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

[gldgti]

You know you drive a Mk1 when the bonnet stay always makes an annoying squeak if you run the car with the bonnet up.

Now aint that the truth!

[sports racer]

You know when you drive a mk1 when you've just finished driving from Rocky to Brisbane in 18 hours straight through, get out of the car and find 4 inches of rain water in the rear footwells.

[mikinoz]

When the idle changes depending on the fuel you put in...

[SpeciP3]

you know you're driving a mk1 when the noise from the gearbox resembles the diff of a 10-year old taxi
you know you're driving a mk1 when you can hear your brain cells popping from the fuel smell (happy times )

[hiho]

you know you've driven a mk 1 when you go out and buy another one (or two)

[mikinoz]

When you cant finish the to do list...

[Retired]

You know you drive a mk1 when you get a gut feeling something will go wrong shortly.. wheel falling off mid travel or something?

You know you drive a mk1 when your idea of a good saturday night is drinking beers alone in your garage fixing those little things or spending copious amounts of money on UK and German eBay... all too common for me lately

[Whubbsie]

You know you drive a Mk1 when you leave in the morning with a perfectly working car come back 3 hours later with a coolant and oil leak and a radio that turns off by itself when you go over 70km/h

[WABIT]

You know you drive a Mk1 when no wheel width is big enough!
You know you drive a Mk1 when TOG police know its very VERY illegal yet they give the thumbs up... and move on!

You know you drive a Mk1 when your right leg can demolish a slab of concrete because of all those times you use the brake pedal

You know you drive a Mk1 when your 1/4 vent windows fall out by themselves

dom

[Jarred]

you know you drive a mk 1 when you alter your driving routes.. to avoid steep hills!