What made you a Golf nut?

[Dinky]

My story-was shoppin around for a small car,had to b small cos i cant park,was originally lookin for a renault 5 gt turbo :-[,got put off them by a guy at vine place who said the engines kept blowing on em n it was actually my bloke who suggested a golf-he meant a tin but i decided on a cabrio!
N now i love em!

Dinx 

[robiwill]

My first car was a fiat Pnda and also my second. I came to change me car and looking around I found a MK2 Driver 3dr in black. I liked it so I bought it. I had the car for 5 yrs with no problems untill it reached 160k and tthen the gearbox gave up. Replaced this only to have it written offf by a bus a week later:-(
I went out and bought a replacement MK3 Driver 5dr which wasnt as good and the head gasket went with only 79k showing, had this repaired and about 6 months later lost it on oil and water on Huntingdon ring rd (made the front page of the local paper).

Well no question went out and bought a GTi 8v but this nearly killed my love of golfs. It cost me in the 12 months of ownership nearly ?2500 in parts.

However I got rid of it and purchased a MK3 GTi  which wasnt as quick but certainly more refined.

I now have a garden and garage full of projects including a MK2 campaign 8v which when its finnished will be my daily driver as it is having the engine totally rebuilt, and the full braking system. The interior is mint and totally unmolested. Then its bye bye slow mk3 and hello fun fun fun on back rds, although I will miss abs

[Beetleman]

Started with veedubs 20 years ago  with 1200 cc Beetles and a 1303S (which I still have). Corrado owner now but still have very fond memories of an E reg mk2 8v and would have another one at the drop of a hat.

I remember when the GTi/XR3/GTE's were launched, totally new family hatchbacks that would blow the doors of any supposedly quick car of the late seventies/early eighties.

I suppose the attraction of VW's are their honesty, just quality engineering rather than relying on gimmick's although it seems as though the latest mk5's have had to be fitted with a fair share to keep up with everthing else.

I must admit to being a particular fan of the mk2 which in my eyes is a classic shape (not to say that the mk1 isn't) which became diluted with the mk3. I like the mk4 but not sure about the mk5 yet, some days I like it other days I don't

[Slimmedmk2]

I got into golfs when a couple of mates both got mk2 8valves about 6 years ago and i tagged along to the shows,before then i was a ford man,but soon converted after driving my mates 8v :)Now after 5 mk2s 2 audis 3 polos 1 beetle im totally hooked

[...joe]

only ever wanted a mk2 golf, don't know why just wanted one. now i have one!!!

[Veedubgt18v]

only ever wanted a mk2 golf, don't know why just wanted one. now i have one!!!

thats about the basis of my argument as well! also the fact the they do have a bit of history!

[VR6_ROB]

well I loved golfs and audis ever since i was little
my dad owned a mk1 gti for years but sold it
as i used to cry in the back

then he got a mk2 gti red 1 totally standard
n sold that on when he got banned for a year :'(
then he got a audi 80 f reg which he had for 11year
no problems

then once i passed my test I had a banger ax to start with
then the G reg polo got me into the dub scene

then about 3 weeks ago I got my first mk2 gti
and I am absolutley hooked hopefully gonna keep
it for a long long time got big plans for her