Quote from: X4MGS on 28 June 2013, 00:33Welcome to the MK2 club...My son's 1st car was a MK2 (Wonder why!!) Enjoy it and mess with it as much as you want... Then you'll learn that OEM is the way. But we all have to start somewhere and what a good car to start with...You will find all the help you need on here and no doubt some sarcasm, but take it with a pinch of salt... It's a forum after all...Enjoy & Learn!!thanks mate!!
Welcome to the MK2 club...My son's 1st car was a MK2 (Wonder why!!) Enjoy it and mess with it as much as you want... Then you'll learn that OEM is the way. But we all have to start somewhere and what a good car to start with...You will find all the help you need on here and no doubt some sarcasm, but take it with a pinch of salt... It's a forum after all...Enjoy & Learn!!
Wise words from X4MGS, I've only been here a month or two and the guys have been stupidly helpful.And insurance wasn't so bad, I made sure I had the parents as named drivers to lower the risk and it came out at about £900 fully comp 6000 or 8000 (can't remember) miles a year.
Quote from: VWchapman17 on 28 June 2013, 00:35Quote from: X4MGS on 28 June 2013, 00:33Welcome to the MK2 club...My son's 1st car was a MK2 (Wonder why!!) Enjoy it and mess with it as much as you want... Then you'll learn that OEM is the way. But we all have to start somewhere and what a good car to start with...You will find all the help you need on here and no doubt some sarcasm, but take it with a pinch of salt... It's a forum after all...Enjoy & Learn!!thanks mate!!No Problem... I just wish I could have started with with a MK2 Golf.... I had a 2CV in multi coloured 70's green , took me 10 years to get a Driver (For the ex wife @£3.5K Bargain...) and have owned at least 20 MK2 GTI's since...As said enjoy and welcome to the club...
Quote from: X4MGS on 28 June 2013, 00:45Quote from: VWchapman17 on 28 June 2013, 00:35Quote from: X4MGS on 28 June 2013, 00:33Welcome to the MK2 club...My son's 1st car was a MK2 (Wonder why!!) Enjoy it and mess with it as much as you want... Then you'll learn that OEM is the way. But we all have to start somewhere and what a good car to start with...You will find all the help you need on here and no doubt some sarcasm, but take it with a pinch of salt... It's a forum after all...Enjoy & Learn!!thanks mate!!No Problem... I just wish I could have started with with a MK2 Golf.... I had a 2CV in multi coloured 70's green , took me 10 years to get a Driver (For the ex wife @£3.5K Bargain...) and have owned at least 20 MK2 GTI's since...As said enjoy and welcome to the club...at least I done the sensible thing and get a mk2!!
damn that's cheap.. mines 1100 fully comp!!! with parents as named driverswill need some tips or advice tomorrow as my car has a weber carb and a manual choke, when I actually start the car it cuts out straight after??
It's a mk2. Fill it, drive it, enjoy it.
Quote from: VWchapman17 on 28 June 2013, 01:01damn that's cheap.. mines 1100 fully comp!!! with parents as named driverswill need some tips or advice tomorrow as my car has a weber carb and a manual choke, when I actually start the car it cuts out straight after??Yeah I was pretty pleased, I couldn't believe it when I realised I could afford a mk2 GTI haha.Have you used a manual choke before? (http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7993007_use-manual-choke-car.html)
