Which golf handles the best?

In you lots opinion, which golf handles the best then? mk1,2,3,4 or 5?

Please also post which ones you have driven out of the 5 marks.

Discuss.

 

I voted for the Mk1, I have driven every golf and just felt that the little mk1 was the most chuckable and enjoyable out of the 5. Mk2 was a close second but when pushing hard the extra weight could be felt, however this also made the mk2 feel more solid and less twitchy imo.

However, the Mk5 feels more secure, but I'm not that old yet

 

i own 2 mk1's and had 3 mk2's
mk1 wins as it seems more willing and throwable imo

test drivin mk3, 4 and 5 but still think oldies are the best ........ so far

 

tbh although the mk1 is lighter than the mk2 it has some really bad bumpsteer. i`ve driven mk1 and 2 properly in anger, and from abusing them on my private test track ( which happens to encompass most of bedfordshire), i found the mk2 better, definately less twitchy than the mk1

 

Driven mk 1 + 2 and although the Mk1 would be faster round the bends, it was defo more twitchy and tail happy in the wet. That said it was way more fun and was a more ballenced car,(4 wheel drifts in it were nice and controlled in the dry) my mk2 is well nose heavy in comparison, even with eibach arb's and toyo 205s.
I miss my mk1 and would love another with the valver engine in it.

 

Havent driven mk5. But out of other mk's has to be mk1. Although the mk2 is also good.

 

Only driven mk2 and 3... Really not much to compare tbh. Tank or car... Hmmm

 

huh? explaine?

 

I've only driven my mk2's and a mk4 150pd So I was bound to say mk2 cos it's the one I like best

 

oh dear well there is only one thing for it


fight fight fight

 

does this mean we all gather in a circle like in the playground at school

 

if you want to recreate that retro feel then (no holding hands tho)

yeah why the fu*k not

 

mint! then we can put our ties round our heads and pretend we`re rambo......

hold on, i wasn`t the only one that did that was i?

 

yeah it was

i couldn't have tie they said i was a danger to the other students

should not punch me then should he!

 

Well I know it sure as **** aint a MK4

 

Yup, loads of flab and a bendy rear beam.

 

Voted for the Mk1 but that`s down to my own modified example. As a standard car my old (85k) Mk2 valver ranks the best followed by an R32 (16k) and my daughter`s soft (45k) Mk4 2.0 GTI

 

only ever driven my mk2 so i gotta say mk2...

i imagine the mk1 would be better in a modified form but standard i would hazard a guess at either mk2 or mk5.

 

Driven a mk1 owned a mk2, and currently own a mk3.

The mk1 was fun and chuckable around corners, but for me the mk2 was the king of the road!
Nothing i could do to it would upset it (60mph around roundabouts etc) and i just stuck there!
I havent had the pleasure of caining the mk3 yet, but already it feels more wallowy than the mk2!

*Edit*

Just remembered i haver driven a mk 5 the day it came out (test drive was booked for ages before!!)
Handled well, but couldnt really thrap it because i had the sales rep sitting next to me!)

 

the suspension geometry of a mk2 ( and mk3 for that matter) is a superior design to the mk1. and obviously the mk2 weighs less than the mk3.