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

[mikinoz]

You then jump in the MKV and nearly push the clutch through the floor as it is 15 time lighter than the MK1

[Preen59]

You then jump in the MKV and nearly push the clutch through the floor as it is 15 time lighter than the MK1

I know that feeling! Your foot flies forward that quick you nearly dislocate your knee! hahaha.

[Tim]

I know that feeling! Your foot flies forward that quick you nearly dislocate your knee! hahaha.

and then the brakes are the reverse so you nearly fly through the windscreen!

[greasykitchen]

When on a wet and humid day the de-mister doesn't keep the windows clear so you have to open a window, soaking you with rain.

When on that same day the speed of the de-mister motor drops when you turn on your wipers.

When you turn your already slow moving wipers onto 'fast' and they struggle to move across the windscreen.

When having the headlights, wipers, de-mister and radio all on at once causes the above to happen

(Of course, all of these are experienced in the Type 1 Beetle, except for the de-mister - you just skip that step and let the rain in (but Beetles have much better vent windows to put cool air on the windscreen - on a golf they'd just fall out if you opened them)).

[mikinoz]

Anyone got a working rear demister?

[Preen59]

Anyone got a working rear demister?

Yep! except for 1 or two strips!

[greasykitchen]

Anyone got a working rear demister?

Mine mostly works. A few of the bars decided to stop working but enough work to be effective.

[mikinoz]

Mine mostly works. A few of the bars decided to stop working but enough work to be effective.

I'd best check the circuit, fuse and switch then to see why mine isn't...

[posscakes]

u know u driving a mk 1 diesel when....

your driving around in the middle of summer with the heater on full just to keep the engine cool.

the hitch hiker you've just picked up asks for a ride to the nearest train station.

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[Oneofthegreats]

I'd best check the circuit, fuse and switch then to see why mine isn't...

If a few of the bar's aren't working, the power supply/switch etc. are all fine.

I'd say there's break's in the bar's circuit. You can check this with a test light. Just be careful not to scratch off the bar's.

You can get repair kit's from burson's/repco etc for this too!

Fom memory, you should have battery voltage on one side & half on the other.

Oh. all of mine are working too. My old silver beater one was missing two of them.

[thestu]

Anyone got a working rear demister?

mines perfect

[Oneofthegreats]

When you jump in your car after it's been in the rain for 2 day's & find the entire interior is damp!

You go to start it. It fires up straight away & then dies.

Only to find the fuel pump relay is soaked in water!

So what do you do?

Open the ashtray & pull out the bridging wire you alway's keep in there for this type of occasion.

Bridge out the fuel pump & go to the bottle shop! haha

[posscakes]

when you make something work something else simultaneously stops working as if to compensate.

when your dashboard is all but collection of toggle switches and buttons including the ignition waiting for next stash of proper parts to present itself.

when you got rsi in your index finger cause the windscreen wiper only works off the squirter.

[ontarv]

you know you drive a mk1 when you
have one of these in the backyard

[Antdragonist]

you know you own a mk1 when you spend more time fixing its little problems than driving it