It's the complete package, practical enough to be used every day and fun enough to be used at weekends. In 10 years time they'll probably be holding true classic value. I'll still be driving one every day.
Opening the curtains and seeing the sun shining. Opening the garage does and smiling Opening the door and met with the smell Turning the key and hearing the 16v fire into life Pulling out of the street and driving to the nearest dual carriage way whilst it warms up Planting your foot on the gas pedal and all hell breaks loose! What more can I say!
I like the 'common' mars red although there are far more 'rare' Oak green ones. The fact I get asked why I have put a meaningless private plate on an old golf (its the original.. seems few know the Mk2 was introduced in 1984). I like the fact it's cost me very little to return to standard. I like at the end it will be worth what has been put in (more by luck than any other reason). I like its simplicity and lack of NCAP crap, enabling it to avoid the accident in the first place. I like its abilty as a time machine, FGTH,TFF, OMD on the cassette and you are in 80's. Oh being able to drive it places would be nice, but that will come
I love how when I get in the car, before I've even started it, I sit there and think once these cars have gone that's it. Then it always starts, never lets me down (exept once on the way to Gatwick, missed a flight but that wasn't even the cars fault), and always stops. It's like a faithful old dog, you know there are probably quicker, younger more well behaved animals around but this dog is yours and that's all that counts. 8 years owned and still going strong.
i have 2 rides: the mrs or my wonderful golf i think my more doorerer wins all the time!!! just golf until you hit the end of land!! when you get there turn around and golf somewhere else........... but dont golf home just keep golfing!!!!!
The comments of "you should get a real car" by posers in aviators with a dumb blonde sat next to them. Followed by a lesson in emergency starts, copius amouts of tyre smoke and said aviator dissapearing in the rear view I hope the understated golf will be dishing out many more lessons for years to come
got my 15th mk2 last suterday....its a 1.6 gtd and it feels just as its suposed to feel...just right!
hey. i love the mk2 golf the most always have since i was about 5years old when my dad got his lol ive had 4 an now just got my 5th lol witch is in the garage striped waitin for the mk3 vr6 i got to be striped . im 23 an my first car was a mk2 golf kjet gti when i was 18 ive her to bits but the car had rote an couldnt fix it at the time to had to scrap her then my dad fot me a 89 digi gti paid 2000 for her only had 2 owners and done 78000k i lower her 60mm full s&s system 421 maini 285 piper cam induction kit roar pipe star chip and some old skool mk1 clipper alloys. i got her from 112bhp to an outstandin 148.9 bhp at gti inter 2009 i was well impressed lol use to keep up with the valvers lol had her maxed out at 142mph lol anyway all good things come to an end when i was being a **** and hit 2 brick walls at 60mph... now i have a mk2 16v compleatley standerd had a full engine rebuld and my beloved mk2 2.0 8v convertion runing twin 40s an will being putin a mk4 crossflow head on in the next cuple weeks you cant beat a mk2 golf ile always say if you anit dove a mk2 golf then you anit drove a proper hot hatch yet. easy to mod and just looks mean. MK2 FTW!! XD
1. The looks. Love a widetrack bigbumper on quad lamps. 2. The looks. Love a small bumper original. 3. Slinging a firmly-sprung Mk2 down a fave road. 4. The PAS - still a great feeling system. 5. Having cars on trackdays pull out to overtake you on the straight - then pull back in as you extend away... (child ) 6. Working on them and getting modern parts to fit - improvability!! Satisfying.
How many cars can you maintain for such little amount of money that get respect from nippers down the local cruise all the way up to valet parking staff at a posh hotel?
I love the fact that mine will be out of hibernation at the end of the month and when the battery is connected it will start first time and will purr away just waiting to be driven. I love the fact that new rims will be fitted in April and it'll look even better than it already does - is that possible??
I love mine because it's still doing today what it was designed to do 22 years ago. The GTI was designed and built to provide practical family transport that would also provide a bit of fun as and when required. I own a five door low mileage car that was bought from the original owner two years ago. I haven't used it over the winter since owning it and only added about 3k miles. However it is now our only form of family transport as we have just traded in our main car against a new Skoda Yeti. This won't be arriving until around May so in the meantime the GTI is our everyday car. So after 22 years it still more than keeps up with modern traffic, is very reliable, returns modern mpg figures, has PAS, fuel injection, trip computer, central locking, disc brakes all round, cheap to insure, offers family practicality and is fun to drive. What other 20 odd year old cars can offer this package? It is pretty much the only 'practical' classic I would trust to be our only form of family transport for the next few months....and many years to come!
Love the fact its not a Ford !! and that 90% of them still have the same metal they roll off the factory in..
As much as I love my mk2- not sure about everyone giving them respect. Mine is a reasonably tidy example but pretty sure most of the people I know only think i drive it as perhaps "its all he can afford" or hes not bothered about having a "smart modern car". Part of their appeal to me is that they are a bit of a cult car and not everyone knows about them or apprecaites them. Always nice to get the nod off a fellow Mk2'er when you pass on the roads! Cheers D
At work I'm known for my GTi, despite it being one of two Mk2s in our car park mine's the one people know because I love it. Also won best car at the Christmas party awards! Only one person at work has a car that's genuinly quicker too despite a car park of modern metal. The options you can get with them are plentiful too, was making fun of my bosses new Audi because it's only option that I didn't have was air con, leccy windows, mirrors, leather seats (of the RECARO variety of course) and a bunch of other stuff. It's my favourite little hooligan, the little blue b*tch ticks all the boxes for me.
