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

[blackgti1.8]

you know your driving a mk1 when after a hard days driving your left thigh muscle looks noticibly bigger and its sore.

Yeah - you know that you're driving a MkI when you try to punch a hole
in the floor of a Honda Civic the first time you go for the clutch

You know that you're driving a MkI when everyone else whinges about
how heavy the steering is

You know that you're driving a MkI when everyone else whinges about how the gearbox is like drawing straws

You know that you're driving a MkI when you turn in 10 metres too early after jumping in any other car with powersteering

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you dont neeed power steering!

you knwo you drive a mk1 when all the other cars you drive have a clutch thats too fiddly and crap

you know you drive a mk1 when you appreciate the feel and involvement of no power steering more than you could the ability to park without effort.

just my side of things

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you try to punch holes in civics....just because

[mollins]

you know you drive a mk1 when your most hated part of your car is the crappy jack

you know you drive a mk1 when your horn has a mind of its own

you know you drive a mk1 when you pack your luggage so that it cant budge when you fly into corners

you know you drive a mk1 when you amuse yourself by trying to double the advisory speed signs round corners

you know you drive a mk1 when you dont even notice roundabouts anymore

[WABIT]

you know you drive a mk1 when even though you see another mk1 pass you thats cleener or better.. you still think yours is the best!
you know you drive a mk1 when your speeding and cant stop intime to enter a courner at normal pace because of your spongey brakes

wabit

[jleahy_10]

You know you own a performance MK1 when you always seem to be broke.
You know you drive a MK1 when your shed fills up with useless junk you think could be handy

[Bora Sport]

You know you drive a MK1 when the top of the dashboard looks like a dried up mud flat.
You know you drive a MK1 when you can rev the tacho needle into the fuel gauge.
You know you drive a MK1 when your odometer stopped working 3 years ago
You know you drive a MK1 when you have just replaced the rubber hangers on the exhaust... again.

[pommy_golfer]

You know you drive a Mk1 when your trying to do a reverse park and your arms feel pumped and your dripping with sweat.

You know you drive a Mk1 when you parl the car and walk around it a few times admiring it

you know you drive a mk1 when no other car on the planet even compares to yours

you know you drive a mk1 when all you do all day is think about it and what you want get done on it.

You know you OWNED a Mk1 when even after 9 years after selling it, you still want one last drive!

[Water Boy]

You know your driving a Mk1 when people ask howd you fit a V8 in there

You know your driving a Mk1 when you go full noise throgh turn 1 at Phillip Isalnd with out braking

You know your driving a Mk1 when you go under 2mins at the island and some bloke in a skyline cant bet 2.10

You know your driving a Mk1 when all your friends think your dad's racecar is too bloody loud

Oh you know every thing when you drive a Mk1...

[gldgti]

you know you drive a mk1 when you get home from work and your headlights are working, and when you next get in your car they're not