The Car or Thing that gets you Inspired Thread

my yellow mk1 was sweet the whole time i owned it...... my mum also had a mk1 over 10 years ago and some taxi ran a red light and they both hit at over 60kph each and they both walked away from it, sure the car is old, but they can also save lives.....

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Originally Posted by WABIT

my yellow mk1 was sweet the whole time i owned it...... my mum also had a mk1 over 10 years ago and some taxi ran a red light and they both hit at over 60kph each and they both walked away from it, sure the car is old, but they can also save lives.....

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Luck was the only thing that saved your mother's life I'm sorry, not the car!

My old man survived a T-bone hit in his old Campaign GTI at 85kmh.

Now that's what I call luck!
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Originally Posted by Golf Houso

I think when you own a car as old as MK1 your definition of unreliable and safe changes quite a bit. What I might call completely unsafe and unreliable would be something you'd accept as second nature given you've been driving them for so long, to be honest the only Mk1's that don't seem to be riddled with problems are either ones that have been rebuilt from scratch or are just rolling shells. You're kidding yourself if you can call your regular MK1 a reliable car, let alone roadworthy but anyway here is some more inspiration and less BS:

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Did you read what I wrote? average mk 1's that pop up on ebay that have been sitting for 4 years, probably wont be reliable, but if you give them some TLC and some maintainance, they'll be perfectly reliable. Once I ironed out an issue with a faulty relay in my diesel, it was perfect. it never broke down, died, or didn't start. How is that not reliable in anyones books? I didn't have to open the bonnet every two drives either. Reliabitly is reliability, no matter what you drive.

[p.s.: My original comments were about reliability, not about safety; but I've soft rolled one and I was fine. Mk 1's are good for their age, but yes, obviously there have been some safety improvements (in chassis design) over the last 30 years. I feel just as safe in my or others mk 1's as I do in any car.]

Given I just got a cab:
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That S4 is insane.

Golf Houso, you're a complete ****wit. You're the guy that thought it was OK to FILE out the centrebore of a wheel, yet you think you can pass judgement on what is and isn't reliable and what is and isn't safe?

You have no idea, knowledge or experience about the mechanical aspects of motorvehicles and have no right to pass judgement on such things.

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Originally Posted by Preen59

Golf Houso, you're a complete ****wit. You're the guy that thought it was OK to FILE out the centrebore of a wheel, yet you think you can pass judgement on what is and isn't reliable and what is and isn't safe?

You have no idea, knowledge or experience about the mechanical aspects of motorvehicles and have no right to pass judgement on such things.

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I still can't see how a 34 year old car is safe I'm sorry mate, and yes I have taken on board the comments of both Jarred and Wabit but those kind of comments are simply not acceptable on this forum in any capacity to anyone in any context.

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