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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Thom89 on 21 July 2012, 14:31
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
What's the point of owning then? Put in a glass case and admire it.
:grin:
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
What's the point of owning then?
+1 :tongue:
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
What's the point of owning then? Put in a glass case and admire it.
:grin:
would still own it :smiley:
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More mile soon summers coming!!!
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Who has done the most? I've done around 4k this year, mostly thrilling B road miles
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Mine done 92 miles since it's MOT in October.
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i done nearly 1500 miles in the 6-8 weeks i had the mk2 easy
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
what a fooking waste, :rolleyes: even mine has done over a thousand miles, just :kiss:
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
Take out the mk2 owners meet and I have only done 80 odd miles... Doesn't hurt keeping it dry.. :smiley:
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So far, this year, my Golf has done less than 40 miles! because of the weather :rolleyes: and that was to GTI International and home twice!
Thom
I did more than twice that mileage in mine today :grin:
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I would put Thom's in a glass case. He does drive that hard when the suns out! :grin:
Mine has done about 500 miles. I use my Punani Honda as it's more reliable :evil:
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I've done about 7k in mine this year. :smiley:
It's such a good car, it stands up really well as a daily driver. Luckily, I live only 12 miles from my work - but it's such good fun, I tend to take the scenic route (if only to make sure its properly warmed up).
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0 in mine so far.......
Come on MIVW!!
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Not many done in mine, prob a couple of hundred,in and out of the garage for bits and bobs, hoping to get it back this week and actually use the bloody thing, in the sun :grin:
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I do about 150 miles a week in mine - come rain or shine... My daily hack... :laugh: :laugh:
& I just don't get you people who won't/don't use yours... :shocked:
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Probs done 1500 in mine since mot, last year I did 13k
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No point owing it if you don't drive it
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No point owing it if you don't drive it
Sweeping statement! I see my car every day, polished and safe in the garage, out of the elements that can quickly deteriorate, sunlight can do as much damage as acid rain. I savour the times when I get an unexpected chance to take the Golf for some very quick A road driving, my car gets driven very hard!
If my car got driven regularly, then I would have lost interest ages ago! It would have deteriorated, and would have well over 100k on the clock by now, I would have sold it ages ago
Thom
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No point owing it if you don't drive it
Sweeping statement! I see my car every day, polished and safe in the garage, out of the elements that can quickly deteriorate, sunlight can do as much damage as acid rain. I savour the times when I get an unexpected chance to take the Golf for some very quick A road driving, my car gets driven very hard!
If my car got driven regularly, then I would have lost interest ages ago! It would have deteriorated, and would have well over 100k on the clock by now, I would have sold it ages ago
Thom
FFS Its a car!
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No point owing it if you don't drive it
Sweeping statement! I see my car every day, polished and safe in the garage, out of the elements that can quickly deteriorate, sunlight can do as much damage as acid rain. I savour the times when I get an unexpected chance to take the Golf for some very quick A road driving, my car gets driven very hard!
If my car got driven regularly, then I would have lost interest ages ago! It would have deteriorated, and would have well over 100k on the clock by now, I would have sold it ages ago
Thom
FFS Its a car!
A car to some a hobby obsession to others.......it's like a good pair of shoes, some people save them for best others say f... It and wear them out walking across the moors.
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A car to some a hobby obsession to others.......it's like a good pair of shoes, some people save them for best others say f... It and wear them out walking across the moors.
Good analogy that. :smiley:
Just looking at it is good enough for me. Knowing it's mine and no one elses.
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To own anything and not use it is pretty pointless imo, be it a car or shoes. I use mine everyday, freighted up with tools and drills etc, to and from work, thrashed to within an inch of its life, then highly maintained to the highest of standards at weekends. Used and abused and still cleaner than most
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As already said, a car is pointless if you dont drive it so how about finding a good excuse to drive it and enter some sprints at Curborough, I want to see how I do against a comparable car :grin:. As for the excuse of the weather, pah, this is what underseal and cleaning it is for :rolleyes: :tongue: if thats what your into.
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I own mine as a piece of automotive greatness, I like others to see it and remember the day..it's for the future I care for it .. it's not a van for carrying tools, I hope it will be around in another 24 years. I have other toys for thrashing.... Much more fun than the golf.
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No point owing it if you don't drive it
Sweeping statement! I see my car every day, polished and safe in the garage, out of the elements that can quickly deteriorate, sunlight can do as much damage as acid rain. I savour the times when I get an unexpected chance to take the Golf for some very quick A road driving, my car gets driven very hard!
If my car got driven regularly, then I would have lost interest ages ago! It would have deteriorated, and would have well over 100k on the clock by now, I would have sold it ages ago
Thom
FFS Its a car!
