My first car

benjo · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:12

Hey all,

A long delay on the delivery of the car, but the chap turned up today

It's a 1990 Golf Mk2 1.6 Driver,

£900 with 7 months MOT and a full service, and excellent condition

Probably not to most peoples tastes

Virdi · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:14

Congrats!!

They are good reliabe cars...and urs looks in great nick for the year.

....now start saving to get some nice GTI Alloys on!

Berger · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:15

Looks alright, is it the light, few pannels all look slightly different shades, esp that rear door?

Virdi · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:16

Berger said:
Looks alright, is it the light, few pannels all look slightly different shades, esp that rear door?

Driver's door ain't it?

Just give it a good T-CUT!

benjo · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:22

Just had a second look outside, and yeh the drivers door is slightly lighter, doesn't bother me much though

Zirax · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:25

Hmmmm nice parking

Not bad for a first motor, I had a H-reg Polo CL as my first. Those red notches on your speedo are gear change marks, use them

R220 · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:26

Ahr that giant clock instead of a rev counter takes me back !

Good sensible first car mate

Sone · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:28

i like the giant rev counter clock. Looks alright mate, £900 for an old golf though :eek:

i hope its in as good condiition as you say

paradigm · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:46

Give it a goot tcut and wax, and get some GTI big bumpers and it will look great

Barry Smalley · 8 Feb 2007 at 16:05

No, don't just whack big bumpers on unless you are prepared to do the sill trims, door trims, and arch trims.

benjo · 8 Feb 2007 at 16:05

Zirax said:
Those red notches on your speedo are gear change marks, use them

Didn't actually notice those

Good sensible first car mate

Thanks

Looks alright mate, £900 for an old golf though i hope its in as good condiition as you say

For a 17 year old car, it's in remarkable condition

Lopéz · 8 Feb 2007 at 16:19

For £900 I'd want a GTI, or 2!

Suprised it hasn't got a rev counter, I thought all Drivers had them. If you want to fit one, then GTI clocks plug in and everything should work with no additional fiddling or wiring.

It looks clean enough though, Tornado Red is a git for fading and you will probably spend half your life polishing it. Enjoy!

4T5 · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:53

A great first car but 900 quid when it has 155k shoved up it, to dear.

Yewen · 8 Feb 2007 at 17:54

malc30 said:
A great first car but 900 quid when it has 155k shoved up it, to dear.

I have to agree, looks great but would have been much better a little cheaper.

You can get much newer; albeit maybe not cars that spark the same emotions in you, car for the same money.

Stellios · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:25

COngrats mate

As long as your happy thats all that matters. Go enjoy

LeoN88 · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:51

congrats on the first car got a p reg 106 with a clock for a rev counter as well took me ages to get used to it, used to stall all the time coz of not having one!

Matt82 · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:52

sweet car, maybe a tad expensive, but if its in good nick and needs no work, then youve done good

dirtydog · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:54

malc30 said:
A great first car but 900 quid when it has 155k shoved up it, to dear.

indeed.

benjo · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:20

I knew it was a bit overpriced, but this was probably about 5th Mk2 i'd looked at, and it was the best one i had seen

Didn't want to pass up the opportunity you see

Pulse · 8 Feb 2007 at 22:23

nice one mate, just need to past your test now

my post some pics of my car if i ever bother to move it off the drive to take them