unmodified, 100 bhp out of a car that weighs less than a ton?
mine was only fast roaded and was faster than a Mk1 golf GTI, no drama.

And you didn't look like an Essex prick boy racer. Granted, that image is gone from golfs now, but still.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:03, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

No, you look like a grandad.
Sorry, I just don't like them all that much.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:05, Reply)

and yet you like boxy common-as-muck golfs?
there has to be a happy medium here...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)

Here you go

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:15, Reply)

Because I learned mechanics on them. I'm always going to have a soft spot for them, regardless.

( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:16, Reply)

but... dey fugly
you spend all that time and money doing them up, and can't sell them on, because as you point out... nobody wants to pay 7k for them
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

only an idiot does up cars for the money
as it'll always cost you more than you can sell it for.

There is the odd exception for very, very rare cars that fetch 6-7 figures at auction, but normal stuff - generally it'll cost you twice as much as it's worth to do it up. You do it up because you enjoy doing it or because you plan to keep it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:23, Reply)

haha, it's not like it matters
"men don't agree over two out of a million available cars" shocker.

I think we can both agree that 7k for a mk1 golf is a joke, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:11, Reply)

Heh, quite.
I can't see a mk2 Golf ever being worth 8 grand. That's Stag money.
( Kroney, Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:17, Reply)