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

[Jace]

You know you drive a MK1 when every day of the week you're sick of it; then on a freakish 20˚C sunny winters day, you go for a country fang on your favorite twistie roads at 80-150km/h with the vent windows open smashing cold air on your (edit: fully clothed) junk and fall back in love with it.

[mikinoz]

Nice mental imagery!

[Jace]

Best designed part of the whole car.

[dubmc]

when you can spend 20 bucks of fuel in one day without trying...

[gldgti]

you know you (want to be) driving a mk1 when your nice, roomy, remarkably good handling, nice ride, economical, efficient, quiet and comfortable, good looking Skoda makes you bored to death.

(I REALLY need to get the cabrio back on the road!)

[greasykitchen]

When the hatch won't stay open, but it won't actually shut properly either (dodgy lock that plays up in cold/damp weather).

When you get in the car after it's been parked a few hours and the windscreen is fogged up on the inside.

When on a cold, wet afternoon evening you can't see where you are going properly as the windsheild has fogged up and the you can't adjust the heat to blow air on said windsheild.

[Antonvs]

You know you drive a mk1 when youve had it towed at least twice

You know you drive a mk1 when the clutch cable breaks around a corner and you manage to get into 2nd gear. Then you hope you catch all the trafficlights green home. but you catch one set red and you have to stop, behind you is a learner driver chick and her mum. You have to get going when it turns green but can no way get into first again without a clutch. they get out help you push it out to the nearest carpark and she asks are you a student or something? i say no not anymore, she's like why are you driving such an old car, im like.. its a hobby.

You know you drive a mk1 when you press the brake and the left hand headlight comes on also.

[sports racer]

You know you drive a mk1 when you press the brake and the left hand headlight comes on also.

Love it, so true!

[sports racer]

When you get it back after leaving it at a friends place for a few weeks to get some welding done and just sitting in it, rolling it off the trailer with only the drivers seat inside and wires hanging everywhere and it feels like an old pair of shoes that you haven't worn for ages. You know the type of shoes - worn out, rough around the edges, hated by your girlfriend but so comfortable that you never want to throw them out.

[dubmc]

when you have to try and drive it slowly...but that only lasts 5 minutes and then your back into second on the redline.

when you let a girl drive it? and they are in 4th gear at 50km/h..."i dont want to rev the car, it hurts it"...pull over love i've had enough.