Am i too old to be here or are there more married fathers with mk2s?????

[choochoo]

my son came home in a BMW.... rich punk!!!

[ratdub]

i was brought home in a '75 beetle...

i'm 26 and married (2 years)...no children but i do have a mortgage and a two cats...

oh, my wife has a '06 tdi

[DadsMontanaGTI]

I'll be 53 this year.I have kids older than some of you.
And '67 Type 3 Squareback,'81 Caddy,'83 Westfalia.'90 Jetta

[Ickey]

I'll be 53 this year.I have kids older than some of you.
And '67 Type 3 Squareback,'81 Caddy,'83 Westfalia.'90 Jetta

i want a westfailia so bad too.

[rafi 92]

i want a westfailia so bad too.

me 2

[rafi 92]

That's awesome.. we brought our daughter home in our crappy MK4 Jetta

I'm pretty sure I came home from the hospital in a Corvair.

Turbo???

[NummerEins]

Never too old...

41 yrs. married with three kids. Raised by a German bricklayer with VW in my blood.

Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch.

[Black92EightValve]

Well I guess I should post in here, I'm 34, been selling VW parts for a living for the last 10 years now.. I've owned a little of everything, air, water, even a dreaded emmkay 4 for a little while. I keep coming back to MkII's, just nothin else feels the same. My GTI has been an ongoing project for about the last 4 years now, and I still don't drive it Oh well, that's what the Scirocco is for, it's the daily

[rafi 92]

Well I guess I should post in here, I'm 34, been selling VW parts for a living for the last 10 years now.. I've owned a little of everything, air, water, even a dreaded emmkay 4 for a little while. I keep coming back to MkII's, just nothin else feels the same. My GTI has been an ongoing project for about the last 4 years now, and I still don't drive it Oh well, that's what the Scirocco is for, it's the daily

Don't worry my MK2 gti has been a project(vr swap) and I haven't even started yet since last year, and I have all the parts just sitting in the garage and the donor car sitting next to the gti(they both run and are drivable). Family and children( inpretticular) slow everything down a bit!!!

[joe16v]

I'm 39 married with 3 kids...all girls. I have a 90 Jetta GLI that's under going a vr swap and a 94 4 door golf with a obd 2 vr swap in it.
Your never to old!

[Capt.Dreadz]

Family and children( inpretticular) slow everything down a bit!!!

They always do. You just hope & pray for that small window to get a project going. My current project is 3 yrs in the making.

[rafi 92]

i was brought home in a '75 beetle...

i'm 26 and married (2 years)...no children but i do have a mortgage and a two cats...

oh, my wife has a '06 tdi

Just keep the cats, much cheaper and alot easier, lol

[squzzie]

26 2 kids house the dream you know... Couldn't imagine it with out my 89 vr6 swapped helios GLi

[squzzie]

Very nice... Lesson learned... lmao

[PDXGTI8V 2.0]

45 years old, never married, no kids (thank god!)

[ratdub]

Just keep the cats, much cheaper and alot easier, lol

i've heard...they are her's anyway...

[Capt.Dreadz]

45 years old, never married, no kids (thank god!)

Wow...I thought you got stuck in a old folks home...escaped? Good to see you kickin'

forgot to mention that Brad has owned his MK2 since brand new..

[PDXGTI8V 2.0]

Wow...I thought you got stuck in a old folks home...escaped? Good to see you kickin'

forgot to mention that Brad has owned his MK2 since brand new..

LMAO!! yeah, I am still alive, but the years are flyin by faster and faster nowadays...i need to go out on the porch, get out my banjo, and have some lemonade now....HAHAHAAA!!!

[Pineapplegti !]

LMAO!! yeah, I am still alive, but the years are flyin by faster and faster nowadays...i need to go out on the porch, get out my banjo, and have some lemonade now....HAHAHAAA!!!

The mo's look good bud

[PDXGTI8V 2.0]

The mo's look good bud

Hey man! Yeah, I still got the MO's...havent really changed anything on the car in years...sad, I know...

[adaze1]

47 years old Married for 22 years - 21 year old son in the Marines drives a 01 GTi, 19 year old daughter married. She drives my 92 GTi on the track. Living in my second house. Sold the one in Cali. Have my own Auto repair shop with 3 employ's and one part timer. Own seven VW's from a 01 passat to a 60 vw pick up.

