you drive a mk1 when your ABS is your right foot

wabit

[JP-009]

you know you drive a mk1 when your ABS is your right foot

wabit

hehehe...

... and your right foot is also your 'engine management system'

[86gti]

you know you drive a mk1 when your ABS is your right foot

wabit

mine sometimes involves braking with both feet. hahaha

[GoLfMan]

when you can chirp the wheels in 2nd in the dry with the stock 1600
when you would never dream of selling it and your plans just keep getting bigger!

[blackgti1.8]

You know that you drive a MkI when every second nut is seized solid (if its been sitting under a tree for 2 years )
You know that you drive a MkI when you stare up under the dash and wonder what those loose wires might once have been connected to...

[Oneofthegreats]

You know that you drive a MkI when you stare up under the dash and wonder what those loose wires might once have been connected to...

Or when you can see pin holes of rust & wonder why your feet get wet.

What about when you race change second & your passenger's are the only one's concernced about the crunching noise.

Or when you fill up & you get that fuel smell in the interior for 100k's.

How about when you put your foot on the clutch & the pedal goe's to the floor. Your the only one who know's that the firewall needs to be repaired cause the cable has pulled right through & split the metal.

When you've got warm up the wiper's for them to reach operating speed. (Probably been said before)
Love it.

[Golf Loon]

When you can squeeze the seat and hear the horsehair scrunching
When you squeeze the door handle harder and harder to get in and no-one else can master the art.
When you have 3 spare motors and have never managed to break one

[WABIT]

[QUOTE=golfworx;53239]

What about when you race change second & your passenger's are the only one's concernced about the crunching noise.

QUOTE]

hahahhahahahahahah ohh man speaking of that tim.... i rememba when we did the krispy kreme run and we dragged off 1 time.... we both got a awesome start then come 2nd gear and we both chrunched at the same time hahaha ohhh GOOD TIMES

wabit

[GoLfMan]

when the spares in the garage nearly, if put together, would be another golf.
when you shake your head at Porsche Boxter drivers because you just know that you car is faster and handles better............but costs nearly 100 times less.
when you park it next to a modern "small" car and it gets dwarfed
when no one but you and the people who already own them get why you love them so much

[WABIT]

p.s this thread is awesome... lets think of more..

You know that you drive a MkI k-jet when, having that engine, it could sit there for months, and the first crank will fire up

You know that you drive a MkI when you flash the rabbit on your ass and other people go WTF????

wabit

[Oneofthegreats]

hahahhahahahahahah ohh man speaking of that tim.... i rememba when we did the krispy kreme run and we dragged off 1 time.... we both got a awesome start then come 2nd gear and we both chrunched at the same time hahaha ohhh GOOD TIMES
wabit

Yeh that was pretty cool.

From memory I think I nailed pretty good. On half bald tyres too & torque steered through second.

I still like the cruise around near Kew. Second gear, Yeh. Yeh

I don't know going harder or about handling better than a boxster though.
The very first boxsters handle bloody awesome. My bro brought a brand new one home when he worked for Porsche & I tell you what, the handling performance would scare alot of people.

[GoLfMan]

I don't know going harder or about handling better than a boxster though.
The very first boxsters handle bloody awesome. My bro brought a brand new one home when he worked for Porsche & I tell you what, the handling performance would scare alot of people.

thought i'd jsut stirr up some debate, because i saw that movie on youtube where the 911 turbo got plastered by a mk1 also the ring vid with that sub 9min mk1