dgd1600
29-09-2008, 12:22 PM
I'm sadly departing with my GTi in a couple of weeks. Only had it for a 16 or so months and have had to sell it.
If only I'd found this site before I sold it. Not sure it would have made a difference to the final outcome but to find people of like mind is always a good thing.
I;ve been building and racing datsun 1600's for years and wanted a small zippy car that was of high build quality and was a pleasure to drive. End result was the GTi. Don't get me wrong I'm not putting GTI's in the same league as datsun 1600's but in their days the datto was a great car - as Golfs are today and similarly have been for a long time since the mk1 was released. Pitty actually Nissan didn't maintain the culture that VW has with the golf. Others I looked at were the Ford Focus ZR5 ( nice but nowhere near as nice fit and finish ) - Mazda MPS ( I think I'm too old for all the fiddly bits ) - Pug ( no resale value )
Oh. the reason for selling - I live on a dirt road ( read damn council doesn;t service road with big rocks and pot holes ) and keeping the car looking good and undamaged meant it was not being driven much. So I decided to sell my golf and Nissan patrol and buy a 200 series landcruiser - a tad different than the golf, but at least it will be a bit more resiliant to the road conditions.
So there you have it - some might say why buy a golf in the first place - passion for a nice car overuled the head - and who isn't guilty of this!
If only I'd found this site before I sold it. Not sure it would have made a difference to the final outcome but to find people of like mind is always a good thing.
I;ve been building and racing datsun 1600's for years and wanted a small zippy car that was of high build quality and was a pleasure to drive. End result was the GTi. Don't get me wrong I'm not putting GTI's in the same league as datsun 1600's but in their days the datto was a great car - as Golfs are today and similarly have been for a long time since the mk1 was released. Pitty actually Nissan didn't maintain the culture that VW has with the golf. Others I looked at were the Ford Focus ZR5 ( nice but nowhere near as nice fit and finish ) - Mazda MPS ( I think I'm too old for all the fiddly bits ) - Pug ( no resale value )
Oh. the reason for selling - I live on a dirt road ( read damn council doesn;t service road with big rocks and pot holes ) and keeping the car looking good and undamaged meant it was not being driven much. So I decided to sell my golf and Nissan patrol and buy a 200 series landcruiser - a tad different than the golf, but at least it will be a bit more resiliant to the road conditions.
So there you have it - some might say why buy a golf in the first place - passion for a nice car overuled the head - and who isn't guilty of this!