[syncrogti]

I surprised her with the Cabby the morning after our wedding.

Excellent look to the cabby, way to win her heart! That's got to be the best lookin cabby I've seen!

[rafi 92]

i've heard...they are her's anyway...

[Radda]

Just turned 37 in December. Married for 5 years and have 2 boys (11 and 5), mortgage and (according to the wife) have owned "WAY too many cars".

Current toy... 90 Coupe VRT


Beater... 96 Passat 2.0 ($500)


Ain't much, but it's home...

[CrazyMonkey]

Hi everyone, I have been a member for a while, I enjoy this site a lot and love the comments(very funny often) and I am a MK2 owner and a married dad!!! My question is ARE THERE MORE GUYS MY AGE THAT HAVE A MORTGAGE, WIFE A TODDLER AND A S@#T BOX that you just can not get rid off because you just LOVE IT????? Go easy guys, please!!!

I haven't posted in this forum for a while... I had a Mk2 GTI for quite some time, even after the 2nd child. I'm sad to say that I gave in to more practicality and got a 4-door - it was getting to be a pain to get them into the back seat with only 2 doors.

BUT... at least my "new", more "practical" car is a VW.
'92 Passat G60 Syncro:










Used to be my '87 GTI 16V:






I would like to get another Mk2 someday. It probably won't happen until after I get a shop built, which is probably ~5 years off still. I wanna try to save up for it rather than taking out a home equity loan.

[ekua516]

lol...never too old 35yrs 2 kids been infected with the bug over 10yrs.currently own 3 vw's mk2 gli project,mk4 vr6 daily,mk3 vr6 weekend driver....

[rafi 92]

Never too old...

41 yrs. married with three kids. Raised by a German bricklayer with VW in my blood.

Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch.

That car is clean

[rafi 92]

[been infected with the bug over 10yrs

[rafi 92]

BUT... at least my "new", more "practical" car is a VW.
'92 Passat G60 Syncro:

Practicality is a good thing(sometimes) I love both of your cars and the Nissan hopefully doesn't have a cvt transmission!!!!

[Ghost']

45 years old, never married, no kids (thank god!)

woow seriously ?
I wonder what kind of toughts a man can have with never heaving wife or kids....not even a gf ...
Are your sir a ex marine or a some kind of ex soldier ?

[boosted b5]

woow seriously ?
I wonder what kind of toughts a man can have with never heaving wife or kids....not even a gf ...
Are your sir a ex marine or a some kind of ex soldier ?

or hes a firm believer in "youre born alone, you die alone"

[92Jettamk2Guy]

45 years old, married, 2 kids (18,19), 2 dogs, 1 mortgage, 1 income, and resurrecting my 92 Jetta gl with 199k that's been sitting for the last 4 years.

[G60 Carat]

Hmmm I wonder if Honda-Tech has near this many 'mature' owners on the EF Forum?

I'd bet not. Something about VW's you just can't shake them. They are like a part of your family. Fun, practical, stylish, economical, easy to maintain, customizable (especially our beloved Lego MKII)

Honestly when It's time for a new car, I'll be replacing my MKII with another MKII. After over 10 years of ownership I'm pretty convinced it's one of the greatest cars ever made. I'd rather spend 10K on a totally mint MKII GTi then by a used MK4.

[CrazyMonkey]

BUT... at least my "new", more "practical" car is a VW.
'92 Passat G60 Syncro:

Practicality is a good thing(sometimes) I love both of your cars and the Nissan hopefully doesn't have a cvt transmission!!!!

Thanks!

The Maxima does have the CVT. I agonized a bit, then did a lot of research prior to getting it. It's my wife's car and she didn't want a manual (tragic, I know). I really would have liked to get her an Infiniti G35, but I just couldn't stomach the payment... it's steep enough on the Maxima. We test-drove a lot of cars to replace her '98 Passat (1.8T sludge... we got it with 75k miles...) and she had a smile on her face every time we came back to the Maxima. I was pleasantly surprised with the handling when we took it to the coast a couple weeks after getting it. For such a large FWD car, I was impressed with how neutral it felt in the corners.

/thread jack

[CrazyMonkey]

Something about VW's you just can't shake them. They are like a part of your family.

True statement. My first car was the '74 Beetle my grandfather bought in '76, then my parents got from him around '79. I have a picture somewhere of me when I was 2 or 3 years old "washing" the old Bug.