Here are some of the pictures I took of the car for the insurance company. Not bad for a 27 yr old car!Īnyway, back to the point’. I arrived back in Leamington late that evening, after a six hour road trip without a single hiccup. There was no turning back I had to have her and paid the man his money. She was so much fun, even at the speed limit and smelled like my granddads car. When I finally saw her she met all my expectations, there was a little bubbling in front of the rear, passenger side wheel arch but nothing too serious (I thought), so I went for a test drive. I found myself sitting on a train to Newcastle the next morning, on my way to meet a total stranger about a car I had never driven! The advert had been posted a couple of days before I saw it so I phoned the owner, pronto, got him to stall another buyer and took a day off work. but she had a 'J' on her plate so she got called Juliet). After a couple of months of searching I found her (I know. Of course this meant I was surrounded by petrol heads for most of my working day and their passion started to rub off on me so I started to go and have a look at a few Golfs in the flesh. In the meanwhile, I moved to Leamington Spa in the February and got my dream job working on racing games. The temptation was too great to resist and I started trawling classifieds in my price range. I had a look and was surprised to find I could afford to get a tidy example and being my age (36 at the time) the classic insurance was an absolute steal. I started to think the usual list of crappy and/or practical cars but fell into a dilemma when I saw an on-line advert for a MK1 Golf GTI. That’s when the mid-life crisis really kicked in I was in the enviable position of having some money in the bank and needed transport. This meant working away from home and would need a car to commute back and forth to Derby to see my kids. When I left work I received a tidy payout, so I paid off most of my debts but still had to find myself a new job and quickly. I received the news I was to be made redundant, awful situation but it had a silver lining. Shortly after returning to work in the New Year of 2010.
I lived in Germany (RAF brat) and was lucky enough to be exposed to the GTI experience at an early age and it left a lasting impression, even though I never got to drive one! Well, just under four years ago I finally got to realise my childhood wish (cliche alert but I apologise to no one) and bought a '1983 Mk1 Golf GTI in Alpine White. I've always craved owning a VW since I was a kid in the early eighties. To cut a long story short, I am in the last phase of re-assembling my beloved MK1 Golf GTI and wanted to celebrate the journey. First things first, thanks for taking some time to have a look at my thread.
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