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12-13-2008, 12:07 PM | #45 |
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If I was going to buy an old hot hatch then it would have to be the 'original' a Golf GTi in Red - ideally a 1983 Campaign version:
For the time they handled and went so well - they were fairly austere and by modern standards they didn't look at all special but equally they weren't over complicated or weighed down by tons of electronics, they just did everything you asked of them. Lots of fond memories of cars from that period - the Alfasud 1.5Ti Green Cloverleaf I had was also a cracking little car - 4 cyl boxer engine, twin dellorto's (one throttle per cyl) and the mag alloys - not one bit of rust either. Alfasud 1.5 Ti Green Cloverleaf:
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The Alfa looks nice
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12-13-2008, 12:29 PM | #48 |
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I have not driven a 944 no.
Mark the MK1 GTi does look special i think. It looks da Bomb, and must of looked even better when new.
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12-13-2008, 12:57 PM | #49 |
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I'm amazed the Golf Gti MkII 8v hasn't been mentioned yet
I had a 1992 J reg in Atlas Grey with the original BBS RA wheels - a truly beautiful beautiful car. Was totally standard, in immaculate condition, and I did a very happy 30k miles or so in that. I actually preferred the 8v to the 16v, because although it wasn't as fast, it was much easier to drive quickly more of the time than the 16v, whose power was all at the top end and you had to rev the nuts of it to get anywhere. Build quality was brilliant for the time, as reliable as any Japanese motor, and much more discreet than the XR3i and Astra GTEs of the time... ps.. pics aren't of my own car... can't find them
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That's not my car!!! Can't find pictures of my own one
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Really like the Mark 2 Golf GTI. One of my mates at the time did his Uni Gap Year at VW and brought a few home at weekend. The 16v was very top end but between 5 & 7k revs it really did shift.
He also brought home the first Corrado in the country in that Custard Yellow and a G40 Polo which was a super pocket rocket.
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12-13-2008, 02:47 PM | #53 |
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golf would have to be mk2 gti 16v with g60 arches and a 60ml drop. mmmm
Remember when everyone was running 15" tsw stelths, they looked so big back then lol phil
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Had a few mildly warm and hot hatches from 18 years. Fiesta Sport and Fiesta Supersport were the mild, but also had two RS1600i's which were the hot. The first in black had a Richard Longman ECU. They were the guys running the Datapost Escorts in Touring Car. Went like hot shite off a shovel and would 'do' standard R5 GTT, RS Turbos and most other cars of the day. The second in white was a little milder with just breathed on head, cams and exhaust. Loved those Escorts and in hindsight should not have sold the last one. Still have spare ECU and twin coils in my basement. Working units are becoming hens teeth.
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12-13-2008, 03:22 PM | #56 |
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my bro had a rs1600i and it used to whip my old superchipped xr2i, He loved it, but his glory was short lived i moved on to r5 gtt and showed him some 1.4 turbo power lol.
He the bought an xr2 and dropped in the rs1600i engine, never had a play. Then one day my gtt running 15psi, around 160bhp had a short squirt killed him, will never forget that moment
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Back in the day the Escort XR3i was the one to get. I remember a mate of mine being given one as an 18th birthday present in white! Git! It was a real pulling wagon for a set of 17 and 18 year olds! I drove a Pug 1.9 Gti and loved it. Another belter was the VW Corrado VR6! Bloody loved that car. I also ran a Honda CRX. Cracking v-tec engine and bloody good looking.
To Porscha...FFS stay on topic can't you? If it isn't bloody classics you start ranting about 944s . I've driven a 944S. Bloody great car...but that isn't what this particuar thread is about. Wind your neck in and think before posting. It's no wonder people get fecked off with you. Just for once I'm with Carlos on this one!
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Some cracking old iconic hatches in here. Its great to see some pics of them.
Really makes me want to crack out the RS Turbo and have some fun. Although i feel to old for it now.
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I agree with Tony though - the Mk II was probably a better and more grown-up proposition but the purist in me would always hanker after a mint Mk 1. I also agree with him about the 8v/16v - the 8v was more tractable than the 16v in daily driving. It was a cracking little car - very charismatic and very under-rated. Always remember my first drive in it, bright cold autumn day, leaves blowing over the road and me blasting along some of the country lanes on my way home - beautiful drive.
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I remember in my first car a modified 1991 fiesta SX (back in 2001) i came up behind a R5GTT. It just fooked off so quick.
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