Howdy
New to the forum.
"Legacy" VW guy here
Sold my last Golf ('86) in 1991. Been driving large trucks since.
My present truck is just about paid off. Looking to keep it and get a GTI... back to my roots.
Learned to drive in Germany on a '78 Golf Diesel outfitted for the Fahrschule. Instructor had full set of pedals and mirrors... LOL...
Mom had a VW 1200 beetle (just about like everyone else in Germany at the time). Cut my driving teeth on that beetle. It was "Signal Orange"...
Still have a German DL...been on the US 30 years.
First Golf was a "Rabbit" Wolfsburg (1983) --- Loved It...
then got a 1986 Golf ...
Traded that after 168,000 trouble free miles for my first truck.
Now, 4 pick-ups and 20 years later, looking to get into a '12 GTI. Test drove one today... awesome. Brought back a lot of nostalgic memories :wub:. LOVE the plaid seats. Reminds me of the first German GTIs of the late 70s (The 110PS K-Jetronics).
Have a lot of expertise tuning the large american GM V8s. May look at tuning the GTi at some point... whole different game I am sure.
Looking forward to learning and sharing.... CHEERS to all !