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

[mikinoz]

Doing a 3 point turn in a lane is actually 7 points and an equivalent of 40 mins at the gym.

[Jarred]

Doing a 3 point turn in a lane is actually 7 points and an equivalent of 40 mins at the gym.

... isn't that what they invented handbrakes for???

[mikinoz]

When you are driving through Westfield carparks and car alarms are set off on parked cars when you drive past because of the noise it generates!

[dubai gti]

When you are driving through Westfield carparks and car alarms are set off on parked cars when you drive past because of the noise it generates!

hehe, my V8 Merc. used to do that in multi-story carparks...might have had something to do with the s/s sports muffler!!

[JDVW]

when the cops pull you over because the car looks like its about to fall apart

[mikinoz]

There is water dripping from the headlining.

[greasykitchen]

When the steering wheel gets all sticky and tiny bits come off it when it's wet and humid. Then the next day it's normal again (my beetle used to do this except much worse!).

[melissa]

When your wipers come on when you go round the corner - or drive in a straight line - yes, this Golf is possessed.

[mikinoz]

You are driving back from Christmas with the grandparents with the son and after an hour he says they want to change to the MKV that mum is driving in front of us because her car 'has cold air, is not as loud as an aeroplane taking off and a cup holder'

I then drove home on my own and quite enjoyed it.

[dubai gti]

when you clean up the corroded front indicator terminals, which worked fine anyway, but now the dam indicator is now playing up..

[melissa]

When the young guy at the petrol station tells you its a nice Mk 1


and you tell him 'Yes, it is."

[dubai gti]

everytime you go to do something to it, you find some f***ing thing has come undone or loose

[paulie71]

Repaired the aftermarket Alternator/air con bracket (god bless Austral VW Brisbane for installing aftermarket air con units in the cabrios they sold!), put a brass sleeve in a flogged out alternator pivot bolt hole and voila no rattle anymore!

[redhotadz]

You know you drive a mk1 when every time you close the boot, you have to adjust the parcel shelf.

You know you drive a mk1 when every time you get into multistory carpark, 3rd is the only gear that wants to work.

You know you drive a mk1 when every time you get out of it you walk around it, just to have a look.

You know you drive a mk1 when smoothing your engine bay things like heaters and washer bottles seem so pointless.

You know you drive a mk1 when you have to put ur foot behind the go pedel and lift it to get the auto box to change into 3rd.

You know you drive a mk1 when fixing the wiring that just caught fire, you lent on the 33 yr old waterpipes, making it crack and having to replace it, and yet still smiling

[GRN_VAGN]

Ahhaha i like the wak around one, i do that just to admire it... and make sure nothen has fallen off .

You know you own a Mk1 when it sits in the one spot for weeks broken