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

[Golf Loon]

Ok, just as a diversion, lets list the things good and bad that make the Mk1 distinct to own. All sentances must begin with

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

No talking unless you list a reason.
I`ll start

You know you drive a Mk1 when your wipers go realllllly slow.

You know you drive a Mk1 when the heater blows a tiny waft of air at the windscreen!

You know you drive a Mk1 when you can out accelerate V8s off the lights

[h100vw]

You know you drive a Mk1 when your fillings hurt, along with your back.

You know you drive a MK1 when you think you have gone blind the first time you drive at night.

[GoLfMan]

You know your driving a mk1 when your cheeks hurt from smiling too much

You know you driving a mk1 when you cant tell the difference between 1st and 3rd cos your linkages are stuffed

[mollins]

You know you driving a mk1 when the ricer that you just beat at the lights pulls up next to you and ask what sort of car it is...

You know you driving a mk1 when drips of water come in through the air vents when its raining...

You know you driving a mk1 when you have to yell over the noise from your leaky window seals when driving at 110 on the freeway...

[The_Hawk]

You know you driving a mk1 when you have to yell over the noise from your leaky window seals when driving at 110 on the freeway...

You know you drive a Mark 1 when you've spent the value of the car on a new stereo just to hear it while driving on the freeway.

You know you drive a Mark 1 when you have a "parts I need" in the glove box just in case you stumble across another one.

You know you drive a Mark 1 when you read all these lists smiling as you tick off each one in your head.

[brackie]

You know you are driving a Mk1 diesel when you go to the servo and fill her up with oil and check the fuel
You know you are driving a Mk1 diesel when you keep looking for a fifth gear that just isn't there
You know you are driving a Mk1 diesel when you check your credit card statement and it takes you all morning to find when and how much it's cost you to fill her up for the month
You (definitely) know you are driving a Mk1 diesel when you have the extra weight of a passenger and the shopping

[tsovociti]

You know you drive a Mk1 when your fillings hurt, along with your back.

You know you drive a MK1 when you think you have gone blind the first time you drive at night.

You know you drive a MK1 when you cant get in your car coz your door handles dont work

You know you drive a MK1 when you are forced to drive straight coz your indicators and electrics keep bugging out

You know you drive a MK1 when your biceps hurt eveytime you go for a drive from the tight steering!

[sports racer]

.....when you sell your perfectly good MK2 GTI to buy a rusty MK1 LS.

[gotrice]

when you move to Qld and the bottom rusts out in a week

[sports racer]

when you drive from Braidwood to Canberra to get a trailer (90ks), back to Braidwood to drop the missus off (90 ks), off to Sydney to get the Golf (300 ks), back to Braidwood to drop off the Golf (300 ks), to Canberra to drop off the trailer (90 ks) then back home by midnight. All up I did 1000+ ks yesterday including getting caught in Sydney traffic at peak hour and a tow car overheating up every hill.