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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Rolfe on 15 July 2009, 22:21
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Just wondering. What was the launch year of each of the models? I remember having a Golf GTi on my short list in about 1997, and I'm curious - what was it I didn't buy?
Rolfe.
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Mk3 probably for the best!!
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Mk1 was up to late 1983, mk2: 1983/84 to 1991/92, mk3: 1992 to 1998, mk4: 1998 to 2005, mk5 2005 on.
I might be wrong, so please feel free to correct.
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mk6 2009 on :)
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Thanks guys!
When I look at the dates when I didn't buy a Golf (end 1997/early 1988 and 2003), it looks as if what I missed out on was Mk 3 and Mk 4. (Bought a Peugeot 306 GTi-6 instead.)
Mk 6 on order now though! :grin:
Rolfe.
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306 GTI-6, i had one, awesome car.
White before white was cool!
Well in that gap after the 80's an before '05
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Had mine 11 and a half years, 118,000 miles. Blaze Yellow, looks clean even when absolutely filthy. Easy to spot in car parks. Goes like a train. Absolutely breaks my heart to scrap it, but it can't go on forever and nobody's going to give me £2,000 for it this time next year.
Blue Graphite VW Golf GTi Mk VI, 5-door, DSG, ACC and a few other extras currently on order.
Rolfe.
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I followed a P-reg Mk III through Glasgow city centre on the M8 this evening. I have to say it looked quite uninspiring [ducks smartly]. I can see why I bought the Peugeot in 1998 [runs away and hides....]
Rolfe.
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Had mine 11 and a half years, 118,000 miles. Blaze Yellow, looks clean even when absolutely filthy. Easy to spot in car parks. Goes like a train. Absolutely breaks my heart to scrap it, but it can't go on forever and nobody's going to give me £2,000 for it this time next year.
Blue Graphite VW Golf GTi Mk VI, 5-door, DSG, ACC and a few other extras currently on order.
Rolfe.
Let it go Rolfe :laugh:,all good things come to a end or a square lump of metal.
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I'll get over it! Right now I'm patting its steering wheel and talking to it! It's almost like putting down an elderly pet! Drove 100 mile round trip last night to see the new Harry Potter film, pelting through a lot of standing water on the way out. It's handling fine, but a bit of me can't wait to see how the Golf handles that road.
I just hope that slight exhaust noise doesn't come to anything before the Golf is delivered, 'cos I don't really want to spend another penny on the Peugeot now.
Rolfe.
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Don`t know why i`m laughing i`m doing the same thing with my 1996 mk3 astra 2.0ltr 16 v sport,80,000 miles and still looks mint,the thing that gets me is the thought of people pouring over betsy and stripping her of parts :cry:
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Oh, are they allowed to salvage parts from cars in the scrappage deal? Actually, that makes me feel better. I'd be happy to think that bits of my Peugeot were living on in someone else's car. Bids for the leather seats, anyone?
Funny, I never gave the Peugeot a name, even though it's the best car I've ever had. My first Fiesta 1.1L was Miranda, after getting me from Hertfordshire to central Scotland in fine style one night ("She who is worthy to be admired"). Her successor, an XR2, seemed to be a boy, so was Ferdinand to match. I suppose the Peugeot could have been Ariel, carrying on the reference, but I only thought of that now this minute. Maybe the Golf should be Prospero, when he's delivered.
OK, belatedly, the Peugeot is Ariel.
I'll have to keep the Golf forever, because Caliban is about all that's left!
Rolfe.
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What about setebos ?, or something more common like betsy :laugh:
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Wasn't the last MK2 ever made, made in 1993? I'm sure I've read something about a 93 MK2.