Exactly! thats why I don't get bothered if I don't drive it! it works both ways :wink:
Thom
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To own anything and not use it is pretty pointless imo, be it a car or shoes. I use mine everyday, freighted up with tools and drills etc, to and from work, thrashed to within an inch of its life, then highly maintained to the highest of standards at weekends. Used and abused and still cleaner than most
I've got an 8 year old Passat V6TDI Estate for doing that. Well maybe minus the thrashed part.
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I've done about 2000 miles since last November when I got it. I look after it but also use it. Doesn't get used in the rain if I can avoid it but that's been impossible this year so it's had some good soakings.
It's off to the bodyshop tomorrow to sort out the rear hatch. I'd say it's 95% anyway but I want it 100% so it'll disappear for a week to e-emerge as a piece of automotive brilliance!!!
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A car to some a hobby obsession to others.......it's like a good pair of shoes, some people save them for best others say f... It and wear them out walking across the moors.
I like this analogy - But unlike a pair of shoes - you can get a MK2 fixed when you wear them out and I don't seem to remember any shoes that you class as an "Iconic" pair and stick away in the wardrobe for 10 year (unless you were Imelda Marcos or own a pair of Jimmy Chose - but most of us are blokes...).
Also a MK2 NEEDS using or they just seize up...
How many shoes need 100K to break in and get the best out of them?????
No disrespect to anyone, but I must have thrown £6K at my MK2 since I bought her, and I still use it as my daily hack and she would still put most "Show Cars" to shame....
So Why hide her??
I think she should be shown off and appreciated by those who know what they are looking at... Yes I keep the mileage as low as I can - BUT still use her 3-4 times a week...
Just My Thoughts....
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Why do people refer to cars as 'her?'
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Keeping my Mk2 tucked away makes no rational sense what so ever if you think of it as a "car". To me, I just think of it as something nice that I own
Also a MK2 NEEDS using or they just seize up...
This may well be the case, but use it, and bits wear out. Don't use it and bits seize up. Either way, they'll all need working on, and that's half the fun of ownership.
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A lot depends on how they are stored, if you're not careful even left in a garage whilst looking presentable they can just rot away from the inside out. Mine is my only car at the moment so will be used pretty much every day. A few miles on the clock won't do it any harm, it has a 170,000+ showing on it and took a lad from work to a run out on Saturday night to a local meet and he commented on how smooth it was running, he also seemed surprised how well it went but TBH after buying it blind so am I :grin:
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A car to some a hobby obsession to others.......it's like a good pair of shoes, some people save them for best others say f... It and wear them out walking across the moors.
I like this analogy - But unlike a pair of shoes - you can get a MK2 fixed when you wear them out and I don't seem to remember any shoes that you class as an "Iconic" pair and stick away in the wardrobe for 10 year (unless you were Imelda Marcos or own a pair of Jimmy Chose - but most of us are blokes...).
Also a MK2 NEEDS using or they just seize up... A
It is just an analogy there are differences, you can repair shoes and no cars don't often have laces , hopefully you will agree that the mk2 is verging on classic status If so classic car owners become involved and they try to preserve cars.... Three years and touch wood the golf has not seized up :smiley:
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Old top gear showed 2 16 v s go head to head years ago with 60,000 mile one against one with something like 18,000 miles. The higher mileage one beat it and now it's become this huge selling point rubbish 20 years later. It could have 160,000 on it and the seller would claim its " just run in".
If that's the case then surely a low mileage one is no better?
Personally I don't care what the mileage is because it's not exactly hard to remove a golf engine is it.
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That's it, buy on body condition. Engines and speedos can be changed easily enough. In fact, a high mileage golf with a knackered engine is a great way to haggle it down for buying for naff all, then have it swapped out a day later with your own hands
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When I had my mk2 on the road, over a year ago now unfortunately :-( , I drove it through all weather & even though it was meant to be my second car I still managed to do 7k in it! Only reason I have taken it off the road is because I can't afford to run over 400miles a week with a vr6. Engine is only on 72k and it's kept in a garage, started and driven every few months. It was my 1st car and I have no plans to sell it any time soon, it's not going down in value and it's sentimental to me because I have spent 100's of hours working on it. I think about selling my daily every week to get it back on the road but couldn't bear adding over 18/19k boring motorway miles to it every year.
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Hmmm, no miles, but about 30km :laugh:
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about 550-600 miles, since i got it in February. I drove it to work and back last sunday which was 100 miles on its own once id taken the long route home on the evening :nerd: on target for my less than 1000/ year!
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I've only done a couple hundred in mine, but I SORN'd it in March and it's been in my garage ever since :sad:
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Mine gets upset if not let out regularly :laugh: idles high etc. Its never out in the rain, cant boot it when its wet :sad:
she has been out twice in the last month :laugh:
I haven't used her much this year due to moving house, but she is now garaged :grin: :grin: :grin: