Golf Ownership - Pleasure or Pain???

[mix]

its a balance really, you get the fun of ragging it down the b-roads, then you get shafted for repairs as everything gets old

my old golf tho was a great laugh cos it cost me 400quids and i just kept it running for college so my bills werent to massive excepts for the mot where i need new brake hoses and tyres.  so it was a pleasure all the way for me, also great for the rush hour as everyone else drove shiny new beemers and mercs and where affraid of cutting me up

[marcogolfo]

definitely a pleasure.  I'm on my first golf mk 2 16 valve.  I bought it for 500 quid and it was an absolute dog.  I didnt know it at the time but i then went on to replace just about every part you can imagine.  It has made me lots of new friends  an i know a lot of mechanics now.  Also I've learn't a hell of a lot more about cars.  I especially love the ownership thing when you pass anothe golf ion the road and they flash you as you check each others golfs out.  Its a good feeling i love it, need a bit of welding doing though but i spose thats nothing for an eighteen year old car.  I still rip the sh!t out of some new cars

[takethefifth]

Pleasure! Just got my 2nd Mk2 8v and i am addicted... As a daily driver thats fun to drive its great. Firstly i hate not owning my car, depreciation upsets me!
Now I appreciate my golf costs me a little more to run than my old cavalier but the benefits of having a car thats so lovely to drive suit me fine! If you like driving and can sacrifice a few extra pennies its worth it. But i do mean a few, compare parts and labour (ie. time to fit) to other GTi styled things and it does make sense. Of course theres no more £20 remoulds for me  ....
Plus of course its a classic and deserves to be preserved!!
Now i just need to figure out what to do with my old dented one..... (damn evil white van drivers who leave without leaving insurance details!)

[Organisys]

All Pleasure,

1) Be prepared to roll you sleaves up, it saves money and adds to the ownership experience.

2) The parts are very cheap when compared to newer cars.

3) There are cheaper older cars to run, (cavalier) but that's not the point is it? They dont drive anything like the GTI.

[Volkswagavin]

I'm onto my 2nd mk2 and I want another one, only a bit faster!  My 1st golf, a driver (H reg) cost me a fortune - new engine, weber carb, driveshafts, balljoints, a few dents over the years, but it was enjoyable apart from the carb icing in the winter.  My GTi has been great since I bought it.  A couple of minor repairs but nothing major.  Wonderful to drive and has only once let me down (gear selector rod fell off), costing me nothing to repair because a mate had a spare.  Its used as a daily driver and my work car  - I deliver pizza as a 2nd job!

[monzablue16v]

Pleasure mixed with pain generally from skinned knuckles or sliced hands arms crushed toes new t shirts!! But when you race a new golf gti and absolutley blitz it you look in the mirror and you have a big cheesy grin on your face and country roads well..... why buy a motorbike!!
Try running a new car for the same as ur golf £20 £30 for most bits compared to £300 for a service every 10000 miles and if anything goes wrong with it then you have to take out a mortgage and take it to a garage because everything is so complex and computerised that you daredn't even change the oil on it.
trolley jack and a socket set oh and a big hammer and molgrips make it an easy choice can you still buy new bits for 18 year old cars not made by VW you try and get bits for a pug 205gti no longer in production or stock usually!
definitley more pleasure than pain and most of all you can't beat a mk2 slammed with nice rims for the looks can you?
  sums it up really!

[Gambit]

mine is mostly pleasure but it does have a few wee niggly problems which cause me a bit of pain but once these are sorted it will be pleasure all the way

its even a pleasure just looking at a GTI