So why did you choose Volkswagen ?

[99gti]

I'm only a rookie to VW's, but I picked the dub over the renault and pug based on the quality of the car. Way above the pack!

Also - I loved the cult status of the golf gti - and i now understand why. And to add to that - I always loved the look of the golf, so the choice was easy. Other than the Golf, I've owned an escort, an ET pulsar and had a liberty wagon too.

[SOHC]

Oh well, thinking back to the early 90s which i was 5, 6 years of age saw the T2 and T3 which I loved it, then the Beetle... Mk3 Golf... I loved the aircooled sound very much indeed back then. However at that time I wasn't really a fanatic on any brand or model of car. Somewhere around the age of 14 I started to like the EVO, WRX all those kinda cars, well... you know, teenager from HK... at around 16 my parents bought a MK4 Golf and I started to be a fanatic on VW and especially Golf
At 18 I got my driver's license and well, around 3months I didn't have a chance to drive any car after that. During the summer holiday I went back home and start practicing my driving technic with the Golf (lucky bastard).
Around a year after I got my driver's license I felt like I need a car, first thing in my mind was a Golf and I could just afford a MK3, so I bought it and I love driving a VeeDub more!! Oh well... my next car must be a MK1 or MK2 Cabriolet!!!

[delta|triangle]

Well good question, I think it all started for me when my parents owned a Mk1 when I was born.
It was the car that I was driven around in as a child and come to think of it the first car I ever drove (you know steered in a paddock on my dad's knee).I have always been drawn to the unique styling of the original hatch and other
Giugiaro designs like the Lancia Delta. As much as like the look of other cars -- In most cases I like these the most.

Now that own a Mk2 I have come to appreciate what it is to really drive a golf. It's more than a car to me as I'm sure many many others agree.

[Antdragonist]

if you go in bennys (86gti) mk2,
youll get a love for dubs.
a lot of fun, and when i got mine an started thrashing it round i found the thing i had been missing in life.
(not that i condone "thrashing", "hooning", "burnouts", "wheelies" lmao or anything of that nature of course.)
i love my car, i can not stress that enough. love love love.
and the feelings recipricated.
anybody that owns a dub and really has a connection with their car will tell you that you look after your vw and your vw looks after you.
its magic.

[Lukev85]

Ever since I was a kid, ive always had a thing for VW's.

The first was the good old Beetle. My first car was a 1973 Beetle 1300. It was yellow and rusted. $12000 later, fully restored (New paint, rust removal and a beefy 1600CC superbug engine). I kept the old girl for a year and reluctantly sold her for $6000.


For a few years after that I brought a new Hyundai Accent and drove that for bout 3 yrs untill i got back into the Vee Dub scene. Picked up a tired 1971 1300 of the original owner for $400 bucks and sold it a couple of months later for $1900 bucks, profit!!!!


Then was lucky enough to find the bug that was just perfect. a fully orginial 1962 1200. Picked her up from the original owner for $3200. I am slowly bringing her back, new bits here and there, but she is totally original and rust free and will stay that way. Ill never sell that but keep it in the family.

After being on the air cooled scene for a good few years, i decieded to move to the watercooled side. Ive always had a thing for the original Passats, but finding one was an absolute pain. Eventually found a 1975 Passat Wagon from Steve, a real beast with twin webbers and fully balance 2L motor am immac rust free body. its now my daily driver.

I love Vw's because of its history, cult following and its legendary reliability reputation. Ill never own anything but a Volkswagen.

[hazards_golf74]

well i ve been around vw as long as can remember alway going to v dub show with my pa the bug didn t bit big tome untill my dad brought a mrk 1 auto whicd we learnt how to drive in but he sold it for a manual manga any way i ended up buying the same golf bout three years later ever since then i wouldn t have any thing else. its just not the same driving any thing else feels like cheating

[Jarred]

*points at josh*

His fault.

I'm nowhere near as in love with Vdubs as most here. I just love old cars. The way they look. They way the sound. How they're easy enough to work on (with help from you guys) and how original and unique they are. They're also very cheap, compared to an old falcon (XP -XY). And the GTi is the origional hot hatch.

How many mk 1 owners do I know? Well a few now, but before being here no-one. Well and Josh. For some reason, probably due to the beetles, Vdubs are inherintly cool.
I'm trying to get my dad to buy a new passat or something. The quality, value for money and reliabilty is just incredible. As a couple people have said "the solid sound when you slam the door."

[JayVR6]

did some research when i started thinking about buying a car,
found a car with big engine in a small car aka VR6 and its in my price range.
owned it for a year now and never looked back

[craig_the_german]

Hi All,

Why did I buy a VW?

I took the family on holiday to Germany back in December 2004. We were sitting there watching TV one night and an advert came on for the new MKV GTI. I remember it clearly, Red GTI being driven "spiritedly" through a deserted multi-level car park and I thought...."How hot is that?"

Realising I couldn't afford the newly released MKV I settled for a MKIV and the rest is history......

[balkanac]

Hello,
I got my VW by chance. A mate has seen it on the net, and at the time this dealership had 3 of them! mine was a local and the other 2 were from eastern states. He said lets go and see how it goes. None of us has ever driven one.
We went there in my Liberty B4 and took the golf for a drive. There was a blue one and i wanted that one but it was already spoken for. I was suprised how different it was to my liberty. Soooo responsive. Liberty needed revving to get the power out (needed the second turbo to spool up, and this happens after 4500rpm). We came back and they offered a really good price for my liberty and agreed to pay the transfer fee, so next day i went in and swapped cars!!
I was always a fan of rare european sports cars like M3s, R32s, S3/4s, Alfa 147/ 156 GTAs (i'd never buy one though), Clio RSs, Delta integralles etc. Too bad we dont have some of these here on OZ.
I'd probably trade my car for a E46 M3 or an S5, but thats long way away, maybe one day