jcme0557
Passed Driver's Ed
Hi Everyone,
I am a new/old GTI owner from waaay up north in Wisconsin. Had a 1987 Mk.2 16v back in my mis-spent youth. Wonderful car...right up to the night it was stolen, stripped, and dumped on the street (all in about 8 hours.) By then, VW was in-between Golf platforms and no new GTI's were to be found anywhere. I ended up with a Civic Si - which was a nice enough car, but sadly no GTI.
Now I'm older and a recent bout of ill-health has made me realize that life is too short and I'm tired of owning and driving sensible cars and wishing they were like my old 16v! Two weeks ago, I emailed the nearest VW dealer (about 90 miles away) and told them I wanted a plain old 2-door 6-speed GTI...any color but gray (I used to work for a big Japanese Car Co. and it seemed that 75% of our cars were painted some sort of gray color!) In less than 6 hours, they found me a nice black 2-door (non-PZEV) and I drove down last week, traded my gray sensible Asian car in, and left in my new GTI.
Wow! I sat in that car and it was like coming home...the whole way back up north I was grinning like an idiot. How did I live all these years without one of these?
I live in a pretty remote spot. Most everyone drives pick-ups and SUV's up here. There isn't much in the way of "car culture"...some folks are into collector cars - Model A's, muscle cars, vintage Detroit Iron - but mostly everyone drives a truck. I've always loved fast little cars...Mini-Coopers, GTI's, that sort of thing. I own some older cars - wouldn't necessarily call them classics, just stuff I like - a FIAT 128-3P and a Triumph TR-6. I also have a couple of motorcycles...oh, and I do own an old pick-up. Its my winter ride and it just rolled over 190k!
I like these internet forums because they allow me to keep in touch with folks who share some of my enthusiasm for cars. I don't always understand your text-slang or the acronyms and I'm probably old enough to be some - no most everyone's father...but, If you don't mind, neither do I.
I am a new/old GTI owner from waaay up north in Wisconsin. Had a 1987 Mk.2 16v back in my mis-spent youth. Wonderful car...right up to the night it was stolen, stripped, and dumped on the street (all in about 8 hours.) By then, VW was in-between Golf platforms and no new GTI's were to be found anywhere. I ended up with a Civic Si - which was a nice enough car, but sadly no GTI.
Now I'm older and a recent bout of ill-health has made me realize that life is too short and I'm tired of owning and driving sensible cars and wishing they were like my old 16v! Two weeks ago, I emailed the nearest VW dealer (about 90 miles away) and told them I wanted a plain old 2-door 6-speed GTI...any color but gray (I used to work for a big Japanese Car Co. and it seemed that 75% of our cars were painted some sort of gray color!) In less than 6 hours, they found me a nice black 2-door (non-PZEV) and I drove down last week, traded my gray sensible Asian car in, and left in my new GTI.
Wow! I sat in that car and it was like coming home...the whole way back up north I was grinning like an idiot. How did I live all these years without one of these?
I live in a pretty remote spot. Most everyone drives pick-ups and SUV's up here. There isn't much in the way of "car culture"...some folks are into collector cars - Model A's, muscle cars, vintage Detroit Iron - but mostly everyone drives a truck. I've always loved fast little cars...Mini-Coopers, GTI's, that sort of thing. I own some older cars - wouldn't necessarily call them classics, just stuff I like - a FIAT 128-3P and a Triumph TR-6. I also have a couple of motorcycles...oh, and I do own an old pick-up. Its my winter ride and it just rolled over 190k!
I like these internet forums because they allow me to keep in touch with folks who share some of my enthusiasm for cars. I don't always understand your text-slang or the acronyms and I'm probably old enough to be some - no most everyone's father...but, If you don't mind, neither do I.
let me know what you guys think!
