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

[smithy010]

You know you're driving a mk1 golf when you have a small collection of nails in the console to lock the quarter window shut...

[DubSteve]

You know you're driving a mk1 when you walk out the door of a morning and still smile when you look at your car, from ear to ear

[GoLfMan]

You know you drive a mk1 when the only round edges on the car are the headlights.
You know your driving a mk1 when you open the boot and you can hear the rust falling to the top.
You know you drive a mk1 when the only people that can sit behind the driver are gnomes or amputees

[The_Hawk]

You know you drive a Mk1 Diesel when asked about your car the first sentence is "...It's a diesel, it's supposed to blow smoke like that..."

You know you are driving a Mk1 diesel when you keep looking for a fifth gear that just isn't there

Unless of course you have a GTi tranny in it