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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: BobbyT on 12 October 2006, 17:02

Title: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: BobbyT on 12 October 2006, 17:02
just a random question i have been meaning to ask, my release is on the passenger side, is this normal?  :undecided:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 October 2006, 17:10
if i remember rightly i think mine is too
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: gibby on 12 October 2006, 17:12
Yup, my cab's is on the passenger side and my Rallye is on the same side but as its LHD it's the drivers side. :laugh:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Neaty on 12 October 2006, 19:11
yea all mark 1's are that side. My scirocco is on the passenger side aswell, think it shares the same floor pan as a mark 1 golf
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Dinky on 12 October 2006, 19:36
yeah mine is too...althou i do have a mirror on my sun visorthingyamebob.. :smug:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Neaty on 12 October 2006, 19:39
only so u can check ur hair  :tongue:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Dinky on 12 October 2006, 19:47
nah...i own a cabriolet..wen the hoods down, feck ya hair! :laugh:
nah..was with it being an import..hence me needed a new carpet too!

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Neaty on 12 October 2006, 19:52
so does the other side have a mirror too?
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Dinky on 12 October 2006, 19:53
nope...its back to front aint it u numpty cos it used to be a lhd.. :laugh:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Neaty on 12 October 2006, 19:56
I know that :laugh:, i just thought someone might of put on it at some point in its life
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: BobbyT on 12 October 2006, 22:01
cool, just wasnt sure if that was how it was ment to be or if mine had been fooked about with, mine was made in 1982 but it wasnt registered in the uk until 1987?? what does that mean??  :undecided:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: golfpro on 13 October 2006, 09:29
no one bought it for 5 years!

Didnt realise yours used to be lhd dinx! every days a school day!
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: gibby on 13 October 2006, 10:13
cool, just wasnt sure if that was how it was ment to be or if mine had been fooked about with, mine was made in 1982 but it wasnt registered in the uk until 1987?? what does that mean?? :undecided:

Either it was sat in VW's storage yard for five years or it got shipped abroad somewhere for the first few years of it's life, at a guess. I doubt it was sat in storage though as they'll have sold it within five years.
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: golfpro on 13 October 2006, 10:19
is it possible it was used as a demo or show car? My dad used to have a volvo that was used as like a demo car which i think was the same, wasnt registered for a good while after it was made. As a bonus it had all the toys and low mileage too.
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: gibby on 13 October 2006, 10:44
I was thinking that, but they stopped building mk1s in 83/84 so why have a demo car for three/four years that you don't actually produce anymore ? I also thought that in order for it to be on the road it would need to be registered to VW at least so that it had tax, MOT and insurance etc.
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: golfpro on 13 October 2006, 10:57
hmmm, tis a mystery then.
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: BobbyT on 13 October 2006, 11:14
random eh?  :undecided:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: golfpro on 13 October 2006, 11:16
yeah sure is! Id be tempted to look into it though, only problem is, where the hell would you start?
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: topher on 13 October 2006, 11:22
Possibly an import and DVLA messed up, happens quite a lot.. seen an M reg and an L reg rallye before :laugh:
Title: Re: what side is your bonet release?
Post by: Stu.750 on 13 October 2006, 13:53
Yeah n the DVLA seem to not give anyone any proper answers , like gettin blood out of a stone ,
 
 im tryin to register mine , but i didnt get a log book with it , it was imported from the ilse of man in 2005 an say on someones drive (dont worry it is legit) without bein rregistered , ive contacted the IOM vehicle registary , they have let me know the reg number it used over there , but the DVLA cant decide weather my car should be given an AGE related plate because its an import , or re-issue its old number because it only went over the water.

 its like tryin to get blood out of a stone