murph
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Jan 29, 2006 18:27:32 GMT
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I'm thinking of a retro Polo or Mk1/2 Golf for first car- any of you gone this route and have some opinions?
I love the small, deep dished wheel look- tried the search but couldn't dig much up....any pictures lurking about?
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Jan 29, 2006 18:36:10 GMT
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my golf was my first car. i actually had no interest in learning to drive untill i saw it parked in tescos car park with a for sale sign in the window. bought it by the end of the week and learnt to drive in it. not sure if this is the same with all golfs but with mine you cant put your foot to the floor when its cold as the engine floods (i think). I'm definately glad i got it as it still looks good (to me anyway) and it seems to get me everywhere without any major problems. only broke down once in 2 years (i forget what it was). hates the cold though. as it was when i bought it.
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Jan 29, 2006 18:36:38 GMT
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oh and welcome to retro rides by the way
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slater
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Jan 29, 2006 18:42:50 GMT
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my mate had a mk2 polo for his first car. all they relly need is a good slamming and some wide wheels and they look great!
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murph
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Jan 29, 2006 18:58:45 GMT
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Thanks guys, I've been lurking for a long time....finally decided to register tonight. Slater and LewisK78 will know me from Bit-tech (Voidedwarranty over there though)
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Last Edit: Jan 30, 2006 13:54:06 GMT by murph
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HytestA
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Cant beat a good bit of rubbing :D
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Jan 29, 2006 19:04:30 GMT
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I guess that depends on money, I would think that a Polo is a lot cheaper to insure than a Golf and as a first car you might want to save as much on insurance as you can, leaving more to spend on modifying Personally I would go for a Polo coupe as I prefer the shape. But then again a Golf will be easier to find aftermarket parts for.
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Jan 29, 2006 20:49:37 GMT
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Welcome i think a Polo would be a cheap first car, but you should check out Skoda's
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Jan 29, 2006 21:01:51 GMT
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Yeah, you could always think about a Favorit... dirt cheap, low insurance, economical, and parts are cheap from specialists (I paid £15 + VAT for a brand new master cylinder)... nippier than people think and 'entertaining' handling... On the downside, they're not the best screwed-together cars in the world...
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault.
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Jan 29, 2006 22:28:31 GMT
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Lowpolovixen on here has an amazing (IMO) looking Polo, and shows that you really can make them look good with a fairly low outlay.
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The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
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SteB
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Jan 29, 2006 23:07:09 GMT
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My first car, looking how it did when i bought it 2 1/2 years ago... Love it to bits, still have it, will probably keep it for a very very long time to come, albeit with silly wheels an engines thrown into the mix.
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A mate's mum had a Mk1 Polo and it rusted really badly so that the rear side windows fell out. I guess any that you find which have survived this long should be better!
A mate had a 1985 Mk2 Polo CL - he bought it with like 160K on the clock and it ran well, he ran it with like no maintenance for a couple of years through uni and flogged it to another mate of mine for like a ton with about 180K on the clock. He ran the old thing for about 2 - 3 years and it had 230 or 240K on the original engine when it finally met its end. Problem was he filled it up with diesel and although we drained it and tried to clean it all out it never ran 100% after that (had an intermittant fuel related cutting out problem) so he traded it for a Fiat.
Only ever failed the MOT once on a broken front spring and a number plate light not working. Only replacement parts it needed apart from that was an alternator.
They also are safe as houses in an accident.
Drive quite nice for an older FWD 1.0 as well.
Mk2 Polo = excellent first car.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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If thinking of a MK1 Golf or MK1/2 Polo do not let people kid you that they are all imune to rust (great cars that they are with superb mod potential). The first MK1 Golfs that appear in 1975 prematurely rusted even by 70's standards, so much so VW then implemented brilliant rust pretection technicques so far the other way that 1980 - 83 MK1s were superb against rust . As for Polos again the early ones rusted horrifically then the early 80'ones were brilliant then the later 80's not quite so good (but no where near as bad as 70's ones).
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SteB
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Jan 30, 2006 10:34:29 GMT
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Yep, none are impervious to the tin worm, especially polos as they were the bargin basement model and got very little in the way of underbody protection from the factory
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Stu
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Jan 30, 2006 12:36:05 GMT
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;D Oh dear, I've got a '80 Mk1 Polo and a '75 Mk1 Golf! Luckily both are in very good condition, the Golf needs renovation but nothing too major and the Polo has a bit of rust on the rear arches but again nothing structural. For it's age the Polo is in fantastic condition, better than a lot of cars 10 yrs old, never mind 26! The Polo is for sale actually...
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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HytestA
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Cant beat a good bit of rubbing :D
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Jan 30, 2006 14:35:46 GMT
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As for Polos again the early ones rusted horrifically then the early 80'ones were brilliant then the later 80's not quite so good (but no where near as bad as 70's ones). Late 80's ones got worse? well if my old Mk3 was anything to go by that wasnt the case, but then I didnt drive it all the time but it was kept outside for 90% of its life. I know the build quality on the Mk3 went down a bit though as they moved production to the Seat factory.
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Jan 30, 2006 14:39:18 GMT
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Get a mk1 Golf! they look sooper fly standard, or with tinkering undertaken!
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Jan 30, 2006 15:03:53 GMT
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my mk2 polo will be for sale soon, not with these alloys cos they're going on my new 'un, its been a great motor, V5 has it as a 1L C but it now has 1.3, 5 speed fitted, well looked after and probably only done 10k in the last 10 years i've known it.
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том
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Jan 30, 2006 15:11:02 GMT
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has anyone made an olop into van?
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Philj
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Jan 30, 2006 17:16:26 GMT
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They made polo vans out the factory. Someone on clubpolo put a g40 in one for comedy value. Still had the C&A landscape graphics on the rear window for extra sleeperness. Mk3 GTs are good fun, quite nippy for a 1.3. I got one for £200 of ebay, if you pay a bit more you'll get a better example though. Mk2 Coupe s's are pretty good fun as well, only real arseache is the lack of brake servo, definatley better built than the mk3s. Handle better as well. Theres a few on clubpolo and ebay for sale at the mo.
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Jan 30, 2006 21:19:39 GMT
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we've chopped a van in half to make a trailer (front end smash) we'll finish it one day.
only selling my breadvan cos i've bought a mk2 coupe S, just sorting a few bits out, should be on the road next week, fingers crossed.
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