My first car was a VW GTI mk2 (8V).
For a first car it was insane, to go from a diesel with a driving instructor in the passenger seat to GTI and the open road was amazing.
When I had it I thought it was great and nothing major went wrong with it. But now looking back there wasn't point were something wasn't going wrong. The mechanic who fixed it used to laugh all the time, his favourite quote being "every time I put something on another bit falls off".
It cost me a bomb to keep running until I eventually wrote it off in the north of Scotland. The worst thing about it was that I wasn't even going fast and if it wasn’t for it being so far from my home I would have got it repaired. But because I was so far from home the cost of towing it and then repairing it just wasn't viable.
One funny memory was when I managed to break the wind screen wiper arm with the steering lock! I dove about for a few months using a screwdriver to switch them on and off. I had to get it fixed when my g/f phoned me going nuts because it started to rain and she couldn't get the wind screen wipers on and was stuck at the side of the road.
Now that I'm started I can think of a load more probs with that car but I'd probably have to start a new forum to list them all.
