Time to sell?

[illyun]

Im seriously sick of driving the mk2. Im after something more refined.

Am I nuts for even thinking of selling?

Everyone tells me that i will regtret it but how? Its just a respray, lowered and leather interior 


I need advice

Heretic... how could you even think of it?  - Unless of course, you sell it to me 

[illyun]

Move up a mk!

That would mean he'd have to get a Mk3 

[Organisys]

I've been driving a 53 plate Saab 95 for business for a week or so now, and I can't wait to ditch it in the work car park and drive my Mk2 home.

Most modern cars are to heavy and boring to drive. The mk2 has throttle response, brake feel, steering feel.......etc

Don't sell it !

[tom26]

Most modern cars are to heavy and boring to drive. The mk2 has throttle response, brake feel, steering feel.......etc

Don't sell it !

well said that man

[Mr Blue]

Move up a mk!

That would mean he'd have to get a Mk3 

hahah mk3's are alrite

Had cabs and vr6's. Love em 

[dubsport]

Im kind of in the same position as you. I have a love hate relationship with my mk2 i really love the car (when she works) and i can see what i want to have done to it but i cant see it happening anytime soon, then little things keep going wrong which makes me think whats the point!?! Id like something a little more 'modern' so im thinking of selling her next year when i have more no claims and going for a mk3 GTI but i really cant decide what to do! I hate making decisions 

[bulk66]

I think im going to go back to a mk2 i love my VR the noise and performance are great but theres some thing about the mk2s, when i see one on the road which is getting less and less now i always have to have a good look at it or i find my self parking next to them and having a look round them, my wife thinks i have a problem  . Looks like a mk2 16v for me next.

[monkeyalan]

i'm thinking of selling my polo 16v that i bought in march and buying a mk2 aswell.

must be catching. 

[GTi_Lee]

stick with the mk2 I would say. I havent had one before but I have test driven one and well let's just say I'm going to ditch modern and refined for raw and responsive.

I have a 2003 1.2 ibiza. (I know it's not a luxury top spec golf but it's still a modern hatchback) Which to be fair although slow, is still very refined and quiet. The steering is electric and very very light. Long drives are pretty easy in it. It's got air con, electric windows, remote central locking, cd player and all that malark which aint bad at all on a base model Seat.

But essentially it'll be like trading in the fun of motoring for the chore of motoring. Hence why I'm looking to get myself a valver. Yeah a newer car would be a lot more comfortable but you dont really ever feel "in control" of the car as such. You dont feel hardly any of the road combined with the light steering means any desire for spirited turn ins on fast corners are quickly disappated as you simply dont know how the car will react as you are in some ways numb to it all.

A modern car will take you from A to B in relative comfort but with all modern cars looking more and more the same nowadays I find the angular square like mk2 golfs the most alternative not to mention coolest looking vehicles on the road. Also new cars are a lot fatter than older cars, and if you want performance then you'll have to shell out a lot more cash for a similar driving experience. My car handles like a boat and even though classed as a "supermini" it weighs a lot more than a golf! Think about it man, it's up to you, I'm sure you'll make the right choice. 

Regards,

Richie Lee

[Simpson]

Well said though, i think these vehicles seem to attract obsessive personanilties that can't let go. I have thought about selling mine several times when its been leaking orhad this that or the other go wrong. One thing that does surprise me is that nobody of the older generation seems to regard them as a classic, they are just well built old hatchbacks to most. Theythink something like a Mgb or triumph Stagg is a true classic. In all fairness with the right suspenson these cars are not less comfortable than a modern car imo. I always love getting back into the mark 2 after driving something else, it just feels so solid and right. Thats my two pence worth anyway. Dont sell, fuel the desease.