MK1 section is not pulling its weight

[Whubbsie]

We can't complain about our GPS, A/C not working, traction control, heated seats, if we should have got a polo gti instead or that new wrx etc.

We all know our mk1's a squeeky, dashes are cracked, floors are rusty, window rubbers are now rock hard, have no power steering or a/c etc. so we just get on with it and love the damn things no matter all their faults and we all dream that if we could just get that 16v in and the project finished we could all go upset the mk5 guys any day of the week, maybe not the Polo guys though

I can upset the mk5 guys any day of the week as it is now.... mainly by stewing soot over their nicely cleaned cars.... well when the car actually runs I can.

[Preen59]

Except my dash isn't cracked. She's been reskinned boiiiiii!

[Peter Jones]

There are more than 500 posts in the MK5 section containing the word "dealer" (I suspect the search engine won't return more than 500 hits so there's probably heaps more) and another there's 55 containing the word "stealer".

In the MK 1 section the word "dealer" has been used 44 times

One of the many benefits of owning a MK 1 golf is that you never have any issues with VW dealers 'cos there's just no point going there. Also I think they stopped selling MK1s.

There's just more stuff to go wrong with a MK 5. Hands up if your rain sensor needs to be reprogrammed with VagCom because your sunroof isn't shutting itself.

I tried tossing a few chips down the carby but all it did was make seagulls chase me.

Pete

[gotrice]

And I would start a build thread but I am too uncomputer thingy to post pics. Also I only have 1 photo of the progress. Can you say slow going?

[Preen59]

And I would start a build thread but I am too uncomputer thingy to post pics. Also I only have 1 photo of the progress. Can you say slow going?

Slow?? Have you seen MY build thread.. Or Doms.. Haha.

[greasykitchen]

Slow?? Have you seen MY build thread.. Or Doms.. Haha.

Hahaha! I only just recently found out that you even had a MK1 - though you were just the caddy man!

[gtimk5]

gotrice, I cant figure why you would start such a thread as you havent even reached 200 posts in over 4 years???
If you guys start infighting/arguing with the Mk5 members, I will quit this forum...

[GoLfMan]

There are more than 500 posts in the MK5 section containing the word "dealer" (I suspect the search engine won't return more than 500 hits so there's probably heaps more) and another there's 55 containing the word "stealer".

In the MK 1 section the word "dealer" has been used 44 times

One of the many benefits of owning a MK 1 golf is that you never have any issues with VW dealers 'cos there's just no point going there. Also I think they stopped selling MK1s.

There's just more stuff to go wrong with a MK 5. Hands up if your rain sensor needs to be reprogrammed with VagCom because your sunroof isn't shutting itself.

I tried tossing a few chips down the carby but all it did was make seagulls chase me.

Pete

Well i dropped my daks and flashed my mk1 and it didnt go any faster!!! Maybe if I wrote APR or GIAC on my bum it would have gone quicker

I think us mk1 peops dont post alot because we already know all the problems with the blighters and already know how to fix it... and if we dont know how to fix it, grab all you mates, a few beers and stand around the mk1 looking at it until someone has an idea. Then say you'll do it tomorrow

[Peter Jones]

Andrew may very well have a point here.

The MK1 is very different from a MK5 and the posts will be too however I can't help but chuckle at some of the differences between the types of posts. Don't mistake my comments for hostility, it's just funny because of how different the cars are.

Rather than try and figure out why there are so many posts in the MK5 section let's figure why there are so few here and address the issue. If indeed it is an issue at all.

One reason I see is that a lot of the MK1 stuff is over in the projects section and in various other sections, the MK5 commentary by comparision is largely contained to the one section.

Personally I don't think the total post count is an indicator of much except that there are now more MK5s on the road than there are MK1s.

Pete

[static1800]

All good Andrew, just a bit of a light moment. No hostility here from us at all You are stuck the fence though! you've got both a mk1 and a mk5!

Pete is right, totally different cars lead to different forum posts. I would think that we are completely different cross sections of the community also, not many mk5 owners also own a mk1 and vice versa.