I was at Camden GTI last week to get the gearbox on the Polo looked at (again) and Matt asked if I was interested in a white MK2 GTI sitting on the forecourt. Nice looking car, sitting low with 14" steelies and a few bits of trim missing. The price was too good to pass up so I spent the rest of the day pulling all the little bits I needed for the car off one of Matt's wrecked MK2's.
I had to drive the Polo back home to Braidwood and the first chance to get the GTI was today. Caught the train up with the kids (can we come with you on the train daddy?) and drove the Golf the 250k's back home. Turned out to be a really nice drive. Yes the suspension was stiff and yes the front shocks are shot and it's hard to get into 1st (took off a couple of times in 3rd) but the car handled it and it was fun taking it up to 140 k's a few times on the freeway just to hassle the big cars.
It's Alex_g's old white one but I know bugger all about the history of this car. If it's bog standard with 90 hp then it handled the hills pretty well, at least a lot quicker than my 75 hp 1996 Polo.
Plans are to get some decent front shocks and fit a 2 litre for the extra poke. I'd also like to widen the wheels so they fill the arches a bit better. Other than that I'm pretty pleased with what I got.
I'll post a few pix as soon as I remember to.
Cheers
Paul
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